{"id":14806,"date":"2015-08-31T22:17:08","date_gmt":"2015-08-31T21:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/?p=14806"},"modified":"2015-08-31T22:17:08","modified_gmt":"2015-08-31T21:17:08","slug":"fiji-name-squad-for-rwc-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/fiji-name-squad-for-rwc-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"FIJI NAME SQUAD FOR RWC 2015!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FIJI RWC 2015 SQUAD<\/p>\n<p>Forwards: Lee Roy Atalifo, Isei Colati, Campese Ma\u2019afu, Peni Ravai, Manasa Saulo, Sunia Koto (vice-captain), Tuapati Talemaitoga, Viliame Veikoso, Tevita Cavubati, Leone Nakarawa, Api Ratuniyarawa, Nemia Soqeta, Masi Matadigo, Akapusi Qera (captain), Malakai Ravulo, Netani Talei, Dom Waqaniburotu, Peceli Yato.<\/p>\n<p>Backs: Nemia Kenatale, Nikola Matawalu,Henry Seniloli, Lepani Botia, Gabby Lovobalavu, Josh Matavesi, Ben Volavola, Vereniki Goneva (vice-captain), Kini Murimurivalu, Nemani Nadolo, Waisea Nayacalevu, Metuisela Talebula, Asaeli Tikoirotuma.<\/p>\n<p>Akapusi Qera captains a Fijian RWC 2015 squad that boasts an array of attacking talent even with the loss of Napolioni Nalaga, who has failed to recover from injury in time. Nalaga has been named as one of seven non-travelling reserves.<\/p>\n<p>However, Crusaders star Nemani Nadolo, who missed Fiji\u2019s World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup 2015 title-winning campaign due to a leg injury, does take his place in the squad after undergoing a successful rehabilitation period.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Volavola\u2019s impressive showing in the Pacific Nations Cup has earned the former Australia U20 international a call up at fly-half where he will compete with Lepani Boti, Gabby Lovobalavu and Josh Matavesi for the number 10 jersey.<\/p>\n<p>Qera, who will be appearing in his third Rugby World Cup, will be assisted by vice-captains, centre Vereniki Goneva and hooker Sunia Koto\u2026\u2026 fulkl story on &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rugbyworldcup.com\/news\/85764\">http:\/\/www.rugbyworldcup.com\/news\/85764<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIJI RWC 2015 SQUAD Forwards: Lee Roy Atalifo, Isei Colati, Campese Ma\u2019afu, Peni Ravai, Manasa Saulo, Sunia Koto (vice-captain), Tuapati Talemaitoga, Viliame Veikoso, Tevita Cavubati, Leone Nakarawa, Api Ratuniyarawa, Nemia Soqeta, Masi Matadigo, Akapusi Qera (captain), Malakai Ravulo, Netani Talei, Dom Waqaniburotu, Peceli Yato. Backs: Nemia Kenatale, Nikola Matawalu,Henry Seniloli, Lepani Botia, Gabby Lovobalavu, Josh [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14806"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14808,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14806\/revisions\/14808"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}