Waratahs ‘Tahs’ vs Fijian Drua match will kick off at 7.45pm on Friday.

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The NSW Waratahs are wary of debutants Fijian Drua in the opening match of the Super Rugby Pacific this week.After a winless 2021 Super Rugby season, the Tahs grabbed an unbeaten run during their trials against the Queensland Reds, Brumbies and combined Shute Shield.

The side is entering the 2022 season with huge confidence and will not let go the winning momentum slip away against the Fijian Drua outfit on Friday.  Rugby.com.au reports that Waratahs’ former sevens specialist Dylan Pietsch said the Fijians were very strong during their 28-26 win over Melbourne Rebels in the first trial match.

“The thing is with Fiji, they can score from wherever, whenever.”
“So if you’re five metres out, they’ll somehow get an offload out and score from 100 metres — and they’ve done that to me many times.”
Waratahs attack coach Chris Whitaker saw Drua’s talent during their initiation in the National Rugby Championship from 2017-19, including their triumphant 2018 campaign.
He also revealed that Drua would be a dangerous team in this year’s competition with their ability to play competitive rugby.
“They live for it,” Whitaker said.
“They’re freak athletes. They’re not short on recruiting some talent, that’s for sure.”
“You just have to look at that Rebels game.”
“Whether they’re starting the game or finishing the game, they’ve all got natural ability and, once they start to click, they’ll be a dangerous team, that’s for sure.”
“Our biggest danger is turning it into like a Fijian style game. I think that’s what they want.”
“On both sides of the ball we’ve got to be really disciplined and stick to what we’re doing best.”
“We want to limit the amount of opportunities that we give them in the unstructured scenario — loose turnovers, loose kicks, anything like that.”
“They can create something from nothing and, once they get on a roll and once you get in that unstructured type of play where there’s unforced errors, that’s the whole trick of the Fijians and the way they play.”
“They play a high passing game to try to lure you into that as well.”
“The moment you start to play like Fiji that’s when you make mistakes and that’s when you’re playing to their strengths,” he explained.
The Tahs vs Fijian Drua match will kick off at 7.45pm on Friday.


source https://thedailyrugby.com/waratahs-tahs-vs-fijian-drua-match/

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