The FMF Flying Fijians remains in the hunt for a place in the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals with a bonus point win over Canada in Pool B this morning.
Tries from Kele Leawere, Kameli Ratuvou and Vilimoni Delasau saw Fiji beat the Canadians by 29 points to 16. Nicky Little also contributed 12 points by kicking a penalty and converting the four of the three tries. Fiji remains on course for what is likely to be a winner takes all contest against Wales on 30th September.
Speaking to Village Sports from Cardiff this morning, Fiji coach, Ilivasi Tabua said he was always confident going into the match against Canada.
Fiji led 15-6 at the break and according to Tabua, he just had a simple message to the players in the changing room.
Team captain Mosese Rauluni said it was a tough match but players deserved the win.
But the last minute of the match was crucial for Fiji when the Canadian forwards were pushing towards the try line with the score at 22-16 in Fiji's favour. Canada could have won with a converted try but fortunately for Fiji the ball was knocked on by the Canadians and Kameli Ratuvou ran all the way to the Canadian try line to end the match with a 29-16 win for Fiji.
The FMF Flying Fijians next match against Australia will be next Monday at 12:30am.
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Flying Fijians in hunt for place in quarters
