Cape Town 7s: Fiji 7s defeats Great Britain 21-17 to keep Cup hopes alive

The Fiji Airways Men’s National 7s side defeated Great Britain 21-17 in the HSBC SVNS Dubai 7s to keep their cup contention alive.

The match was intense as both teams hunted for a win after losing their opening matches.

Great Britain drew first blood with an unconverted try to Matt Davidson, but Fiji responded a few minutes later through Vuiviwa Naduvalo, with Terio Tamani converting.

Fiji led Great Britain 7-5 at halftime.

Great Britain regained composure in the second half and managed to score another try through Damien Hoyland to put them in a 12-7 lead.

Fiji banded together and put pressure on Great Britain, who committed a number of mistakes.

Alusio Vakadranu was in impressive form, scoring back-to-back tries to give Fiji the win.

Meanwhile, Fiji lost to South Africa 24-21 in their first match, and they will now turn their focus to New Zealand, who they will play at 5.19am today.

The men’s cup semi-finals will start at 10.22 tonight, and the final will begin at 2.43am tomorrow.

Live Updates: 

Kick off: Great Britain

2' Try to GB. Matt Davidson. FJ 0-5 GB

4' Try to Fiji. Vuiviawa Naduvalo. FJ 7-5 GB

HT: FJ 7-5 GB

Second half: Kick off: Fiji

9' Try to GB. Damien Hoyland. FJ 7-12 GB

12' Try to Fiji. Alusio Vakadranu. FJ 14-12 GB

13' Try to Fiji. Alusio Vakadranu. FJ 21-12 GB

14' Try to GB. Marcus Kershaw. FJ 21-17 GB

FT: FJ 21-17 GB