Speculation continues to mount as to which top tier rugby nation from the World Cup ‘pool of death’ will miss out on a place in the finals - Australia, England or Wales.
But Wallabies fullback Israel Folau warns that the Vodafone Flying Fijians still loom as a potential bogey team if Australia fails to respect them.
Fiji is ninth on the World Rugby standings as of August 17.
Australia was third, England fourth, Wales sixth and Uruguay 19th.
However, looking back to the 2007 World Cup in France, Fiji held the eventual winners South Africa to 20-20 at halftime in the quarterfinal.
The Springboks went on to win 37-20, but Fiji nevertheless gave the South Africans an almighty scare.
Hence, Folau believes the Wallabies can ill-afford to treat Fiji as any less of a danger than their top tier pool rivals in this year’s World Cup which starts on the 19th of next month.
Folau said that Fiji is a bit unpredictable with how they play and no one can really train for a certain style of how the Fijians play.
For the Wallabies to be primed for their World Cup start, Folau expects coach Michael Cheika will pick his best side for their test against the United States at Soldier Field Stadium in Chicago on the 5th of next month.
Source: stuff.co
