FIJI vice captain Kele Leawere has warned South Africa to expect brutal play from the Fijians when the two sides meet in a Rugby World Cup quarter-final on Monday.
Leawere's comments comes as Springboks centre Jacque Fourie raised eye brows with his remarks that his side didn't respect Fiji and the national side would have no chance against the South Africans.
"For me personally, I don't think we should show them any respect," Fourie told Rugby Heaven.
"We've never lost against them and I don't think it's going to happen."
These comments will surely hype up the Fijians and many believe the match will turn out to be one of the most physical battles at the World Cup so far.
Leawere said his side was looking forward to punishing the Boks.
"It's a good advantage we have not played each other in recent times because we don't care," Leawere said.
"We can go in and smash the hell out of them. This is our chance and we might as well take it."
Fourie also gave a strong indication the Springboks wouldn't make the same mistakes Wales did and get into a "sevens style" contest against the Pacific Islanders.
"We've played the island teams, and we know what to expect," Fourie said.
"I just think we should keep our structure, not open it wide because that's what they want. They want expansive rugby and to make it like sevens.
"Wales fell into that trap, made it little bit loose and threw the ball around. That's what they want. We have to make it as boring as possible."
Leawere said it was the first time for many of the players within the team to play the Springboks and they wanted to make it memorable.
"It will be awesome you normally see them (South Africa) on TV and some of us have not played the Boks yet," Leawere said.
"They are a massive team and an awesome team all around."
"It's a big ask for our forwards but they (South Africa) are only human. We did it to the Welsh team and we can do it to anyone as long as we play how we played earlier with a lot of passion and pride for our country and the jersey."
He said while the team was confident there were factors which the team was keeping in mind. "We are confident as a team but we don't want to be over confident," he said. "We need to worry about our own game first.
"If we worry too much about the Boks then you might not play well."
Flanker Aca Ratuva said the Boks match was on their mind and the team had put the win against Wales behind them. "That was last weekend, this is a new weekend," Ratuva said.
Ratuva, the younger brother of former national rep Vula Maimuri, said the Boks were a solid unit. "They are physical and strong and we are of the same caliber," he said.
" We are hoping to give them a good run.
"We are hoping our wingers can match (Bryan) Habana."
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