Fijiana 7s falls short to Brazil in first LA 7s pool match losing 12-5

The Fiji Airways Fijiana 7s had a slow start to their Los Angeles 7s campaign after falling short 5-12 to Brazil in their first pool match this afternoon.

Fiji had themselves to blame after Brazil took advantage of the gaps in their defence and scored two tries with one conversion.

It took Brazil 6 minutes to score the first try through Bianca Silva.

The game went into halftime with Brazil leading 7-0.

The second half was more like the first half as it took Brazil 6 minutes as well to score their second try with the conversion unsuccessful to extend their lead to 12-0.

Fiji scored a consolation try to Mereadani Qoro at the stroke of full-time with the conversion missing.

Fijiana will now turn their focus to tomorrow for their remaining pool matches.

They will play South Africa at 8.26am tomorrow before taking on New Zealand at 1.24pm in their last pool game.

The women’s cup quarter finals will kick off at 6.14am Monday, the semi finals will begin at 9.24am Monday and the final will be at 1.43pm Monday.

Meanwhile, the Fiji Airways Men’s National 7s will take on Great Britain at 2.54pm today in their first pool match.

Stay with us for updates.

Match Updates:

0' Fijiana kicks off the first half.

2' Scrum to Brazil. FIJ 0-0 BRA

3' Fiji wins a penalty from the defensive scrum, they ran the ball and lost it again. Scrum again to Brazil. FIJ 0-0 BRA

3' Fiji concedes a penalty during the scrum. Brazil goes for the lineout.FIJ 0-0 BRA

4' Fiji wins a penalty inside their own territory. Fiji runs the ball. FIJ 0-0 BRA

5' Fiji loses the ball forward. Scrum to Brazil. FIJ 0-0 BRA

6' Brazil scores the first try of the game through Bianca Silva. Conversion successful. FIJ 0-7 BRA

HALTIME: FIJI 0-7 BRAZIL

7' Brazil kicks off the second half. FIJ 0-7 BRA

8' Brazil loses the ball forward. Fiji wins a scrum. FIJ 0-7 BRA

11' Fiji wins another penalty, they run the ball and loses it forward. Brazil awarded a scrum. FIJ 0-7 BRA

12' Penalty against Fiji for not rolling away. Brazil opts for a lineout. FIJ 0-7 BRA

12' Free kick to Fiji as linout by Brazil was not straight. Scrum to Fiji. FIJ 0-7 BRA

13' Fiji concededs another penalty and Brazil opts for a scrum inside Fiji's territory. FIJ 0-7 BRA

14' Brazil scores another try to Thalita Costa to seal the game. Conversion unsuccessful. FIJ 0-12 BRA

15' Fiji scores a consolation try to Mereadani Qoro. Conversion successful.

FULLTIME: Fiji 5-12 Brazil