Source:RugbyPass

Fiji Water Flying Fijians assistant coach Glen Jackson has reflected on the “pretty surreal” win over Steve Borthwick’s England at Twickenham.

With just nine days to go until the upcoming Rugby World Cup, Fiji made history by beating England for the first time in seven meetings.

It was one of the greatest days in the history of Fijian Rugby. Fiji leapfrogged England on the World Ranking rankings too as they surged up to seventh place.

Playing at one of the most famous rugby stadiums in the world, Fiji fell behind 8-nil after a try to England wing Jonny May in the ninth minute. But the visitors were always in the fight, and showed plenty of resilience as they fought their way into the lead.

Fiji went down to 14 men after a yellow card to Eroni Mawi just before the break, but ended up taking the lead inside the opening five minutes of the second term. The rest was history as they held on for a historic 22-30 win.

“It was pretty surreal,” Jackson said on The Platform. “One of our big things during the week was (to) be the first team to beat England and make some history on the way to the World Cup.

“It’s certainly great for the boys to come off with the victory in such a great place to play rugby in. It gives us a fair bit of confidence going into the World Cup in a couple of weeks.”

“It’s been a really good buildup for us, and having the boys together for eight weeks already, it gives us a real good chance to work on things that you probably don’t do in small campaigns with the Fijian boys.