Fijiana suffers second heavy loss in Dubai 7s after going down 42-7 to Australia

The Fiji Airways Fijiana 7s side suffered their second heavy loss on day 1 of the HSBC Dubai 7s after going down 42-7 to Australia in their second pool match tonight.

Australia’s Madison Levi was the toast of her team after scoring 4 converted tries in the match.

Australia took an early 14-0 lead in the first 3 minutes of the game after Levi scored two converted tries before Fiji responded with a converted try to Vika Nakacia in the 4th minute to trail 14-7.

Levi scored her third try in the 7th minute of the match to give Australia a 21-7 lead at the break.

Australia took their game to the next level in the second half as they scored a further three converted tries through Demi Hayes, Teagan Levi and Madison Levi for the win.

The loss has seen the Fijiana sitting at the bottom of Pool A after 2 matches.

Fijiana’s final pool match will be against China at 1.13am tomorrow.

Meanwhile, the Fiji Airways Fiji Men’s 7s side will take on the USA at 9.52 tonight in their second pool match before playing NZ at 3.16am tomorrow in their final pool match.

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Match Report

UPDATES: Fijiana 0 - 0 Australia

0' Australia kicks off the first half. FIJ 0-0 AUS

1' Madison Levi scores Australia's first converted try. FIJ 0-7 AUS

3' Madison Levi scores her second converted try to extend Australia's lead. FIJ 0-14 AUS

4' Fijiana responds with a converted try to Vika Nakacia to trail. FIJ 7-14 AUS

7' Madison Levi scores her third try at the stroke of halftime to extend Australia's lead. FIJ 7-21 AUS

7' Fijiana kicks off the second spell. FIJ 7-21 AUS

9' Australia scores another converted try through Demi Hayes. FIJ 7-28 AUS

12' Teagan Levi scores another converted try to extend their lead. FIJ 7-35 AUS

14' Madison Levi scores her 4th try at the stroke of fulltime. Conversion Successful. FULLTIME: FIJI 7-42 AUSTRALIA