Male wary of Brumbies pack

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Male wary of Brumbies pack

ROOSTER Chicken Fijiana Drua head coach Inole Male says he is wary of the heavy forward pack the Brumbies will bring to Prince Charles Park in Nadi on Saturday.

This Saturday, the Fijiana Drua will open their Super W title defence against the team from the Australian capital at 1.35pm. To tackle the big Brumbies forwards, Male has brought in players from the Fiji Rugby high performance unit to train with the Fijiana Drua girls.

“We are going to try to counter them (Brumbies) this Saturday and that is why we have the FRU High Performance Unit (HPU) boys assisting us in these technicalities,” the former Flying Fijians number 8 said.

The Fijiana Drua yesterday trained at Lawaqa Park in wet conditions, working on their scrums, line-outs, set-piece plays and other aspects of the game ahead of the clash.

Male said although there were only eight girls from their historic season last year, the new girls had put their hands up for selection. “It is really tough to pick a team because a lot of girls are new to the competition.

However, we have around eight of them from last year’s Super W competition,” he said.

He revealed that two Fijiana Drua players — Jennifer Ravutia and Taraivini Adi — carried niggling injuries sustained from their hit-out against the Rhinos Rugby Academy last week.

“They are still in rehabilitation and hopefully we can choose a good team for our opening match.” The Fijiana Drua defeated the Brumbies by 17-7 in the Super Rugby W competition last season.

Male is expected to name his match-day 23 on Thursday.

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