Melbourne ¨C All but forgotten in the hype of a British and Irish Lions tour, Fiji has 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.
The stakes are high for the Wallabies, who lost seven out of 13 tests last season and can ill-afford to stumble against opponents that stunned them at the 2023 World Cup.
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