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Fiji to meet Scotland in Cup quarters

Fiji to meet Scotland in Cup quarters

The Digicel Fiji 7s team will meet Scotland in the Cup quarterfinal after beating England 26-21 in their last pool match early this morning.

Fiji dominated the game in the first half and led 14-7 with tries from Samisoni Viriviri and Emosi Mulevoro.

Donasio Ratubuli and Benito Eremasi scored early in the second half as Fiji raced away with a 26-7 lead before England clawed their way back scoring two tries.

Coach Ben Ryan said they started really well against England but the players have to improve a lot in order to have a good outing against Scotland.

Meanwhile, Fiji defeated USA in their first pool match 36-5 then beat Canada 26-19 in their second pool match.

Fiji will take on Scotland at 8.13 tonight in the second cup quarterfinal.

In other quarterfinals New Zealand will play Argentina at 7.51pm, South Africa will meet Kenya at 8.35pm while Wales will meet England 8.57pm in the last cup quarters.

Results from the other pool matches, Wales beat Australia 19-14, New Zealand thumped Kenya 40 nil and South Africa beat Samoa 26-5. 

Scotland defeated Spain 21-14, Argentina beat Russia 33-5 and Portugal beat France 19-12.


Story by: Aliki Bia

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