The FMF Flying Fijians forwards pack expected to be pushed to the wire by their Canadian counterparts in their second pool match tonight.
Speaking to Village sports, captain Mosese Rauluni said that they know the depth in the Canadian forwards and stressed to the boys that they need to be focused.
Rauluni adds that the only way to undermine their opponents is to minimize on their penalties and not give them any opportunities.
The FMF Flying Fijians and Canada have played eight times in the past with Fiji winning six times, the last was six years ago when Fiji beat them 52-23 in Tokyo.
The Fiji/Canada match will kick off at mid night tonight, followed by the Samoa/Tonga match at 2am, and France meet Namibia at 7am.
Meanwhile, flying wing Joe Rokocoko lifted his test try tally to 40 when picked up the All Blacks first two tries in its 16-try 108-13 World Cup extravaganza against Portugal in Lyon.
It has been something of a starvation diet for Rokocoko this year but by taking his chances in Lyon, and he knew he had to take them early, he maintained his outstanding strike rate in his 46-Test career.
Rokocoko said that he knew he had to take his chances early because there wouldn't be a chance later on in the game when there would be a few pop passes inside.
New Zealand became the sixth side in World Cup history to score more than 100 points when they racked up an emphatic victory over Portugal by 108 points to 13 in their group C match.
In the other World Cup match, the Wallabies defeated Wales by
32-20 and their four-tries-to-two win has booked a likely quarterfinal clash against an out of-sorts England in Marseille in three weeks time.
And in a world cup thriller, Ireland defeated Georgia 14 - 10. Georgia led 10 - 7 10 minutes into the second half but Ireland came back through a well structured try.
The crowd was at the edge of their seat as the Georgians crossed the line with time up on the clock, only to be denied a historical victory as the ball was held up.
Still on the World Cup
Australia fly half Stephen Larkham will undergo a knee operation tomorrow and could be out of action until the World Cup semifinals.
Larkham missed Australia's 32-20 victory over Wales after his right knee locked up during a kicking session and again overnight and plans for a late training run were ditched.
The Wallabies remain hopeful that he will be back for their final pool B game against Canada on September 29th, but Larkham said that after a tremendous performance this morning, Barnes can lead Australia to the semifinals in his absence.
Flying Fijians forward pack to be focused
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