Vancouver 7s: Fiji beats England 27-12 in their first pool match

Vancouver 7s: Fiji beats England 27-12 in their first pool match

By Antonio Rahiman , Cecilia Matanatabu
Sunday 17/04/2022
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The Fiji Airways Men’s National 7s team got off to an impressive start in their first game at the Vancouver 7s beating England 27-12.

Vuiviawa Naduvalo wasted no time as he displayed his speed and got a try for himself in the first minute of the game.

Vice Captain Waisea Nacuqu displayed his class and experience scoring a try in the first half and getting his second for the game in the second half.

Nacuqu's tries takes his tally up to 100 tries on the series since making his debut in 2014.

Kaminieli Rasaku and Pilipo Bukayaro also got tries for Fiji in the second half.

England managed two tries as Fiji was too powerful in defence keeping them back inside their territory for most of the game.

The Fiji 7s team will meet Kenya at 9.04am in their second match and play USA at 12.35pm in their final pool match today.

The Cup quarterfinals will start at 5.40am Monday, the semis will start at 9.44am Monday while the Cup final will be played 12.58pm Monday.

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Match Report

Fiji
vs
England
Naduvalo scores the first try for Fiji to put points on the board
5 - 0



England now in possession but still in Fiji's territory
Nacuqu scores the second try for Fiji to extend their lead. The offloads by Fiji making it hard for England to get possession. 
10 -0


10-0
England trying to get possession of the ball
Pilipo Bukayaro dives for the third try. Conversion successful
17-0


HALF TIME

17-0


Nacuqu kicks off
17-0
Penalty at the breakdown
Nacuqu does a dummy pass then runs straight to the score line to make another try for Fiji
22 - 0


22 -0
England now in possession, they try to put points on the board

      22 - 7 Homer makes the first try for England. 
Kaminieli Rasaku takes off with speed to make the fifth try for Fiji side, with a successful conversion
27 - 7



England still hungry for another try. 

27 - 12
Boyland scores the second try for England

FULL TIME

27 - 12



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