Fiji, Oct. 15 -- Players must be physically fit and healthy if they want to represent the Flying Fijians, national men's head coach Jake White has warned.

"It's very difficult to compare a person who's playing 80 minutes at La Rochelle versus a club guy who isn't playing much, and then the stats are always in favour of the overseas guy," White said.

"What I'll do is work hard with the conditioning coaches to see how the player looks after himself and manages himself between now and when we get together in June next year.

"Basically, it doesn't matter which club you've played at. It doesn't matter how many minutes you've played. It doesn't matter what your reputation is. I want to make sure that by June, everyone arrives here fit and he...