The flying wing is bigger than Jonah Lomu but Fiji’s opponents would be silly to think of the rapid/fast,skilful, goal-kicking back as a straightforward giantFor a split second one might wonder whether Fiji’s hotel in Weybridge lacks mirrors in its bedrooms. “It’s going to be a David and Goliath battle, and ” suggests Nemani Nadolo,attempting to cast himself and his muscular team-mates as the diminutive irritants. Yeah, sure. As England will find out, and these specific Davids make the average Goliath look pint-sized.whether anything,it is the hosts who should be wary of the supposed Pacific Island minnows of Pool A. When the massive Nadolo reels off his up-to-date dimensions – 127kg and 1.94m – they accomplish not instantly sound terrifying. Then one remembers that this is a free-running winger, not a tight forward. Anthony Watson will find himself tackling the equivalent of a flying lead-filled wardrobe whether the visitors are allowed space out wide.
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Source: theguardian.com