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News: Wales out to bury Fiji ghosts

Matches: Wales 16 - 16 Fiji

Tournaments/Tours: Fiji tour

Teams: Fiji | Wales

Grounds: Millennium Stadium

Complacency will not be something that Wales boss Warren Gatland will have to concern himself with ahead of Friday's meeting with Fiji in Cardiff. Indeed, there are just too many players within the current Welsh squad who know only too well how dangerous it is to underestimate the Fijians.

At the 2007 World Cup, Wales and Fiji met in the final round of pool matches, with both sides knowing that a victory would earn them a place in the quarter-finals. Wales had won their six previous meetings with the Islanders, a run stretching back to 1985, and seemingly had little to fear from a talented but erratic side.

However, they adopted a cavalier approach, thus playing into Fijian hands, and it was the underdogs who prevailed, with a last-gasp try from Graham Dewes securing them a famous 38-34 victory.

It was a hugely significant result, as it earned Fiji a place in the last eight of the World Cup for the first time in 20 years and also ultimately cost the then Wales boss Gareth Jenkins his job.

Wales have come along way in the interim under Gatland but he will be nonetheless wary of a side that specialises in the unexpected.

Wales v Fiji All-time record: Played: 7, Wales won 6, Fiji won 1.

Biggest winning margin: Wal: 44, 58-14 at Millennium Stadium, 2002; Fij: 4, 38-34 at Stade de la Beaujoire, 2007.

Highest score: Wal: 58 (58-14) at Millennium Stadium, 2002; Fij: 38 (38-34) 38-34 at Stade de la Beaujoire, 2007.

Most tries: Wal: 7 (58-14) at Millennium Stadium, 2002 and (40-3) National Stadium, 1985; Fij: 4 (38-34) at Stade de la Beaujoire, 2007.

Longest winning sequence: Wal: 6 (1985-07); Fij: 1 (2007-present).

Most points (individual): Wal: Stephen Jones 28; Fij: Nicky Little 20.

Most tries (individual): Wal: 3 Mark Jones; Fij: 3 Sevaro Walisoliso.

Most points in a Test: Wal: 22 Stephen Jones at Millennium Stadium, 2002; Fij: 18 Nicky Little at Stade de la Beaujoire, 2007.

• Click here for Wales' full Test record courtesy of Statsguru

• Click here for Fiji's full Test record courtesy of Statsguru

• Click here for a record of all Wales v Fiji matches courtesy of Statsguru

• Click here for a record of all of Wales' home matches against Fiji courtesy of Statsguru