Indiscipline forces rotation

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Fiji’s Ilikimi Torosi eyes the tryline aginst New Zealand during the Emirates Dubai Rugby 7’s 2023, Friday 1st December 2023. Piicture: TRYSPORT IMAGES

Indiscipline has forced Fiji Airways Fiji men’s seven’s head coach Osea Kolinisau to a make a few changes to his starting team in their opening match of the Cape Town seven’s which kicks off today.

Sakiuasa Silqila and Ilikimi Torosi are expected to miss a few matches in Cape Town after both players were red-carded last week.

Siqila has copped a three-match ban while Torosi has been banned for two matches.

Kolinisau has expressed his disappointment in his team discipline last week and he hopes for an improvement in Cape Town this week.

“I was unhappy about getting two red cards and that’s something that we don’t want,” he said.

The absence of Torosi and Siqila will be an opportunity for the other players in the squad to step in against South Africa tomorrow.

“We will have a rotation and will bring out some of the players who have training with us and see how they blend into our combinations,” Kolinisau said.

Fiji will take on hosts South Africa at 10.44 tonight in the opening match of the Cape Town 7’s.