Drua match special for Waratahs winger Mark Nawaqanitawase

Tonight’s Super Rugby Pacific match against the Swire Shipping Fijian Drua will have special significance for Waratahs winger Mark Nawaqanitawase.

Nawaqanitawase who has links to Fiji through his father is the cousin of Drua’s Jone Koroiduadua.

Nawaqanitawase says he has been following the Drua from the start and he is pretty excited.

Whilst Koroiduadua has not been named in the match day squad, Nawaqanitawase was still expecting a brutal encounter.

The Drua will meet the Waratahs at 8.45 tonight.

In other matches, the Crusaders will face the Highlanders at 6.05 this evening, the Moana Pasifika will meet the Blues at 6.05pm tomorrow, the Reds will take on the Brumbies at 8.45pm tomorrow and the Chiefs will face the Hurricanes at 2.35pm Sunday.

[Source: Rugby.com.au]