Rugby Union has been taken by surprise by the news of Mark Nawaqanitawase’s surprise move to Fiji.

Commentator Lote Tiqiri has told 2GB Sports Today host Adam Hawse that everyone had been assuming Nawaqanitawase would play for the Wallabies.

“He would have been at the forefront of their marketing and this, that and the other, trying to drag people to the game,” he said.

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