Sevens

Fijiana beats Australia to win Gold

July 13, 2019 4:08 pm

Action from the Fijiana vs Australia Gold Medal match [Source: Oceania Rugby]

The Fiji Women’s 7s rugby side defeated Australia 14-5 to win Gold medal at the Pacific Games in Samoa.

The Fijiana earlier thrashed host Samoa in the semifinal 31-nil.

Asinate Savu started with a brilliant individual try followed by Ana Maria Naimasi.

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Akanisi Sokoiwasa and Mereula Toroti added two more tries before halftime with Fiji leading 26 nil.

Samoa rattled Fiji in the first two minutes of the second half beforeTokasa Bolaseniyasi struck for Fiji.