Rugby-Fiji look to soften up Wallabies before Lions series


  • Rugby
  • Wednesday, 02 Jul 2025

FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Rugby World Cup 2023 - Pool C - Australia v Fiji - Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne, France - September 17, 2023 Fiji's Albert Tuisue celebrates at the end of the match REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo

MELBOURNE (Reuters) -All but forgotten in the hype of a British and Irish Lions tour, Fiji have gathered in a rain-soaked corner of eastern Australia to plot a confidence-killing defeat of Joe Schmidt's Wallabies.

Fiji's Australian coach Mick Byrne has brought a strong squad for Sunday's test in Newcastle, the hosts' last warmup before the Lions' series-opener on July 19.

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