Flying Fijians push vaccine message in All Blacks test

[ASFN Admin]

Fiji’s rugby players likely will have their minds on an unfolding COVID-19 crisis in their homeland when they play the New Zealand All Blacks in Dunedin on Saturday in the first of two test matches. The match and series are historic for Fiji; their first test in New Zealand in 10 years and their first-ever back-to-back tests against the All Blacks. The spread of the virus has been hastened by low vaccination numbers, so the Fiji players will wear a special jersey in Saturday’s test which will carry a message encouraging their compatriots to get vaccinated.

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