The Fiji Airways Men’s National 7s team will be playing New Zealand in the quarterfinals of the Las Vegas 7s.
Fiji topped their pool despite losing to Kenya 17-14 in their last pool match.
Looking at the quarter-final draws, Fiji will take on New Zealand at 1.26pm, USA will face England at 1.48pm, Kenya will meet Argentina at 2.10pm while defending champion South Africa will take on Australia at 2.32pm.
📊 It's still @fijirugby's Sevuloni Mocenacagi who leads the @DHLRugby performance tracker after 3 rounds of games. He's put in a monster shift on defence and attack #DHLImpactPlayer
— World Rugby Sevens (@WorldRugby7s) March 3, 2018
18 Tackles
9 Carries
3 Offloads
2 Breaks pic.twitter.com/wDbMP8QY3H
Kenya turned up with a much physical game plan to shut out the national 7s side as they also secured their place in the quarterfinals.
🎥 Interview: @OfficialKRU’s Collins Injera spoke to us after his side booked their place in the quarter-final of the #HSBC7s in Las Vegas pic.twitter.com/ztXt3TK5if
— World Rugby Sevens (@WorldRugby7s) March 3, 2018
Fiji’s tries were scored by Paula Dranisinukula and Alasio Naduva.
There were a lot of errors against Kenya which saw Fiji losing possession and giving Kenya the chance to score points.
Vatemo Ravouvou was yellow carded for a deliberate knock-on with 4 minutes left in the second half.
Looking at the results of the last rounds of pool matches this morning, Argentina beat Uruguay 31-0, New Zealand beat Scotland 26-17, France thrashed Russia 31-7, USA outclassed Spain 28-17, Australia defeated Samoa 24-7, Canada edged Wales 21-19 while South Africa beat England 19-12.
The Cup semis will be held at 9.12am tomorrow while the final will be held at 12.30pm tomorrow.
