Sevens

Fiji aims to maintain its Hong Kong 7s winning run

April 2, 2019 6:15 pm

Fiji Airways 7s Coach Gareth Baber says they hope to keep making history by defending the Hong Kong 7s title 5 years in a row.

Baber says the players are aware of the importance of winning the Hong Kong tournament for Fijians all over the world.

Baber adds being pooled with Pacific rivals New Zealand and Australia allows his players to maintain their focus on defending the title.

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“I believe in providing an environment which is challenging. An environment that would ensure they maintain consistency and gets them to understand what their focus points are through a week and enable them to have some self-awareness on what their preparation looks like ultimately when they’re on the field – their reliance in themselves and the six peoples around them.”

He says they have been working closely with the new players to ensure they trust one another when they go in the field on Friday.

Meanwhile, Fiji is pooled with arch-rivals New Zealand, Austral, a and Kenya.

Fiji meets Kenya at 11.37pm on Friday in its opening pool match, they will then play Australia at 5.13pm Saturday before taking on New Zealand at 8.55pm.

The cup quarterfinals start at 2.58pm on Sunday, cup semifinal final begins at 7.41pm and the cup final kicks off at 11pm on Sunday.

You can watch the entire tournament live on FBC TV.

MATCHTIMETEAM 1SCORETEAM 2POOL
M109:42PMSamoa17 - 7ScotlandPool A
M210:06PMSouth Africa22 - 7JapanPool A
M310:31PMEngland29 - 19WalesPool D
M410:53PMUSA36 - 7SpainPool D
M511:15PMNew Zealand40 - 14AustraliaPool C
M611:37PMFiji22 - 5KenyaPool C
M812:01AMArgentina19 - 14CanadaPool B
M812:26AMFrance40 - 7PortugalPool B
SAT APR 06, 2019
M903:16PMSamoa31 - 21JapanPool A
M1003:41PMSouth Africa26 - 10ScotlandPool A
M1104:03PMEngland54 - 5SpainPool D
M1204:25PMUSA19 -21WalesPool D
M1304:51PMNew Zealand36 - 0KenyaPool C
M1405:13PMFiji31 - 12AustraliaPool C
M1505:35PMArgentina26 - 21PortugalPool B
M1605:59PMFrance24 - 12CanadaPool B
M1707:00PMScotland19 - 19JapanPool A
M1807:22PMSouth Africa21 - 7SamoaPool A
M1907:44PMWales10 - 26SpainPool D
M2008:08PMUSA17 - 28EnglandPool D
M2108:33PMAustralia28 - 12KenyaPool C
M2208:55PMFiji24 - 5New ZealandPool C
M2309:17PMCanada19 - 12PortugalPool B
M2409:41PMFrance26 - 14ArgentinaPool B
SUN APR 07
M2501:30PMScotland33 - 14SpainCTQF
M2601:52PMAustralia26 - 21PortugalCTQF
M2702:14PMWales7 - 38JapanCTQF
M2802:36PMCanada0 - 19KenyaCTQF
M2902:58PMSouth Africa12 - 21USACup QF1
M3003:20PMFiji29 - 24ArgentinaCup QF2
M3103:42PMEngland12 - 14SamoaCup QF3
M3204:07PMFrance14 - 12New ZealandCup QF4
M3305:16PMSpain24 - 7Portugal13th Place SF
M3405:43PMWales29 - 14Canada13th Place SF
M3506:05PMScotland19 - 17AustraliaCT SF
M3606:30PMJapan21 - 5KenyaCT SF
M3706:55PMSouth Africa17 - 19Argentina5th Place SF
M3807:17PMEngland10 - 17New Zealand5th Place SF
M3907:41PMUSA19 - 28FijiCup SF
M4008:03PMSamoa12 - 19FranceCup SF
M4109:00PMSpain19 - 14Wales13th Place Play-off
M4209:30PMScotland26 - 24JapanCT Final
M4310:00PMArgentina21 - 14New Zealand5th Place Play-off
M4410:30PMUSA22 - 5SamoaBronze Final
M4511:00PMFiji21 - 7FranceCup Final