Sports successes are sometimes very small compared to the vicissitudes of life. On the verge of reaching the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup with Fiji, Josua Tuisova lost one of her children from a previous union, who died, according to the Fijian press, several years ago at the age of 7 days. “from a long illness.”
The Racing 92 center nevertheless played in the match against Georgia on Saturday, with a precious victory on the line. Despite this tragic news, the player, according to his father, has decided to continue his World Cup adventure and will therefore not be able to attend his son’s funeral, which will take place on Tuesday.
The former Toulon and LU player is a very important member of the Fijian XV. On the field in the first three matches of the tournament, he will be useful again against Portugal on Sunday (21:00), in the decisive match to reach the quarter-finals. After two wins over Australia and Georgia, Fiji need only a draw with Portugal to secure qualification and face England, who are guaranteed to finish top of Group D.
Source: Le Parisien
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