HK 7s: Fijiana win 5th place play-off after beating USA 19-7

The Fiji Airways Fijiana 7s side finished fifth in the HSBC Hong Kong 7s after beating the USA 19-7 in the 5th place playoff last night.

Fijiana ran in three tries to the USA’s 1 try.

Ilisapeci Delaiwau, Sesenieli Donu, and Adi Mereani Rogosau touched down with Kelerayani Luvu adding two conversions.

Fijiana now looks forward to improving their standings in the Singapore 7s this weekend if they want to qualify for the finals in Los Angeles which will be held from the 3rd to the 4th of May, as only the top eight teams will go through.

They are currently ranked eighth with 26 points.

Live Updates

1" USA with the scrum, Fijiana win it back

2" Penalty to the USA for a high tackle

4" Fijiana get the penalty

TRY!!! Ilisapeci Delaiwau scores after consecutive penalties to Fiji

FIJ 7-0 USA

5" USA scrum after Fiji knock on

USA player with a head injury

Fijiana back on the attack

7" Ariana Ramsey takes advantage of a Fiji knock on to run 50 metres and get the USA on the score sheets

Half time

USA 7-7 FIJ

USA to kick off

TRY!!

12" Sesenieli Donu with the try

FRA 7-14 FIJ

13" Scrum to France

13" France gets penalised for not releasing in the tackle

Scrum on the 10 metres

TRY!!

Adi Mereani Rogosau scores from broken play

FRA 7-19 FIJ

Solid defence from the Fijiana utilising the touch line as an extra defender

Full time FRA 7-19 FIJ

Fiji win 5th place play-off