Three Fiji players to watch against Ireland

Levani Botia is 33 now but the La Rochelle clubman still has the physique and the power to do serious damage on either side of the ball

ONE TO WATCH: Fiji's Levani Botia in action against Scotland. Pic: INPHO/Ben Brady

Levani Botia

You don’t earn the nickname ‘Demolition Man’ in a sport as punishing as rugby without good reason. The French prefer ‘La Machine’. He is 33 now but the La Rochelle clubman still has the physique and the power to do serious damage on either side of the ball. Mr Versatile would be another decent moniker for a man who can play in the pack or out the back. Botia was a ‘hybrid’ player before anyone bothered to put a name to such a thing and he starts here as openside flanker. Ronan O’Gara has described him in the past as La Rochelle’s talisman.