The Fiji Water Flying Fijians have reflected on their loss to Wales and didn’t focus much on the match officials.

Hosts France needed Louis Bielle-Biarrey’s late try to make sure of Thursday’s 27-12 victory over Uruguay in Pool A of the Rugby World Cup.

Tonga head coach Toutai Kefu has named his match-day 23 to face Ireland at Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes on Saturday, with captain Ben Tameifuna forming part of a heavyweight front row.

Samoa head coach Seilala Mapusua has named his match-day 23 to face Chile in Pool D at Stade de Bordeaux on Saturday, with Australia’s top points scorer at Rugby World Cup 2019, Christian Leali’ifano, starting at fly-half.

South Africa’s World Cup title defence suffered a major blow when hooker Malcolm Marx was ruled out of the remainder of the tournament with a long-term knee injury as coach Jacques Nienaber delayed naming a replacement in the squad.

Chile coach Pablo Lemoine resisted the urge to make too many adjustments to the team for their Pool D Rugby World Cup match against Samoa on Saturday with four changes as they bid to bounce back from an opening defeat by Japan.

The Wallabies have confirmed Taniela Tupou has suffered a minor hamstring injury, set to miss the Test against Fiji.

Jeronimo Portela will follow in his father’s footsteps and play in the Rugby World Cup after being named at flyhalf by coach Patrice Lagisquet for Portugal’s Pool C fixture against Wales at Stade de Nice on Saturday.

Fans can breathe a sigh of relief as there are no significant injury concerns in the Fiji Water Flying Fijians camp as they prepare for their second World Cup pool match against Australia.

Joining the national side is nothing new for Olympic gold medalist Vilimoni Botitu but the last few days have been quite different.

Suliasi Vunivalu is one of nine players in the Wallabies squad with Fijian heritage but the Suva-born winger is expecting no preferential treatment from the Pacific islanders when they face off at the World Cup on Monday morning.

Fiji Water Flying Fijians number eight Viliame Mata is one of our players that’s expected to lead the charge once again against Australia on Monday at the Rugby World Cup in France.