Fiji through to Paris Olympics 7s quarter finals

The Fiji Men’s Rugby 7s side secured their second win in the Paris Olympics Men’s 7s competition after defeating the USA 38-12 this morning.

The USA started the game well with an unconverted try to give them a 5-0 lead.

Fiji came back strongly to score 5 tries through Iowane Teba, Kaminieli Rasaku, Selestino Ravutaumada, Josaia Raisuqe and Iosefo Masi with 4 conversions to give Fiji a 33-5 lead at halftime.

Waisea Nacuqu scored Fiji’s only try in the second half with the conversion unsuccessful while Perry Baker scored a converted try for the USA for the final score.

Fiji earlier beat Uruguay 40-12 in their first pool match.

Fiji will now take on France in their final pool match at 1.30am tomorrow.

The Men’s quarter-finals will kick off at 7am tomorrow. There will be a break on Saturday for the official opening of the Paris Olympics 2024 before the competition resumes on Sunday. The semi-finals will kick off at 1.30am Sunday, and the final will be at 5.45am Sunday.

In other results, Australia beat Samoa 21-14, Argentina beat Kenya 31-12, host France was held to a 12-all draw by the USA, Ireland beat South Africa 10-5, New Zealand thumped Japan 40-12, Australia defeated Kenya 21-7, Argentina overcame Samoa 28-12, France edged Uruguay 19-12 and New Zealand beat South Africa 17-5.

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0' USA kicks off the first spell. FIJ 0-0 USA

1' Lauren Bizer scores the first try of the match with the conversion missed. FIJ 0-5 USA

2' Iowane Teba replies with a converted try to give Fiji the lead. FIJ 7-5 USA

4' Kaminieli Rasaku scores Fiji's second try with the conversion unsuccessful. FIJ 12-5 USA.

5' Selestino Ravutaumada scores another converted try for Fiji to extend their lead. FIJ 19-5 USA

6' Josaia Raisuqe extends Fiji's lead with another converted try. FIJ 26-5 USA

7' Iosefo Masi scores another try for Fiji at the stroke of halftime to extend their lead. Conversion successful. FIJ 33-5 USA

9' Waisea Nacuqu scores another unconverted try for Fiji to extend their lead. FIJ 38-5 USA

11' Perry Baker scores a converted try for USA to trail Fiji. FIJ 38-12 USA

Fulltime: FIJI 38-12 USA

The Team Fiji Men’s Rugby 7s side has kicked off their Paris Olympics 7s competition campaign on a high after beating Uruguay 40-12 this morning.

Fiji scored a total of 6 tries while Uruguay managed to score only two tries.

Fiji started the game well scoring an unconverted try in the 1st minute through Joji Nasova before Uruguay scored a converted try to lead 7-5.

Fiji came back and scored two converted tries before halftime through Ponipate Loganimasi and Nasova who scored his second try to give Fiji a 19-7 lead at the break.

Waisea Nacuqu gave Fiji the start they wanted in the second half scoring a converted try to extend their lead to 26-7 before Uruguay scored an unconverted try to trail 26-12.

Iowane Teba and Selestino Ravutaumada scored two more converted tries in the 11th and 14th minute respectively to seal the win for Fiji.

Fiji will take on the USA at 6.30am today.

They will take on France in their final pool match at 1.30am tomorrow.

Meanwhile, in other results of the matches played already, Australia beat Samoa 21-14, Argentina beat Kenya 31-12 and host France was held to a 12-all draw by the USA, Ireland beat South Africa 10-5, New Zealand thumped Japan 40-12, Australia defeated Kenya 21-7 and Argentina overcame Samoa 28-12.

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0' Fiji kicks off the first half. FIJ 0-0 URU

1' Joji Nasova scores Fiji's first unconverted try to lead. FIJ 5-0 URU.

3' Uruguay scores a converted try in the corner. FIJ5-7 URU

5' Ponipate Loganimasi scores a converted a try to regain the lead for Fiji. FIJ 12-7 URU

7' Nasova scores his second try for Fiji with the conversion successful to extend their lead. FIJ 19-7 URU

HT: Fiji 19-7 Uruguay

7' Uruguay kicks off second half. FIJ 19-7 URU

7' Waisea Nacuqu scores another converted try for Fiji to extend their lead. FIJ 26-7 URU.

10' Uruguay scores their scond try with conversion unsuccessful. FIJ 26-12 URU

11' Iowane Teba scores another converted try for Fij. FIJ 33-12 URU.

14' Seletino Ravutaumada scores the final converted try for Fiji to put the final nail on the conffin.

FULLTIME : FIJ 40-12 URU