Captain Fantastic Books Fiji’s Place In Commonwealth Games Final beating New Zealand 19-14

Captain Fantastic Books Fiji’s Place In Commonwealth Games Final beating New Zealand 19-14

By Alifereti Sakiasi
Sunday 31/07/2022
Skipper Waisea Nacuqu on his way to score the winning try.

Fiji Men’s Sevens Captain, Waisea Nacuqu, sprinted 75 metres to score in extra time, and keep Fiji’s hunt for a gold medal alive as they beat New Zealand 19-14 in the semi final at the Commonwealth Games.

In a hard fought semi final against traditional rivals, New Zealand, Fiji found themselves down 14-0 in the dying seconds of the first half, before Filipe Sauturaga ran in their first try after intercepting the ball off the base of a New Zealand scrum inside their own half, taking them to 14-7 at half-time.

Sevuloni Mocenacagi scored their second try 4 minutes into the second half and Nacuqu added the extras as Fiji drew level, setting up an arm-wrestle for the remainder of regulation time.

Despite not being able to capitalise on a two-man advantage at the end of the second half, Fiji’s heroic captain stepped up to the occasion in extra time, receiving a beautifully timed offload from Maqala inside their own 22’and ran the length of the field to score in the corner and secure a ticket to the gold medal match later this morning.

Fiji recorded a yellow card to Kaminieli Rasaku in the first half, while New Zealand saw two sin bins to Leroy Carter and Akuila Rokolisoa late in the second half.

In the second men’s semi final, South Africa beat Australia 24-12.

296955912-1946155425584898-434723936109287132-n

Fiji will meet South Africa in the men’s gold medal final at 8.04am

Fiji
vs
New Zealand

KICK OFF!

0 - 0



0 - 7 
TIme back on. Scrum to NZ and Regan Ware scores!

    0 - 14 Regan Ware scores again!
Fiji strike back with a try from Filipe Sauturaga!
7 - 14


HALF TIME!

7 -14 


Sevuloni Mocenacagi scores for Fiji!
14 - 14


14 - 14
Yellow card to NZ!

14 - 14
Another yellow to NZ!

EXTRA TIME!


14 - 14


Skipper Waisea Nacuqu scores and seals the win for Fiji!
19 - 14




fijivillage Straight Talk with Vijay Narayan
Latest Videos

Stay tuned for the latest news on our radio stations

CFL radio frequencies
FEATURE NEWS
I did tell Ben, I’m a gold man - Mazey
Fiji Rugby Football Union Trust Board Interim Chair, Peter Mazey has made it clear that there were no threats made to Fiji Airways Men’s National 7s...
9 hours ago
LATEST NEWS
4% increase in price of normal flour from today
People will need to pay more when purchasing normal flour as the price will increase by 4 percent from today. This has been determined by the ...
7 hours ago

Underwood starts her business with paper craft during COVID-19
It was a great day for the new entrepreneurs, who are part of the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs Program, to showcase their art and craft and also ...
8 hours ago

SVC head girl and Dux Raina Kumar encourages students to follow their dreams
Raina Saanvi Kumar who is the head girl of Swami Vivekananda College in Nadi is encouraging all students to follow their dreams, work hard to achieve ...
8 hours ago

Include NCDs and healthy living in PE classes in school – Dr Qereqeretabua and Dr Ahmed
The General Surgeon at the CWM Hospital, Doctor Timoci Qereqeretabua and the Principal Medical Officer at the National Diabetes Centre, Doctor Momtaz ...
9 hours ago

Teachers of Nasinu Gospel Primary claim they have been asked to leave the school premises by the Head Teacher
21 teachers of Nasinu Gospel Primary School are calling on the Minister for Education to respond to their concerns after they were asked to leave the ...
9 hours ago
IN DEPTH
PM’s motion passed to reduce overseas travel allowances for the PM, Ministers, Assistant Ministers, Leader of Opposition and MPs
Parliament has passed the Prime Minister’s motion to reduce the rates payable for overseas travelling allowances for the Prime Minister, Cabinet ...
16 days ago

CEO of the Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission, Joel Abraham appears on fijivillage Straight Talk With Vijay Narayan
CEO of the Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission, Joel Abraham appears on fijivillage Straight Talk With Vijay ...
22 days ago

HIV infections in Fiji increased 260% since 2010, making Fiji the second fastest-growing epidemic in the Asia Pacific region
Speaker of Parliament and UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for the Pacific Region, Ratu Epeli Nailatikau says according to the Global AIDS Monitoring Report, Fiji is in the top 5 countries of rising new HIV infections in the Asia Pacific region amongst the 15 t
27 days ago

TOP