The 2024/2025 season of the French Pro D2 is about to start, and the number of international players keeps growing with the likes of Courtney Lawes, George North, Chris Farrell, and Curwin Bosch having joined it.
From the favourites for promotion to the Top 14, Agen, Brive or Provence, to the only promoted team, Stade Nicois, all clubs have managed to enrich their squad with at least one player who has had a taste of international rugby.
The Vodafone Flying Fijians have been given a crash course in line out play by Rory Best, the former Ireland captain, in the build up to tomorrow’s test match with Wales in Cardiff.
Api Ratuniyarawa has been given the responsibility of calling the Fiji lineout against Wales after replacing Leone Nakarawa versus Spain.
Vern Cotter has revealed he is still fully involved in preparing the Fiji team for their European tour which starts against Spain at Estadio Central UC in Madrid on Sunday despite being 11,000 miles away.
Fiji have announced a squad of northern hemisphere-based players only for a tour that sees Gareth Baber temporarily take over as head coach.
The quarter-finalists of the men's sevens tournament at the Tokyo Olympics have been found as pool play has come to an end.
Fiji’s bid to defend their Olympic Games sevens gold medal in Tokyo has received a major boost with the arrival of France-based Aminiasi Tuimaba and Vilimoni Botitu in Australia.