Nute: This is it

The Suva rugby team will treat their INKK Mobile Farebrother-Sullivan challenge match against current holders Lautoka as the final.

This was the gist of Suva head coach Solo Nute’s interview with SUNsports yesterday.

“We are preparing well for the match against Lautoka and the players have been playing in the Suva club games,” the former Police prop said.

“We are training hard so we can bring back the glory to Suva.”

Nute said Lautoka was the more hungrier team when they upset Jack’s Nadi 16-10 at Lawaqa Park, Sigatoka, last week.

“We have to control and manage our set pieces against Lautoka. If we manage our scrums and lineouts, the scores will take care of itself.” he said.

Nute said he would be utilising a few of the Suva Under-20 players in his Match 23 squad since a number of injuries to his key players, which included captain Enele Malele.

“We can see that these players flourish and we believe in the system,” he said.

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“Lautoka has big and tall forwards but we are working hard to utilise our potential through our pack of forwards.”

Nute said he is hopeful that his side would get the win against Lautoka.

“We have the likes of John Stewart and Nemani Nagusa who have the Fijian Drua experience,” he said.

“We also have the influence of the sevens set-up, and we’ll manage our team according to our set-pieces.”

Nute has advised his players to trust in their system prior to their Farebrother clash.

“We believe the players can manage their game time so that we can perform to our best on the field,” he said.

“We want to ask our supporters to pray for the team and to be at the ground when we play against Lautoka.”

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