“Let us exert fear into the attacking team with our defense”.
Those are the words of 2007 Rugby World Cup coach Ilivasi Tabua if the Flying Fijians want to match the South Africans on Saturday night.
Tabua who met the Springboks in his playing days when defending the Webb Ellis Cup in South Africa in 1995 while with the Wallabies, also coached Fiji to their RWC quarterfinal loss in 2007.
Known as a ferocious tackler, Tabua said Fiji cannot afford to commit the same mistakes from the Namibian game, knowing what the Springboks will bring into this game after their close 17-16 win against Wales last night
In the matches coming up this week, Samoa takes on Namibia this Wednesday at 2.30pm, Tonga will play Canada at 5pm and Scotland will take on Georgia at 7.30pm.
Fiji will play their second RWC pool game on Saturday at 6pm against South Africa and you can catch the live commentary on our sister station, Viti FM with the voice of rugby Malakai Veisamasama and World Cup expert, Ilivasi Tabua.
Story by: Dreu Vukailagi
Exert fear into the attacking team with our defense-Tabua
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