The Digicel Fiji 7s team has suffered a big blow ahead of the quarter-finals of the Dubai 7s tournament.
The team now only has 10 players after Livai Ikanikoda and Sitiveni Waqa were ruled out for the remaining matches.
Fijivillage can establish that playmaker, Livai Ikanikoda will not feature tonight as he has twisted his knee in the match against Argentina last night.
The team suffered another set-back few hours later when Sitiveni Waqa was shown the red card against Samoa and he has been suspended for the remaining of matches tonight as well as the South Africa 7s next week.
Coach Alifereti Dere said he cannot do much now and the show must go on.
However, Dere confirmed the team management is working hard to get reinforcements from Fiji.
Dere added he has a plan in mind how to manage with only ten players.
The cup quarter finals start at 8.08pm where Fiji will play Australia, followed by England versus New Zealand match at 8.32pm.
The Wales and Argentina match starts at 8.54pm while the last quarter final will be between South Africa against France at 9.16pm.
The cup semi-finals will start 2.02am tomorrow while the cup final is at 5.05am tomorrow.
Story by: Dhanjay Deo
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Fiji 7s suffers big blow
