The man whose ten-out-of-ten spectacular paved the way for the Warriors to clinch their first title in such exhilarating fashion against Munster four months ago is now preparing to appear on the biggest global stage of all. Fiji against England at Twickenham will guarantee exposure on a world-wide scale.
The hosts will be too respectful to fall into the trap of taking their first opponents lightly. Fiji are not ranked ninth in the latest World Rugby rankings for nothing and they do have a tendency to take World Cups by storm, most notably at the expense of Wales in Nantes eight years ago.
No less a judge than Bob Dwyer, Australia's coach when the Wallabies won the Webb Ellis trophy for the first time 24 years ago, has predicted that Fiji will take one 'major scalp' and that really would be something considering the company they are having to keep in Pool A.
A more fiendishly difficult group has never been assembled - four teams ranked in the top ten along with Uruguay, rank outsiders at 5,000-1.
The scenario, whether it's Twickenham this week or the Millennium Stadium against Australia next week followed by Wales at the same venue on October 1, ought to be right up Nakawara's street. Do not be surprised if he starts on Friday night the way he finished in Belfast at the end of last season.
The 27-year-old lock, whose compatriot Niko Matawalu has since moved from Glasgow to Bath, is not the only GUINNESS PRO12 player at Fiji's disposal for Friday's opening of the eighth Rugby World Cup. Josh Matavesi of the Ospreys will also relish the chance of a lifetime.
That the Pacific Nations' Cup holders can call on a pair from the top end of the GUINNESS PRO12 is part of a much broader reflection of the competition's international flavour. More players from the PRO12 will be taking part at the World Cup than from the two other major European Leagues.
There are 89 from the Aviva Premiership and 85 from the Top 14 compared to 107 from the PRO12 - an average of almost nine per team. All 12, from the Warriors at the top to Zebre at the bottom, will be represented in the opening pool matches.
Nobody in Europe has supplied more players to the Rugby World Cup than the Warriors, fittingly so given their status as defending GUINNESS PRO12 champions. Of Glasgow's 20 internationals, 80 per cent are, naturally enough, Scottish, with enough left over to play under the flags of America, Italy and Tonga as well as Fiji.
Ten of the 20 Rugby World Cup finalists will have at least one PRO12 player on board and that includes South Africa. Their squad includes two Springboks from opposite sides of the Irish border - Ulster scrum-half Ruan Pienaar and Leinster full back Zane Kirchner.
Canada will be reinforced by a trio of Welsh-based players for what will be the start of their eighth consecutive Rugby World Cup, against Ireland in Cardiff on Saturday.
They are captained by one Osprey in Tyler Ardron with another, Jeff Hassler, on one wing and DTH van der Merwe on the other following his summer switch from the Warriors to the Scarlets.
The USA also have a trio of Celtic-based internationals - wing Blaine Scully and lock Cam Dolan from the Cardiff Blues as well as one of the Warriors' new signings, the Australian-born second row forward Greg Peterson.
The GUINNESS PRO12's contribution to the Rugby World Cup, club by club:
Glasgow Warriors 20 (16 Scottish, 1 Fijian, 1 Tongan, 1 American,1 Italian).
Leinster 17 (16 Irish, 1 South African).
Ospreys 12 (9 Welsh, 2 Canadian, 1 Fijian).
Zebre 9 (9 Italian)
Edinburgh 9 (9 Scottish)
Ulster 8 (7 Irish, 1 South African)
Cardiff Blues 8 (5 Welsh, 2 American, 1 Samoan)
Benetton Treviso 8 (7 Italian, 1 Samoan)
Scarlets 7 (6 Welsh, 1 Canadian)
Munster 6 (6 Irish)
Connacht 2 (2 Irish)
NG Dragons 2 (2 Welsh).
Who's got the most:
Ireland 31
Scotland 25
Wales 22
Italy 17
Canada 3
USA 3
Fiji 2
South Africa 2
Samoa 2
Tonga 1
And so, after two rounds, the GUINNESS PRO12 takes a break for three weeks until early October. As the earliest possible sign that the level of competition will be, if anything, still more ferocious than last season, only three teams remain unbeaten - Scarlets, Edinburgh and Munster.
At the other end, only three have lost both opening matches, Treviso, Zebre and the Ospreys, stripped of everything bar a losing bonus point by Ian Keatley's last-kick conversion of CJ Stander's try, his third in two matches.
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