Wallabies Coach Eddies Jones has named four Fijian players in his starting team to face the mighty All Blacks in the opening Bledisloe Test against New
Joining the reigning premiers is tough enough, but Reimis Smith wants the added challenge of replacing one of the game s great finishers at the Melbourne Storm.
The former Bulldog is jostling to claim the wing position vacated by towering Fijian Suliasi Vunivalu, who has defected to rugby.
Vunivalu s incredible record of 86 tries from 111 games for the Storm, with whom he won the 2017 and 2020 titles, stands up in any era.
Smith, who played 49 games for Canterbury and is now competing for a spot with the likes of George Jennings and Isaac Lumelume, is aiming to step into Vunivalu s massive boots. It s very exciting, I can t wait to hopefully get the opportunity round one . I believe [I can play the role], Smith, 23, said on Friday.