All Blacks winger Joe Rokocoko wants rugby union's developing nations to gain greater exposure to rugby's elite in order to advance their development.

Rokocoko was Fiji's most vociferous supporter when his homeland drew with Wales last weekend, cheering them on from New Zealand's team hotel in Dublin last Friday - and he made no apology for disturbing his fellow guests.

"I loved it. I was the loudest," the 68-Test All Blacks veteran said.

"It just proves the more games the smaller southern hemisphere nations get over here the better they're going to get."

The Nadi-born wing was immensely proud of Fiji's performance in securing a 16-all draw at Millennium Stadium - an outcome inspiring dread in Wales given the All Blacks are looming on Sunday (NZT).

And Rokocoko was also impressed with the efforts of fellow Pacific Islanders Samoa after they held Ireland and England to 10 and 13 point margins respectively on their end of year tour.

"The results have shown in the past few weeks... It used to be a 50-plus score, now it's down 20-plus max and even closer," he continued.

"The more these guys get exposed to the bigger teams... They'll get used to the pace of the game, they know what to expect in set pieces at international level."

Fiji and Samoa have developed a habit of embarrassing Wales - Western Samoa, as they were then known, stunned the crowd at the Arms Park when winning 16-13 at the 1991 World Cup; two tournaments later they triumphed 38-31 at Millennium.

In the last World Cup in France, it was Fiji who had the rugby-loving nation mourning when a 38-34 victory in Nantes condemned Wales to an exit before the knockout stages.

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