Fiji men's 7s team to play Canada in 9th place semi-final

The Fiji Airways Men’s National 7s team will face Canada in the 9th place semi final of the second leg of the Dubai 7s after losing two pool matches and finishing last in their group.

Fiji lost to France 22-17 in their first pool match before going down to Spain 33-14.

Spain had never beaten Fiji at this level before.

Fiji bounced back to thrash Argentina 40-7 in their last pool match this morning but it was not enough for them to qualify for the cup quarters.

Waisea Nacuqu scored a hat-rick in the convincing win while captain Josua Vakurunabili, Kaminieli Rasaku and Elia Canakaivata scored a try each.

Fiji will take on Canada at 5.44pm today.

In other results this morning, France beat Spain 33-14, Kenya beat Canada 26-14, Australia defeated USA 22-19, Ireland thrashed Japan 41-0 while South Africa beat Great Britain 21-7.

The men's cup quarter-finals starts at 5:44pm where Australia will play Ireland, Argentina will play Great Britain, USA will take on France while South Africa will play Kenya.

The semis are at 10:24pm while the cup final will kick-off at 3:26am tomorrow.

Dubai 7s: Fiji fail to qualify for cup quarter finals despite beating Argentina 40-7

The Fiji Airways men’s national 7s team thrashed Argentina 40-7 in their final pool and will miss out on a quarter-final spot having lost 2 pool games.

Waisea Nacuqu scored a total of 23 points bagging three tries and kicking four conversions.

Other try scorers included Josua Vakurunabili, Kaminieli Rasaku and Elia Canakaivata.

In other results;

Kenya beat Canada 26-14, France beat Spain 33-14 and South Africa beat Ireland 21-12

The cup quarter-finals will start at 6:06 pm today.

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Fiji	vs	Argentina
2' - TRY Waisea Nacuqu. Conversion Good.	7-0
3' - TRY Josua Vakurunabili. Conversion Good.	14-0
6' - TRY Waisea Nacuqu. Conversion missed.	19-0
7' - TRY Kaminieli Rasaku. Conversion Good.	26-0
	HALFTIME 26-0
	26-7	9' - Tomas Elizalde TRY. Conversion Good.
13' - TRY Waisea Nacuqu. Conversion good.	33-7
14' -  TRY Elia Canakaivata. Conversion good.	40-7
	FULLTIME 40-7

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Poor performance by Fiji men's 7s team results in second pool game defeat to Spain 33-19

By Antonio Rahiman

03/12/2021

[Image: Dubai 7s/Facebook]

The Fiji Airways men’s national 7s team have lost their second pool game to Spain 33-19.

This is their second pool game defeat.

Spain outscored Fiji five tries to three to secure their first win against Fiji.

Waisea Nacuqu and Joseva Talacolo scored a try each in the first half with Nacuqu getting another try in the second half.

Defence was a major issue for Fiji.

Spain was a threat with every touch of the ball.

Fiji had lost their first pool game to France 17-22.

Fiji's final pool match against Argentina is at 1:24am tomorrow.

In other results: South Africa thrashed Japan 48-0 and USA beat Canada 38-14.

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Fiji	vs	Spain
	0-7	4' - TRY to Pol Pla.  Conversion good
5' - TRY to Waisea Nacuqu. Conversion Good	7-7
6' - TRY to Joseva Talacolo. Conversion  Good	14-7
	14-14	7' - Manu Moreno Try . Conversion good
	HALFTIME 14-14
	14-21	8' - Manu Moreno Try . Conversion good
	14-28	11' - TRY to Tobias Sainz. Conversion Good
14' - Waisea Nacuqu TRY. Conversion  Missed	19-28
	19-33	14+1' - TRY to Tobias Sainz. Conversion missed
	FULLTIME 19-33

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Dubai 7s: Fiji loses to France 22-17

By Antonio Rahiman

03/12/2021

[Image: FRU]

The Fiji Airways men’s national 7s team lost their first pool game to France 22-17 in the second Dubai 7s tournament this afternoon.

France took the lead early in the first half before Fiji replied with two tries to Joseva Talacolo and Filipe Sauturaga.

France veteran Joachim Trouabal gave his side a 12-10 lead with a try at the stroke of halftime

Captain Josua Vakurunabili scored a try early in the second half for Fiji before France closed the game with two unanswered tries.

Fiji was starved of possession and territory in the second half.

Fiji will now take on Spain at 9:14 tonight and then play Argentina at 1.24am tomorrow in their last pool game.

In other results;

Australia beat Canada 21-14 while Argentina drew level with Spain 14-14.

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France wins over Fiji on the Sevens circuit don't happen very often - but William Iraguha's top-quality try makes the difference on day one in Dubai@IraguhaWilliam | @DHLrugby | #ImpactMoment pic.twitter.com/eMFnsDG0rR

— World Rugby Sevens (@WorldRugby7s) December 3, 2021

Fiji	vs	France
	0-5	2' - France TRY. Conversion missed
3' TRY to  Joseva Talacolo. Conversion	7-5
7' TRY to Filipe Sauturaga	10-5
	10-12	7+2' TRY France. Conversion Good
	HALF-TIME 10-12
8' TRY to Josua Vakurunabili	17-12
	17-17	11' TRY France. Conversion missed.
	17-22	13' TRY France. Conversion missed.

Date	Time	Team		Team

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