The Fiji Airways Men’s National 7s team is still in third place with 83 points in the HSBC 7s series standing after their 6th place finish in the Vancouver 7s. Fiji went on to lose to USA 40-14 in the 5th place play-off to wrap up a disappointing outing at the Vancouver 7s.
Fiji Airways Men’s National 7s Team Coach Gareth Baber has named his team for the Vancouver 7s which starts tomorrow.
According to World Rugby, Baber has selected players like Captain, Meli Derenalagi, Jerry Tuwai, Josua Vakurunabili, Waisea Nacuqu, Vilimoni Botitu, Kavekini Tabu, Sevuloni Mocenacagi, Apenisa Cakaubalavu, Asaeli Tuivuaka, Alasio Naduva, Napolioni Bolaca while Suliano Volivolituevei will make his debut.
Terio Tamani is the 13th player.
Fiji's first pool match in the Vancouver 7s is against Wales at 7.37am tomorrow, they will face Canada at 10.49am tomorrow in their second pool match and battle France at 2.33pm tomorrow in their final pool match.
The Cup quarterfinals will begin at 6.19am next Monday, the Cup semifinals will start at 10.14am next Monday and Cup final will kick off at 1.28pm next Monday.
The Fiji Airways Men’s National 7s Team has started the Vancouver 7s with a narrow 26-19 win over Wales.
Fiji’s first try was scored by Josua Vakurunabili in the 1st minute of the first half after he powered his way through a couple of defenders as Fiji took a 7-0 lead.
Vakurunabili got his second try in the 4th minute after some beautiful off-loads from Vilimoni Botitu and Sevuloni Mocenacagi as Fiji led 14-0.
Mocenacagi made a try-saving tackle just before the half-time mark however Jerry Tuwai was shown a yellow card for not being 10 metres after Wales received a penalty inside Fiji’s 22-metre line.
Fiji led 14-5 at half time.
Despite being down to 6 players at the start of the second half, Fiji got its third try after Vakurunabili made a break from the kick-off and off-loaded it to Napolioni Bolaca as Fiji extended their lead to 19-5.
Wales scored their second try to close the gap to 19-12.
Wales got their third try to level the scores at 19-19.
Fijian captain Meli Derenalagi and Waisea Nacuqu combined to score Fiji’s fourth try as Fiji led 26-19.
Fiji will face Canada at 10.49am today in their second pool match and battle France at 2.33pm today in their final pool match.
The Cup quarterfinals will begin at 6.19am tomorrow, the Cup semifinals will start at 10.14am tomorrow and Cup final will kick off at 1.28pm tomorrow.
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Fiji | 26-19 |
Wales |
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Fiji kicks off |
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| Vakurunabili scores first try for Fiji | '2 | |
Vakurunabili scores 2nd try |
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| Mocenacagi made a try-saving tackle | '6 | |
| Jerry Tuwai yellow carded | '7 | Wales score their 1st try |
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Bolaca scores 3rd try for Fiji |
'8 | |
| '10 | Wales score their 2nd try | |
| '11 | Wales score their 3rd try | |
| Derenalagi scores Fiji 4th try | '12 | |
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The Fiji Airways Men’s National 7s Team has lost to Canada 26-21 in their second pool match of the Vancouver 7s.
Canada started the match on a high scoring the first try within the first 30 seconds of the match.
Napolioni Bolaca got Fiji back in the game as he broke through from inside Fiji’s half to score Fiji’s first try to lead 7-5.
Canada applied tremendous pressure on the Fijian try-line and after many phases of attack, they managed to score the second try to lead 12-7.
Asaeli Tuivuaka got Fiji’s second try as Fiji led 14-12 at half-time.
Canada was reduced to 6 men after one of their players was sin-binned for a deliberate knock-on. However Fiji was unable to capitalize on the numerical advantage.
Vilimoni Botitu was sin-binned for a dangerous tackle and Canada scored two tries to lead 26-14.
Alasio Naduva scored a consolation try as Fiji lost 26-21.
Fiji will now need to beat France to book its place in the quarterfinals tomorrow.
Fiji will play France at 2.33pm today in their final pool match.
The Cup quarterfinals will begin at 6.19am tomorrow, the Cup semifinals will start at 10.14am tomorrow and Cup final will kick off at 1.28pm tomorrow.
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Fiji |
21-26 |
Canada |
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'0 | Canada kicks off |
| '1 | Canada scores their 1st try | |
| Bolaca scores 1st try for Fiji | '2 | |
| Mocenacagi made a try-saving tackle | '4 | |
| '6 | Canada scores their 2nd try | |
| Tuivuaka scores 2nd try | '7 |
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'8 | Canada player yellow carded |
| Botitu yellow carded | '10 | |
| '12 | Canada scores their 3rd try | |
| Naduva scores last try for Fiji | '14 | |
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The Fiji Airways Men’s National 7s Team will play New Zealand in the quarter-final of the Vancouver 7s after beating France 26-17 in their last pool match.
