{"id":474477,"date":"2026-02-12T06:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T06:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/474477\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T06:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T06:10:10","slug":"nabaro-crosses-path-with-rugby-idol-savors-the-moment-fbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/474477\/","title":{"rendered":"Nabaro crosses path with rugby idol, savors the moment \u2013 FBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/drua-5.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>[Source: File]<\/p>\n<p>A simple trip to Nadi International Airport to collect paperwork turned into an unforgettable day for Luke Nabaro, who had the chance to meet his all-time rugby idol for the very first time.<\/p>\n<p>Nabaro was walking past the International Arrivals area when he unexpectedly came face-to-face with Moana Pasifika head coach and former All Blacks great, Tana Umaga.<\/p>\n<p>The team arrived in Nadi this morning ahead of their Shop N Save Super Rugby Pacific opener against the Swire Shipping Fijian Drua.<\/p>\n<p>Article continues after advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Seizing the moment, Nabaro approached Umaga for a photo, describing the encounter as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>He said he has always been a passionate All Blacks supporter, with Umaga ranking among his favourite players of all time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been a fan of his for more than 20 years; he was a very talented player, and I\u2019d rank him as one of the best players ever to play in the centre position. I\u2019m just happy and thankful that I got to meet him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nabaro is now hoping to attend Saturday\u2019s clash between the Drua and Moana Pasifika at Churchill Park and perhaps even meet the former All Blacks captain once again.<\/p>\n<p>The match kicks off at 3:30pm on Saturday at Churchill Park.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"viti-plus-link-article\" href=\"https:\/\/www.viti.plus\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stream the best of Fiji on VITI+.  Anytime.  Anywhere.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[Source: File] A simple trip to Nadi International Airport to collect paperwork turned into an unforgettable day for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-474477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}