The Fiji Under 21 netball team flew out for Glasgow today, well aware of the challenge that lays ahead of them at the World Youth Championships.
The Baby Pearls are in the same pool as heavyweights Australia and South Africa, alongside Namibia and Israel.
The head coach Una Rokoura says taking on the defending champions Australia, especially, will be an almighty test.
"I believe there's two or three players who are in the Diamonds and also 80 percent of the players played during the ANZ Cup Championship this year but it's going to be a good opportunity for the players to play the best players in netball. This is a stepping stone for most of these players and, like I mentioned, this is a stepping stone for them to the national squad so having them a part of the World Youth Competition is going to be a really good experience for them."
Fiji have three warm-up matches in the UK before the tournament gets underway next week.
