Uruguay upsets Fiji 24-17 at Perth 7s

Uruguay upsets Fiji 24-17 at Perth 7s

By Manoa Dawaibalavu
Friday 24/01/2025

Uruguay have upset the Fiji Airways Men’s National 7s team 24-17 in their first pool match in the Perth 7s.

Uruguay came from a 17-5 deficit at half-time taking advantage of the lackluster defence by Fiji.

Fiji scored early through Rupeni Kabu, Terio Veilawa, and Joji Nasova to get a 17-0 lead.

Uruguay struck back though Dante Soto to get the score 17-5 at half-time.

Fiji gave away a lot of possession in the second half through knock ons and forward passes.

Uruguay scored three second half tries through Ignacio Facciolo, Juan Manuel Tafernaberry, and Pedro Hoblog.

Fiji’s next game is against Kenya at 7.59 tonight before they play New Zealand at 4.22pm tomorrow in their last pool game.

In other results, New Zealand beat Kenya 29-14 and Canada thumped Great Britain 38-5.

The Men’s Cup quarter finals will kick off at 9.27pm tomorrow, the semi finals will be at 7.05pm Sunday and the cup final will kick off at 11.35pm.

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Perth7s: Fiji vs Uruguay

Fiji with possession, cough it up. Uruguay with the scrum. Kicked it out. Uruguay win

7'.Uruguay scrum 8 metres from the try line, TRY!! Uruguay 24-17 Fiji

6'. Fiji knock it on, Uruguay with the ball.

5'. Easy try for Uruguay after the halfback stepped through Fiji's defence and sped off to the try line.  Uruguay 19-17 Fiji

4'. Fiji knock the ball forward

1'. Uruguay on the attack, building the phases, lackluster defence from Fiji results in an easy Uruguay try. Uruguay 12-17 Fiji

Half-time FIJ 17-5 Uruguay

7'. Dantre Soto gets an easy try from lost possession from Fiji. Fiji 17-5 Uruguay

6'. Joji Nasova cruises through the defence to dot down between the sticks. Fiji 17-0 Uruguay

5'. Uruguay on the attack, possession turned over to Fiji for a forward pass.

4'. Uruguay get a penalty and kick for touch. Their feed on the 10 metre line. Fiji get penalised for a high tackle.

2'. Fiji gets the penalty, Talacolo passes over the top for Terio Tamani to score in the corner. Fiji 10-0 Uruguay

1'. Rupeni Kabu gets Fiji on the score sheets, conversion missed. Fiji 5-0 Uruguay


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