Fast-rising Fiji carry a nation’s pride in redemption match with England
Rugby union is going from strength to strength in the Pacific Island country and the team are eager to settle the score of a World Cup quarter-final defeat
True, they are the lowest-ranked team England will play this month, but it would be highly dangerous to underestimate Fiji. Coming between an opening victory against Australia and a box‑office encounter with the All Blacks, it might be easy to regard the Twickenham game on Saturday as a relatively straightforward assignment. Easy, but foolish.
You don’t have to go back far – two years or so, to an autumn afternoon in Marseille and England’s 2023 Rugby World Cup quarter-final – to remember how potent Fiji can be.