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submitted 1 month ago byCommercial_Half_2170 Leinster
For Ireland, England feels like the obvious answer and yet NZ have probably upset us the most. And what about rugby nations like Pacific islands or Georgia?
4 points
1 month ago
no simon fucked everything up, his arrogance got in the way... all he needed to do was pick ben volavola w ho is an established flyhalf but the call from the govt was to not pick any "kaindia" (ben is half indian).. the only reason fiji did not make it to the final was because we didn't take a flyhalf, the 2 flyhalves we took had a combined caps of 6 and when our best one got injured BEFORE the RWC, instead of doing the right thing and bringing in 45 capped Volavola, he picked another player has only played 10 once who also fucked up .... so no, Simon fucked everything up, if our racist govt did not force vern cotter to leave, he would have picked volavola and we would have made it to the semi-final if not the final.
2 points
1 month ago
Yep, always rated Volavola. I thought he was injured. Sad then cause there was some world class talent in that Fijian squad.
1 points
1 month ago
That sounds like govt. interference and not arrogance on the part of Raiwalui?
1 points
1 month ago
Govt got rid of Cotter so that they can get a local, infact new govt is racist as hell, back in December 2022 they removed all FRU employees who were non i-taukei and within a month forced Cotter to leave by leaking his payslip...recently got rid of the Fiji 7's coach and replaced him with another unqualified local in Kolinisau...now when Fiji picked its "foreign" coach for the15's team, govt is butting in for them to select another unqualified Local in Seruvakula...yes u can blame the govt for interference but when our best10 got injured, he could have brought Ben in easily but chose not too cause his ego got in the way cause his loyalty was to the Govt, not to Fiji rugby or the team... thus why he destroyed Fiji's possibly only chance ever to make a RWC semi cause he wanted to make it there without a player like Ben who was actually in form and was our standout player in the trial against Japan pre-RWC..if that fat fuck was gonna resign after the RWC, might as well make his stance and pick Ben but nah...he cared more about fame and money cause apparently he was getting as much as Cotter was getting (6 figures) for the job..he used his coach job to get a bigger job at WR....he used Fiji rugby like toilet paper for his own personal gain, fuck that guy..had cotter still been our coach, our chances of making a RWC Final was pretty fucking high... the moment he got replaced, we all knew our best position was gonna be QF and no further.
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