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.
“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.
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MATCH | TIME | TEAM 1 | SCORE | TEAM 2 | POOL |
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M1 | 09:42PM | Samoa | 17 - 7 | Scotland | Pool A |
M2 | 10:06PM | South Africa | 22 - 7 | Japan | Pool A |
M3 | 10:31PM | England | 29 - 19 | Wales | Pool D |
M4 | 10:53PM | USA | 36 - 7 | Spain | Pool D |
M5 | 11:15PM | New Zealand | 40 - 14 | Australia | Pool C |
M6 | 11:37PM | Fiji | 22 - 5 | Kenya | Pool C |
M8 | 12:01AM | Argentina | 19 - 14 | Canada | Pool B |
M8 | 12:26AM | France | 40 - 7 | Portugal | Pool B |
SAT APR 06, 2019 | |||||
M9 | 03:16PM | Samoa | 31 - 21 | Japan | Pool A |
M10 | 03:41PM | South Africa | 26 - 10 | Scotland | Pool A |
M11 | 04:03PM | England | 54 - 5 | Spain | Pool D |
M12 | 04:25PM | USA | 19 -21 | Wales | Pool D |
M13 | 04:51PM | New Zealand | 36 - 0 | Kenya | Pool C |
M14 | 05:13PM | Fiji | 31 - 12 | Australia | Pool C |
M15 | 05:35PM | Argentina | 26 - 21 | Portugal | Pool B |
M16 | 05:59PM | France | 24 - 12 | Canada | Pool B |
M17 | 07:00PM | Scotland | 19 - 19 | Japan | Pool A |
M18 | 07:22PM | South Africa | 21 - 7 | Samoa | Pool A |
M19 | 07:44PM | Wales | 10 - 26 | Spain | Pool D |
M20 | 08:08PM | USA | 17 - 28 | England | Pool D |
M21 | 08:33PM | Australia | 28 - 12 | Kenya | Pool C |
M22 | 08:55PM | Fiji | 24 - 5 | New Zealand | Pool C |
M23 | 09:17PM | Canada | 19 - 12 | Portugal | Pool B |
M24 | 09:41PM | France | 26 - 14 | Argentina | Pool B |
SUN APR 07 | |||||
M25 | 01:30PM | Scotland | 33 - 14 | Spain | CTQF |
M26 | 01:52PM | Australia | 26 - 21 | Portugal | CTQF |
M27 | 02:14PM | Wales | 7 - 38 | Japan | CTQF |
M28 | 02:36PM | Canada | 0 - 19 | Kenya | CTQF |
M29 | 02:58PM | South Africa | 12 - 21 | USA | Cup QF1 |
M30 | 03:20PM | Fiji | 29 - 24 | Argentina | Cup QF2 |
M31 | 03:42PM | England | 12 - 14 | Samoa | Cup QF3 |
M32 | 04:07PM | France | 14 - 12 | New Zealand | Cup QF4 |
M33 | 05:16PM | Spain | 24 - 7 | Portugal | 13th Place SF |
M34 | 05:43PM | Wales | 29 - 14 | Canada | 13th Place SF |
M35 | 06:05PM | Scotland | 19 - 17 | Australia | CT SF |
M36 | 06:30PM | Japan | 21 - 5 | Kenya | CT SF |
M37 | 06:55PM | South Africa | 17 - 19 | Argentina | 5th Place SF |
M38 | 07:17PM | England | 10 - 17 | New Zealand | 5th Place SF |
M39 | 07:41PM | USA | 19 - 28 | Fiji | Cup SF |
M40 | 08:03PM | Samoa | 12 - 19 | France | Cup SF |
M41 | 09:00PM | Spain | 19 - 14 | Wales | 13th Place Play-off |
M42 | 09:30PM | Scotland | 26 - 24 | Japan | CT Final |
M43 | 10:00PM | Argentina | 21 - 14 | New Zealand | 5th Place Play-off |
M44 | 10:30PM | USA | 22 - 5 | Samoa | Bronze Final |
M45 | 11:00PM | Fiji | 21 - 7 | France | Cup Final |