{"id":519523,"date":"2026-07-10T16:52:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T16:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/519523\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T16:52:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T16:52:21","slug":"yato-and-botia-to-start-against-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/519523\/","title":{"rendered":"Yato and Botia to start against England"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seasoned veterans Peceli Yato and Levani Botia have fought their way into the FIJI Water Flying Fijians line-up to take on England this Sunday in Liverpool.<\/p>\n

Also making their return to the starting lineup are Caleb Muntz, Mesake Doge, Tevita Ratuva, Lekima Tagitagivalu and Vuate Karawalevu on the wing.<\/p>\n

In the front row are Eroni Mawi, captain Tevita Ikanivere, and Doge.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ratuva and Isoa Nasilasila are at locks.<\/p>\n

The loose forwards are Yato and Tagitagivalu while Demolition Man Botia is at No.8.<\/p>\n

The halves pairing are Simione Kuruvoli and Muntz.<\/p>\n

There is a new midfield combination of Josua Tuisova and Kalaveti Ravouvou after Semi Radradra was injured against Wales last week.<\/p>\n

The back three are Jiuta Wainiqolo, Karawalevu and Salesi Rayasi.<\/p>\n

On the bench for the forwards are Sam Matavesi, Livai Natave, Peni Ravai, Temo Mayanavanua, Elia Canakaivata, and Pita Gus Sowakula.<\/p>\n

Frank Lomani and Isaiah Armstrong-Ravula are the backs reserves.<\/p>\n

The Flying Fijians play England at 1.10am Sunday at Hill Dickinson Stadium, Liverpool.<\/p>\n

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In omorrow’s matches, the All Blacks will play Italy at 5.05pm, Australia will host France at 7.40pm, while Japan takes on Ireland at 10.10pm.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, South Africa will face Scotland at 3.10am, while Argentina will host Wales at 7.10am in San Juan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seasoned veterans Peceli Yato and Levani Botia have fought their way into the FIJI Water Flying Fijians line-up…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":519524,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[253176,111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-519523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-fiji-rugby-nations-championship-2026-photo","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}