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Rugby World Cup 2007
Time for Fiji to Step Up..
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<blockquote data-quote="darwin_23" data-source="post: 134284"><p>Not quite, Australia beat Fiji 49-0 this year however if you are claiming that it was an Australia B team then you would have to call it a Fiji C team! The Australia team was a mixture of first choice players (Gregan, Larkham, Tuqiri etc) with a number of second choice players, though 19/22 players involved for Australia are now involved in their rugby world cup squad. Fiji on the other hand were still experimenting with their players, and only 11/22 players (six of the starting team) included in their rugby world cup squad. So although Australia can claim to had a weak team, Fiji sent a much weaker team!</p><p></p><p>A much better judge of Fiji's strength was the 14-14 Draw with Australia A two weaks latter, as the Fiji team was basically at full strength for the game (all of there starting lineout from their rugby world cup squad). In this game Austrlia A were lucky to come away with a draw!</p><p></p><p>I don't think a full strength Fiji team will come close to a full strength Australian team (if they rest Larkham and co it could be interesting) , however on their day they could give Wales a close game (conversely they could also play really poorly and give Canada or Japan a close game :unsure: )</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="darwin_23, post: 134284"] Not quite, Australia beat Fiji 49-0 this year however if you are claiming that it was an Australia B team then you would have to call it a Fiji C team! The Australia team was a mixture of first choice players (Gregan, Larkham, Tuqiri etc) with a number of second choice players, though 19/22 players involved for Australia are now involved in their rugby world cup squad. Fiji on the other hand were still experimenting with their players, and only 11/22 players (six of the starting team) included in their rugby world cup squad. So although Australia can claim to had a weak team, Fiji sent a much weaker team! A much better judge of Fiji's strength was the 14-14 Draw with Australia A two weaks latter, as the Fiji team was basically at full strength for the game (all of there starting lineout from their rugby world cup squad). In this game Austrlia A were lucky to come away with a draw! I don't think a full strength Fiji team will come close to a full strength Australian team (if they rest Larkham and co it could be interesting) , however on their day they could give Wales a close game (conversely they could also play really poorly and give Canada or Japan a close game :unsure: ) [/QUOTE]
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