Sevens

Fiji beats USA in Cape Town 7s

December 14, 2019 7:03 am

Aminiasi Tuimaba scored first two tries against USA

The Fiji 7s side has started their Cape Town 7s title defense with a win this morning.

Fiji defeated the USA 28-14.

The national side threatened the USA line early in the match but failed to strike after Mark Unufe was sent off.

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It was after three minutes into the match that Fiji started to click with Aminiasi Tuimaba grabbing a double following some typical Fijian flair as the national side led 14-0 at half time.

Vilimoni Botitu was sent off early in the second half after taking a player in the air.

Fiji conceded successive penalties afterwards before Stephen Tomasin registered USA’s first try

Captain Paula Dranisinukula was sent off for a high tackle on Tomasin.

But it didn’t matter as Botitu ran over for Fiji’s third try before Alasio Naduva crossed over for Fiji’s fourth try.

Perry Baker had the final say in the match with a try but it was not enough.

Fiji will play South Africa at 12:51am tomorrow in their second pool match before taking on Japan at 6:35am tomorrow.

MATCHTIMETEAM 1SCORETEAM 2POOL
SATURDAY14 DECEMBER
M13:37AMAustralia21 - 26IrelandPool D
M23:59AMSamoa19 - 24KenyaPool D
M34:21AMFrance40 - 7SpainPool C
M44:43AMEngland24 - 26ScotlandPool C
M55:35AMArgentina33 - 21CanadaPool B
M66:05AMNew Zealand43 - 7WalesPool B
M76:35AMUSA14 - 28FijiPool A
M87:03AMSouth Africa47 - 0JapanPool A
M99:57PMAustralia7 - 12KenyaPool D
M1010:19PMSamoa14 - 28IrelandPool D
M1111:01PMFrance24 - 19ScotlandPool C
M1211:23PMEngland33 - 7SpainPool C
M1311:45PMArgentina45 - 0WalesPool B
SUNDAY15 DECEMBER
M1412:07AMNew Zealand33 - 5CanadaPool B
M1512:29AMUSA42 - 0JapanPool A
M1612:51AMSouth Africa26 - 14FijiPool A
M173:47AMIreland24 - 24KenyaPool D
M184:09AMSamoa14 - 24AustraliaPool D
M194:51AMSpain19 - 22ScotlandPool C
M205:13AMEngland12 - 33FrancePool C
M215:35AMCanada17 - 14WalesPool B
M226:05AMNew Zealand19- 14ArgentinaPool B
M236:35AMFiji54 - 7JapanPool A
M247:03AMSouth Africa21 -15USAPool A
M2510:18PMSouth Africa17 - 5KenyaCup Quarterfinal
M2610:40PMFrance19 - 10ArgentinaCup Quarterfinal
M2711:02PMIreland12 - 31FijiCup Quarterfinal
M2811:24PMNew Zealand35 - 19ScotlandCup Quarterfinal
MONDAY16 DECEMBER
M291:39AMSouth Africa21 - 14FranceCup Semifinal
M302:01AMFiji7 - 24New ZealandCup Semifinal
M312:48AMWales15 - 19Japan15th Place Play-off
M323:10AMSamoa38 - 7Spain13th Place Play-off
M333:32AMAustralia5 - 22Canada11th Place Play-off
M343:54AMUSA17 - 12England9th Place Play-off
M354:59AMFrance29 - 24FijiBronze Final
M365:56AMSouth Africa5 - 7New ZealandCup Final