Iowane Raturaciri was the hero for the Fiji Airways men’s national 7s team in their final pool match against Australia this morning as he scored the last try to secure a 17-12 win.
Australia had scored two tries and led Fiji throughout the game.
Iowane Teba scored two tries for Fiji in each half.
The win secures a cup quarterfinal spot against Kenya at 7:34 pm today.
Looking at the results of Fiji's other games, the national side beat France 24-17 and defeated Canada 29-14.
In the other quarterfinals, Argentina will face Ireland at 6:28pm, South Africa takes on Australia at 6:50pm and the USA will play Great Britain at 7:12 pm.
The cup semifinals will start at 10.18pm today while the final will be played at 3.26am Sunday.
3' - TRY to Iowane Teba. Conversion Missed | 5-0 | |
5-7 | 7' - TRY to Australia. | |
Half-Time 5-7 |
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5-12 | 10' - Try to Josh Turner. Conversion missed | |
12' - TRY to Iowane Teba. Conversion missed | 10-12 | |
14' - Iowane Raturaciri TRY to win the game for Fiji | 15-12 | |
FULL-TIMIE 17-12 | ||
Date | Time | Team | Team | |
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