The Wallabies’ opener and its pitting of cousins Tevita Kuridrani and Nemani Nadolo against each other highlights just how the world of rugby is changingOne Fijian-Australian family will be paying close attention when the Wallabies kick off their World Cup campaign against their Pacific island neighbours.
Every now and then you see close family links in top-lesson sport,usually as team-mates or in the coaching box. Brothers competing alongside each other or father and son coach-player duos. The Chappells were one celebrated Australian critcketing trio, the Waughs another. In rugby we’ve enjoyed the great Ella clan and more recently the Fainga’a brothers. But on Wednesday (Thursday morning AEST) we’ll be treated to an interesting case that sums up the bold and sometimes bizarre world of eligibility in professional rugby, and when cousins Tevita Kuridrani and Nemani Nadolo lock horns on opposing national sides.
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Source: theguardian.com