Fiji to face South Africa in Cup Final of Los Angeles 7s at 12:26PM

Fiji to face South Africa in Cup Final of Los Angeles 7s at 12:26PM

By Dhanjay Deo , Manoa Dawaibalavu
Tuesday 03/03/2020

The Fiji Airways Men’s National 7’s team has qualified for the final of the Los Angeles 7’s after thrashing Australia 43-7 in the first Cup semi-final.

It was a one sided affair as Fiji dominated the game and scored a total of seven tries and conceded just one.

Hard hitting tackles, timely offloads and some quality work at the ruck gave Fiji a lot of possession.

Vilimoni Botitu and Aminiasi Tuimaba scored two tries each while Jerry Tuwai, Asaeli Tuivuaka and Livai Ikanikoda scored a try each.

Fiji led 19-7 at half-time.

Captain, Meli Derenalagi was yellow carded in the first half for challenging a player in mid-air.

South Africa beat New Zealand 17-0 in the second Cup semifinal.

NZ beat France 29-14 in their quarterfinal while South Africa beat USA 12-10.

The Cup final of the Los Angeles 7s will kick-off at 12.26pm today. Stay with us for updates.

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Fiji 

2nd half:

43-7 

Australia

  TIME  

 

'0  Australia kicks off  
 Derenalagi yellow carded  '2  
   '3 Australia scores the 1st try  
 Tuimaba forces his way over to score 1st try for Fiji '5   
Jerry Tuwai scores his 1st try for Fiji'6
Botitu scores  3rd try for Fiji '7



HALFTIME

 Fiji kicks off

'0   
Botitu scores his 2nd try '8
Tuivuaka scores for Fiji'10
Tuimaba scores 6th try for Fiji'12
 Ikanikoda scores Fiji's last try  '14  
     
FULLTIME

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