Sevens

Fiji beats Argentina in its second pool match

January 26, 2019 4:51 pm

[Source: World Rugby]

The Fiji Airways men’s 7s side continued its unbeaten run in the  Hamilton tournament this afternoon.

This is after they defeated Argentina 33-24 in their second pool match.


[Source: WorldRugby]

The Argentinians gave Fiji a run for their money, however, the Gareth Baber coached side showed them that it takes a lot of effort to boot them out.

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Waisea Nacuqu scored their opening try a while Meli Derenalagi scored a double to give them a 19-12 lead at half time.

Two tries from Filimoni Botitu and Alasio Naduva in the second spell assured them a place in the top eight.

In other matches, Scotland beat Kenya 19-10, South Africa defeated France 17-5, England smashed Tonga 36-7, USA defeated Samoa 34-14 while Australia beat Wales 26-5.

Fiji plays Australia in its last pool match at 6.52pm.

The Cup quarter-final begins at 10.36am tomorrow, semifinal starts at 3.16pm while the Cup final will kick off at 7.10pm.

You can watch the entire tournament live on FBC TV.

MATCHTIMETEAM 1SCORETEAM 2POOL
M19:00AMScotland26 - 21FrancePool C
M29:22AMSouth AFrica29 - 10KenyaPool C
M39:44AMEngland10 - 12SamoaPool D
M410:06AMUSA29 - 7TongaPool B
M510:30AMAustralia17 - 12ArgentinaPool A
M610:52AMFiji54 - 7WalesPool A
M711:14AMSpain12 - 12CanadaPool D
M811:36AMNew Zealand52 - 0JapanPool D
M912:48PMScotland19 - 10KenyaPool C
M1013:10PMSouth Africa17 - 5FrancePool C
M1113:32PMEngland36 - 7TongaPool B
M1213:54PMUSA34 - 14SamoaPool B
M1314:20PMAustralia26 - 5WalesPool A
M1414:42PMFiji33 - 24ArgentinaPool A
M1515:04PMSpain22 - 19JapanPool D
M1615:26PMNew Zealand42 - 10CanadaPool D
M1717:00PMFrance15 - 19KenyaPool B
M1817:22PMSouth Africa26 - 7ScotlandPool B
M1917:44PMSamoa28 - 12TongaPool C
M2018:06PMUSA19 - 7EnglandPool C
M2118:13PMArgentina36 - 7WalesPool A
M2218:52PMFiji26 - 19AustraliaPool A
M2319:14PMCanada26 - 0JapanPool D
M2419:36PMNew Zealand17 - 0SpainPool D