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Dubai 7s: Fiji beat France 24-15

Dubai 7s: Fiji beat France 24-15

By Antonio Rahiman
26/11/2021
[image: Dubai 7s 2021/Facebook]

The Fiji Airways men’s national 7s team has kicked off their Dubai 7s campaign with 24-15 victory over France.

Filipe Sauturaga was the star as he scored two tries in the first half after France took the lead early in the game.

Sauturaga's second try came late in the first half after France were reduced to six men after a yellow card.

Kaminieli Rasaku and Iowane Teba were the other try scorers for Fiji in the second half

Fiji will now take on Canada at 10.52 tonight, and then play Australia at 3.33am tomorrow in their last pool game.

Stay with us for updates.


Fiji
vs
France

0-5
2' - Try to France. Conversion  missed
5' - Filipe Sauturaga try. Successful conversion
7-5


7' - Yellow card to France
7+1' - Filipe Sauturaga gets his second try of the 1st half. Missed conversion 
12-5





HALFTIME

12-5


9' - Kaminieli Rasaku try. Successful conversion

19-5

10' - Iowane Teba try . Missed conversion 
24-5



24-10

13' - France try. Missed conversion 


24-15

14' - France try. 


FULL-TIME
24-15



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