HK 7s: Fiji claims 4th place after 22-21 loss to Australia

The Fiji Airways National Men’s 7s side finished 4th in the HSBC Hong Kong 7s after being edged 22-21 by Australia in the 3rd place play-off last night.

Sakiusa Siqila, Filipe Sauturaga and try scoring machine Joji Nasova crossed over for Fiji with conversions from Siqila and Nasova.

Fiji had a couple of disciplinary issues as they were leaking penalties and Joseva Talacolo receiving a yellow card in the first half.

The Australians turned the Fijian defence inside out with darting runs up the middle before passing out wide and beating them on the wing.

Fiji does not have the speed to compete with these teams and the only fast player that we have in Vuiviwa Naduvalo was subbed on with only seconds left to play.

Coach Osea Kolinisau will have a lot to work on if he still wants to win the series with the Singapore 7s this weekend.

Meanwhile, Argentina won the Hong Kong 7s men’s title after edging Olympic champions France 12-7 and New Zealand took out the women’s title after beating Australia 26-19 in the cup final last night.

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Full Time FIJ 21-22 AUS

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13" Second consecutive penalty to Australia

FIJ 21-17 AUS

Aiden Ekanyake gets one back for the Aussies

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12" FIJ 21-12 AUS

Joji Nasova extends Fiji's lead with a powerful run up the middle

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kick does not go 10 metres

Sauturaga to kick off

Half time

FIJ 14-12 AUS

Filipe Sauturaga gets Fiji back in the match with a 60 metre dash

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FIJ 7-12 AUS

Timmy Turner with the try

5" Fiji knock the ball on at the base of the ruck with Australia scoring a try from it

Back to 7 players with Talacolo back

4" Scrum to Fiji

3" FIJ 7-7 AUS

Hayden Sargent gets one back for Australia

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YELLOW CARD to Talacolo for deliberate knockdown

2" Fiji penalised for being offside

FIJ 7-0 AUS

Sakiusa Siqila opens the try scoring for Fiji after Joseva Talacolo holds off the defence till he can pass to the supporting player

Australia kicks off

HK 7s: Fiji vs Australia