Scotland aims for a win against Flying Fijians

Scotland aims for a win against Flying Fijians

By Semi Turaga
Friday 23/06/2017
Scottish Wing Tim Visser with Flying Fijians wing Josua Tuisova

Scotland say they plan to win against Fiji tomorrow to celebrate hooker Ross Ford as he becomes the most‑capped Scotland player in history.

Ford will overtake the record held by former full‑back and all‑time top points’ scorer, Chris Paterson, when he makes his 110th appearance in Suva, some 13 years since his debut against Australia at Murrayfield.

But Coach Gregor Townsend says Fiji has improved a huge amount over the past few years and did very well to find a way to win against Italy last weekend.

Josua Tuisova training with the Flying Fijians 

He says they are excellent from unstructured play and have a number of very evasive players throughout their squad.

He says it should be a cracking Test match.

The Vodafone Flying Fijians will take on Scotland at 2.30pm tomorrow at the ANZ Stadium and you can catch the live commentary on Viti FM.

 

SCOTLAND
15.) Ruaridh Jackson (Harlequins) 
14.) Damien Hoyland (Edinburgh Rugby)
13.) Nick Grigg (Glasgow Warriors)
12.) Duncan Taylor (Saracens)
11.) Tim Visser (Harlequins)
10.) Peter Horne (Glasgow Warriors)
9.) Henry Pyrgos (Glasgow Warriors)
8.) Josh Strauss (Glasgow Warriors)
7.) John Hardie (Edinburgh Rugby)
6.) John Barclay (captain) (Scarlets)
5.) Jonny Gray (Glasgow Warriors)
4.) Tim Swinson (Glasgow Warriors)
3.) Willem Nel (Edinburgh Rugby)
2.) Ross Ford (Edinburgh Rugby)
1.) Alex Allan (Glasgow Warriors)


Substitutes: 16 Fraser Brown (Glasgow Warriors), 17 Gordon Reid (Glasgow Warriors), 18 Zander Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors), 19 Ben Toolis (Edinburgh Rugby), 20 Hamish Watson (Edinburgh Rugby), 21 Ryan Wilson (Glasgow Warriors), 22 Ali Price (Glasgow Warriors), 23 Greig Tonks (London Irish)

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