The Fiji Airways Men’s National 7s survived a late scare as they held on to beat Samoa 19-12 in their first pool match of the Hamilton 7s.
Jerry Tuwai, Vilimoni Botitu and Aminiasi Tuimaba scored a try each for Fiji.
Fiji led Samoa 12-7 at the break.
Tuwai’s try has made him the all-time try scorer for Fiji with 126 tries surpassing former Fiji 7s player Nasoni Roko who sits at 125 tries.
In another match in pool D, Australia defeated Argentina 38-7.
Meanwhile, Fiji’s second match is against Australia at 6.35 pm today and they’ll play Argentina at 11.57 am tomorrow.
The semi-final will start at 3.20pm tomorrow while the final will start at 7.56pm tomorrow.
| PLAY BY PLAY |
Fiji |
19 vs 12 |
Samoa |
| TIME | ||
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'1 | Samoa first try |
| Jerry Tuwai scores for Fiji | '2 | |
| Filimoni Botitu scores second try for Fiji | '5 | |
| HALFTIME |
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'5 | Perez scores for Samoa |
| Samoa yellow card | ||
| Tuimaba scores a try in the second half | '8 | |
| 19 FULLTIME 12 |