France scored the first try of the match to lead 7-0.
Napolioni Bolaca who has been having a great season leveled the scores for Fiji as he raced away for an individual try.
Jerry Tuwai scored Fiji’s second try after showing his trademark footwork to beat a couple of French defenders as Fiji led 12-7 at half-time.
Asaeli Tuivuaka scored Fiji’s third try to extend Fiji’s lead to 19-7.
Alasio Naduva got Fiji’s fourth try straight after the restart.
Sevuloni Mocenacagi was yellow carded for a high tackle which allowed France to score their second try to close the gap to 26-12.
Apenisa Cakaubalavu was also given a yellow card for a tackle that was deemed dangerous.
France scored the last try of the match.
Coach Gareth Baber says they knew France was going to be tough.
Baber anticipates another tough battle against New Zealand
Looking at Fiji’s other results from today, the national side beat Wales 26-19 and then lost to Canada 21-26.
Fiji will now play New Zealand at 6.41am tomorrow.
In other quarter-finals, USA will meet South Africa at 6.19am, Australia will battle England at 7.03am while Canada will take on Spain at 7.25am tomorrow.
The Cup semifinals will start at 10.14am tomorrow and Cup final will kick off at 1.28pm tomorrow.
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Fiji |
26-17 |
France |
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Fiji kicks off |
'0 | |
| '2 | France scores their 1st try | |
| Bolaca scores Fiji's first try | '3 | |
| Jerry Tuwai scores 2nd try | ' 7 | |
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'8 | France kicks off |
| Tuivuaka scores 3rd try for Fiji | '9 | |
| Naduva scores 4th try | '12 | |
| '13 | France scores 2nd try | |
| Cakaubalavu yellow carded | '14 | |
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The Fiji Airways Men’s National 7s Team is out of the cup competition of the Vancouver 7s after they lost their quarter-final match 17-5 against New Zealand.
Fiji struggled to find their rhythm as New Zealand had a brick wall defence and attacked the rucks strategically. When Fiji had the ball, they found it difficult to go through the Kiwi defence. Most of the times when they managed to go through, they made simple errors or lacked support play.
Tim Mikkelson scored New Zealand’s first try after Vilimoni Botitu knocked the ball on. New Zealand led 5-0.
Sione Molia scored New Zealand’s second try as they extended their lead to 12-0.
It was a error ridden first half from Fiji as they trailed 12-0.
Josua Vakurunabili scored for Fiji to close the gap to 12-5 but Joe Ravouvou scored New Zealand’s third try to seal the win for the All Blacks 7s team.
Fiji will now play USA in the 5th place semi-final at 9.30am.
New Zealand will now play South Africa in the first Cup semifinal at 10.14am today. Australia will play hosts, Canada in the second semi final.
South Africa beat USA 26-10 in their quarter final, Australia beat England 31-12 while Canada beat Spain 21-0.
The Cup final will kick off at 1.28pm today.
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Fiji |
2nd half:5-17 |
New Zealand |
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'1 | New Zealand scores their 1st try |
| '3 | NZ scores 2nd try |
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Vakurunabili scores 1st try for Fiji |
'13 | |
| '14 | Ravovou scores last try for NZ |
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The Fiji Airways Men’s National 7s Team has lost to USA 40-14 in the 5th place semi-final in the Vancouver 7s.
Fiji trailed 21-7 at half-time.
Waisea Nacuqu scored Fiji’s try in the match as Fiji was also awarded a penalty try.
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— World Rugby Sevens (@WorldRugby7s) March 8, 2020
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Fiji had earlier lost to New Zealand 17-5 in the quarter-final.
The Cup final will kick off at 1.28pm today.
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Fiji |
14-40 |
USA |
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'1 | Try held-up |
| '3 | USA scores 1st try | |
| '4 | USA player yellow carded | |
| Fiji scores 1st try for Fiji | '5 | |
| '6 | USA scores 2nd try | |
| '7 | USA scores 3rd try |
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' 9 | USA scores their 4th try |
| Nacuqu scores 2nd try for Fiji | '10 | |
| '13 | USA scores their 5th try |
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The Fiji Airways Men’s National 7s team is still in third place with 83 points in the HSBC 7s series standing after their 6th place finish in the Vancouver 7s.
Fiji lost to USA 40-14 in the 5th place semi-final after being beaten by New Zealand 17-5 in the cup quarterfinal.
New Zealand which has won the Vancouver 7s after beating Australia 17-14 in a thrilling final is still leading with 115 points while South Africa is close behind with 104 points.
The next leg of the HSBC 7s is London and Paris 7s which is scheduled for May.
The Singapore and Hong Kong 7s has been postponed to October this year.
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