Fiji born wing, Noa Nakaitaci scored an impressive try in the dying stages of their Rugby World Cup warm up match against Scotland this morning to help France claim a 19-16 victory.
The left winger burst through two tackles to score the winning try.
This is the second try for Nakaitaci since making his debut for France in the Six Nations.
Nakaitaci is the first Fijian that will be part of a French rugby team to a Rugby World Cup.
Nakaitaci represented Lautoka in 2008 and captained the national Under 19 side in 2009.
He attended Tilak High School and RKS before moving to France in 2009 to pursue his rugby dream.
Nakaitaci is originally from Naluwai in Naitasiri.
In other Rugby World Cup warm up matches, England beat Ireland 21-13, Wales defeated Italy 23-19 while Japan edged Georgia 13-10.
Australia will meet USA in their one-off test at 11.30 this morning while Fiji will play Canada at 1.30am tomorrow.
France – Try: Noa Nakaitaci. Conversion: Morgan Parra. Penalties: Frédéric Michalak (3), Scott Spedding.
Scotland – Try: Tommy Seymour. Conversion: Greig Laidlaw. Penalties: Laidlaw (3).
Teams:
France – 15 Scott Spedding, 14 Yoann Huget, 13 Mathieu Bastareaud, 12 Wesley Fofana, 11 Noa Nakaitaci, 10 Frédéric Michalak, 9 Sébastien Tillous-Borde, 8 Louis Picamoles, 7 Damien Chouly, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c), 5 Alexandre Flanquart, 4 Pascal Papé, 3 Rabah Slimani, 2 Guilhem Guirado, 1 Eddy Ben Arous.
Subs: 16 Dimitri Szarzewski, 17 Vincent Debaty, 18 Nicolas Mas, 19 Bernard le Roux, 20 Yannick Nyanga, 21 Morgan Parra, 22 Rémi Talès, 23 Alexandre Dumoulin.
Scotland – 15 Sean Maitland, 14 Tommy Seymour, 13 Mark Bennett, 12 Matt Scott, 11 Tim Visser, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Greig Laidlaw (c), 8 David Denton, 7 John Hardie, 6 Ryan Wilson, 5 Jonny Gray, 4 Richie Gray, 3 Willem Nel, 2 Ross Ford, 1 Alasdair Dickinson.
Subs: 16 Fraser Brown, 17 Gordon Reid, 18 Jon Welsh, 19 Tim Swinson, 20 Alasdair Strokosch, 21 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, 22 Duncan Weir, 23 Sean Lamont.
