Pacific / Fiji

Both Drua teams to play Queensland Red at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday

16:28 pm on 8 March 2022

Fiji Drua beat the Melbourne Rebels in their third round match. Photo: Fiji Times

Fijian Drua and Fijiana Drua will both play against the Queensland Reds at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on Saturday.

Both teams will play the Queensland Reds and the two games will air LIVE on Fiji's FBC Sports channel on the Walesi platform.

Fijiana's match will start at 6pm (AEST) followed by the men's at 8:45pm.

Two Fijian Drua players are in the top five based on statistics from the last three rounds for defenders beaten and metres gained.

Centre Apisalome Vota who was named Man of the Match against Rebels is equal second for defenders beaten with 16 along with Hurricanes player Thomas Umaga-Jensen.

Force winger Manasa Mataele is also in the top five with 11 defenders beaten while Izaia Perese is at the top with 17.

Vota is second behind Hurricanes star Jordie Barrett for most metres gained with 278.

Drua winger Vinaya Habosi is third with 274 and Mataele fourth with 270 metres.