Sireli joins Fiji
8 Dec 2009
Stormers back Sireli Naqelevuki will play for Fiji in the George Sevens this weekend.
Jerry Burotu and Niumaia Cakacaka were injured in Fiji’s Dubai campaign where they were knocked out by New Zealand in the semis, with Naqelevuki now drafted in. Sevens was the version where Naqelevuki first made an impact, and with his form waning in the XVs code recently, Rassie Erasmus will be hoping this could provide a platform for a return to his best.
Naqelevuki joined the Fiji squad in George on Monday, and they will face Australia, Portugal and Russia in Group B on Friday. South Africa, who were knocked out in the Cup quarter-finals to Fiji, are in a group with Kenya, France and Zimbabwe and will need to improve greatly if they are to challenge for honours on home soil.
20 Comments
8 Dec 2009, 11:13 am
High tackling semi-final costing dragon
8 Dec 2009, 11:25 am
i really can’t picture him adding anything to the fijian 7s team…he’s just not agile enough..
8 Dec 2009, 11:28 am
But he needs to train o.O
8 Dec 2009, 11:32 am
Lazy, fat, slow-mo, high tackling, weed puffing bliksem.
8 Dec 2009, 11:51 am
Chuckle. He isn’t bad but always looks like he is in slow motion.
8 Dec 2009, 12:21 pm
And go back with them and stay there please
8 Dec 2009, 12:24 pm
He should be banished to Pretoria.
8 Dec 2009, 12:43 pm
At least the saffas can get their revenge.
8 Dec 2009, 13:17 pm
@Troedels:
Ha ha ha! Classic!
8 Dec 2009, 13:21 pm
Come on guys,give him a break…He has one more Super 14 to make a difference for us…
8 Dec 2009, 13:27 pm
thats fiji f*cked then….
8 Dec 2009, 13:32 pm
Hopefully they take him home afterwards.
8 Dec 2009, 13:34 pm
I sure hope for the Stormer’s sake that he gets on the plane with them afterwards and never returns…
8 Dec 2009, 15:26 pm
I think he will be very effective in 7s – takes at least two men to bring him down, will make space for the others. And he is deceptively fast also.
As for WP, why is no-one singling out the guys who gave away those 4 penalties in the first 20 minutes? They are just as guilty.
8 Dec 2009, 15:47 pm
Agree,he was just the last unlucky guy who conceded that penalty…easy scapegoat
8 Dec 2009, 15:57 pm
The year before joining WP and the Stormers Naqelevuki was the 7′s player of the series. He is brilliant at 7′s!
8 Dec 2009, 17:22 pm
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Yes he does add a lot in the 7′s game. It is very different to 15s.
He is a player in their side, or he was in the past at least, who would carry strongly and crash ball it up, and either offload in the tackle to a teammate or set up the next phase by taking out a couple of players at the ruck. Then the quicker players are released out wide.
Fiji have always had a few bigger players like that to fulfil that job.
Sireli is actually a great 7′s player. Not so great at 15s though
8 Dec 2009, 17:24 pm
#14 and #16
Exactly okes! 7′s is his game
9 Dec 2009, 09:27 am
Oh joy of joys!!
Please please please keep him!! Just know this: he’s gonna wash your cars, sit on your bench and lose the game for you in the semis.
11 Dec 2009, 07:53 am
not a fan of the guy,not just because of that tackle in the semis but just in general, i dont understand why WP got him in the 1st place
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