Welsh Lions are strong enough to down Fijians

SHANE WILLIAMS
WALES AND LIONS LEGEND

IT’S the ‘Flying Fijians’ in France yet again for Wales ... and we all know what happened the last time! Whether today’s game is even bigger than the one in which I played in 2007 is debatable. That was win or bust for us in Nantes, and we went bust! Our 38-34 defeat cost us a place in the knock-out phase and lost head coach Gareth Jenkins his job. This time around, it is the first pool fixture, so there is time to recover.
There is no doubt the tension has been mounting in Wales with every game Fiji has played. They’ve had five games since Simon ...

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