Marist 7s: NZ survives scare from Ravuka Sharks and will meet Raiwasa Taveuni in cup quarter final

Marist 7s: NZ survives scare from Ravuka Sharks and will meet Raiwasa Taveuni in cup quarter final

By Mosese Raqio
Saturday 23/03/2024

The NZ 7s side survived another scare today in the 48th Fiji Bitter Marist 7s men's cup elimination after coming from behind to beat Ravuka Sharks 14-7.

Ravuka Sharks scored the first converted try of the match in the 4th minute of play to lead 7-0.

New Zealand came back and scored a converted try just before halftime to level the score at 7-all.

New Zealand scored the winning try in the 10th minute of play and booked their place in the cup quarter finals.

In other Men's elimination matches today, Army Green beat Fire 17-7, Freh'et Navy defeated Wainimala Babas 17-0, Post Fiji Tabadamu beat Uluinakau Babas 19-0, DXC Barbarians overcame Flametree Colo-i-Suva 12-7, Police defeated Ratu Filise 22-0 and Raiwasa Taveuni beat Navala Babas 19-0.

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Meanwhile, the men's cup quarter finals will see Army Green taking on Navy, Tabadamu will play Dominion Brothers, DXC Baba will play Police Blue and NZ will take on Raiwasa Taveuni.

The cup quarter finals will kick off at 1.01pm, the semi finals will start at 3.35pm and the Cup final will kick off at 7.30pm.

The Women's semi finals are currently underway.

You can catch the live commentaries of the men's cup quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the Women’s and Men’s finals with our commentator, Antonio Rahiman on our sister station, Viti FM and on our website, fijivillage.

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