Fiji Water Flying Fijians hooker Sam Matavesi says they still have a massive game next week against Portugal to get through to the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals.
After their 17-12 victory over Georgia yesterday morning, Matavesi says it was a tough game, and their performance wasn’t good enough.
He says the message at halftime is that they needed to start winning some collisions, and start going forward.
The 31-year-old says the Georgian side were really physical and really good.
He adds next week, they will put a lot more into it.
Matavesi says if they got five points from their game against Georgia, they would have been through to the quarter-finals, but it hasn't, so they still have to turn up and beat Portugal.
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He adds they have respect for the Portuguese side.
Fiji needs only one point to qualify for the quarterfinals, so they need to beat or get a draw against Portugal.
Fiji will take on Portugal at 7am next Monday in Toulouse.
Looking at other results this morning, Scotland thrashed Romania 84-0, Australia beat Portugal 34-14, and South Africa thumped Tonga 49-18.
Rugby World Cup - Bronze and Grand Final
| Date | Time | Team | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze Final | - | |||
| Sat 28 Oct | Full Time | Argentina | 23 - 26 | England |
| Grand Final | - | |||
| Sun 29 Oct | Full Time | New Zealand | 11 - 12 | South Africa |
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