The Fiji Airways Fijiana 7s side is heading into the Vancouver 7s this weekend focused on improving from the previous two legs and also improving on their placings on the overall women’s standings.
Coach Saiasi Fuli says they have reached the business end of the preparations and the girls are ready to battle. Fuli says they have gauged their performance from the last two legs and they are looking to iron out the mistakes that proved too costly for them.
He says with the help of former Fiji Men’s 7s captain and 2 time Olympics gold medallist, Jerry Tuwai, the girls are improving their game management drills too. The Vancouver 7s will be held from this Friday to Sunday.
The Fijiana 7s team is in pool B alongside table leaders Australia, Japan, and the USA.
They will take on the USA at 7.30am Friday in their first match, they will then play Australia at 12.46pm Friday before playing Japan at 6.15am Saturday in their final pool match.
The Women’s quarter-finals will kick off at 11.55am Saturday, the semi-finals will kick off at 7.59am Sunday and the final will be at 12.43pm Sunday.
Meanwhile, the Fiji Men will take on Spain at 11.20am Friday in their first match, they will then play Canada at 4.44pm Friday before taking on Argentina at 10.33am Saturday in their last pool match.
The Men’s Cup quarter-final will kick off at 2.22pm Saturday, the cup semi-finals will kick off at 8.43am Sunday and the cup final will be at 1.23pm Sunday.
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