The growing anticipation and excitement surrounding Fiji's quarter final game early tomorrow morning is in the air.

Around the grog bowl, after church, in our prayers, in talanoa sessions, everyone is talking about the FMF Flying Fijians showdown against South Africa in Marseille.

Village spoke to a number of people on who they think will win and questioned them on what they would tell the players if they were in the Flying Fijians changing room just minutes before they take the field.

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And we're not the only ones looking forward to the match, Springboks wing, Bryan Habana said he is looking forward to a "brutal" World Cup quarterfinal encounter, adding that he would expect nothing else. He said the Fijians, like most Pacific Islanders, are big, physical, fast and very brutal.