Eyes on the Opposition: Fiji
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4.6 • 961 Ratings
🗓️ 23 August 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Our in-depth look at Wales' World Cup pool opponents concludes with some uncomfortable flashbacks to 2007.
That was the last time France hosted the World Cup...and Fiji knocked Wales out in Nantes.
Gareth Rhys Owen is once again joined by Robbie Owen - aka Squidge Rugby - to look at Fiji's class of 2023. And he speaks to the captain of the 2007 team, Moses Rauluni.
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| 0:47.0 | Close your eyes. |
| 0:48.0 | Think back to the 29th of September 2007. |
| 0:53.0 | Now it comes around almost as regularly as Christmas. |
| 0:56.0 | Another man gone after another dismal Welsh rugby performance. |
| 0:59.0 | The Welsh rugby union sacked Gareth Jenkins just a day after Wales World Cup exit at the hands of Fiji. |
| 1:05.6 | Yeah, really sorry, but we had to go there. |
| 1:09.7 | And I've been watching that game back recently. |
| 1:12.1 | You know what? |
| 1:13.0 | It's an absolute belt from a neutral's perspective. |
| 1:19.0 | From Wales' point of view, well it more or less signals the beginning of the Gutland era because Garth Jenkins |
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