The Fiji Airways Fiji Men’s 7s side has booked a Cup semi final showdown against France after escaping the jaws of defeat to overcome Great Britain 17-12 in their final pool match this morning to top their Pool.
It was a tough encounter as it took Fiji 4 minutes to score the first points of the match through an unconverted try to Sevuloni Mocenacagi for a 5-0 lead.
Joji Nasova extended Fiji’s lead to 10-0 with an unconverted try at the stroke of halftime.
Great Britain came back strongly in the second half as they scored two tries and a conversion to lead 12-10 before Fiji came back and scored a converted try through Terio Tamani in the 13th minute for the final score.
Great Britain had the chance to steal the game at the stroke of fulltime, but a slight mistake proved too costly for them and gifted Fiji the win.
Fiji will take on France in the second semi final at 12.18am.
In the first semi final, Spain will take on South Africa at 11.56 tonight.
Meanwhile, the Fijiana 7s will take on Brazil at 7.22pm in the 9th place semi final.
In the Women’s Cup semi final, NZ will play France at 11.12pm and Australia will take on the USA at 11.34pm in the second semi final.
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0' Fiji Men kicks off 1st spell. FIJ 0-0 GB.
4' Sevuloni Mocenacagi scores Fiji's first try with the conversion unsuccessful. FIJ 5-0 GB
7' Joji Nasova scores Fiji's secpnd try to extend their lrad. Conversion unsuccessful. FIJ 10-0 GB
7' GB kicks off the second spell. FIJ 10-0 GB
9' Harry Glover scores a try for GB to put them back in the game. Conversion unsuccessful. FIJ 10-5 GB
10' GB scores a converted try to put them in the lead. FIJ 10-12 GB
13' Terio Veilawa scores another try to put Fiji back in front. Conversion successful. FIJ 17-12 GB
14' GB makes a mistake in the dying stage to give Fiji the win. FIJI 17-12 GB
