The FMF Flying Fijians coaching panel is expected to be making some changes to their run-on-team to meet the Wallabies in their third pool match at Montpellier on Monday morning.
Speaking to Village sports, Suva Highlanders coach, Etuate Waqa beleives that Coach Ilivasi Tabua should use the games against Australia to set the combinations for the crucial match against Wales.
Meanwhile, Wallabies winger Lote Tuqiri is adamant that he must play every game at the World Cup if he is to rediscover his form as a strike weapon and provide Australia with the tries they will need to win the Webb Ellis Trophy.
Tuqiri realizes he has not yet hit his straps in a stop-start season as he is a player who builds into form rather than explodes into it, hence the need for game time.
But with the Wallabies to play Fiji in Montpellier on Monday, Tuqiri has plenty of incentive to take his game up a notch from his first two World Cup games against Japan and Wales.
The Wallabies/FMF Flying Fijians match kicks off at 12:30am Monday. And in the lone World Cup match that was played this morning, Wales beat Japan by 72-18.
Changes expected in Flying Fijians line-up
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