Swire Shipping Fijian Drua centre partnership of Inia Tabuavou and Tuidraki Samusamuvodre has been confirmed for today’s Shop N Save Super Rugby Pacific clash against NSW Waratahs at Lautoka’s Churchill Park.

This was after co-captain Iosefo Masi has been ruled out due to personal reasons.

“From Thursday’s team, Iosefo Masi is out for personnel reasons, so we understood that,” head coach Glen Jackson said during the captain’s run at the Fiji Airways Park in Nadi yesterday.

“So late change, which is good for Inia who comes in at 12 and Tui moves to 13, so a pretty settled midfield combination that we had at the beginning of the year.

“Selestino Ravutaumada comes on the bench.

“So, we were trying to give Stino (Ravutaumada) a bit of a week just to get his energy back and it worked really well. “He’s buzzing, so he’s excited to get out there, and we’re looking forward to seeing him get on the field.” Jackson said this match would be a cliffhanger.

“Look, it’s an interesting one. Our boys are super excited to play the Waratahs. So with the season that’s gone, this is a big game for us,” he said.

“I just want the boys to go out and have fun on a beautiful Easter weekend.

Hopefully, we get a good crowd there and just show what these boys are made of.

“They’ve got a fair bit of energy and, I suppose, pressure from what’s been happening this year.”

Jackson added the coaches, just want the players to go out and have a good game and enjoy the physical combat of playing the Waratahs.

He urged fans to keep their faith on the team.

“I say it every time, and it never changes. I know they’re the greatest fans in the world. They’re passionate about the performance of the team. They’ve high expectations, which is great. That’s why this country’s fanatic about their footy.

“So the boys are desperate to repay the favour to the fans and to show how to repay the favour to the fans and to show how and to show how much it means to play in the Drua jersey.”

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