Flying Fijians suffer heavy 57-17 loss to Scotland

The Fiji Water Flying Fijians were made to pay for their poor discipline and poor game structure as Scotland ran riot at home with a 57-17 win in Murrayfield this morning.

Fiji were reduced to 13 men in the first 14 minutes of the match after veteran halfback Frank Lomani and centre Apisalome Vota both received yellow cards in the 4th minute and 14th minute respectively.

Scotland capitalised on their advantage in numbers and scored 4 quick tries and 3 conversions in the first 20 minutes of the match through Kyle Rowe, Graham Darcy and Huw Jones to lead 26-0.

Fiji scored an unconverted try to Isaiah Armstrong-Ravula before Scotland slotted another penalty to extend their lead to 29-5.

Ratu Meli Derenalagi scored Fiji’s second try at the stroke of halftime as Scotland held a comfortable 29-10 lead at the break.

Fiji started the second half strongly with a try to captain Tevita Ikanivere in the 49th minute, but Scotland came back and shut Fiji down with 4 more tries through Darcy, Duhan van der Merwe and Jones.

Scotland winger Darcy was named the player of the match after scoring 4 tries in the match.

The Flying Fijians now turn their focus to their next match against Wales next Sunday at the Millennium Stadium.

Live Updates

0' Flying Fijians kick off the first half. FIJ 0-0 SCO

1' Scotland wins a penalty inside Fiji's territory and they opt to kick for touch. FIJ 0-0 SCO

4' Fiji penalised again inside their 5 metre line. Referee checks TMO for foul play. FIJ 0-0 SCO

4' Fiji's Frank Lomani yellow carded for a deliberate knock on. FIJ 0-0 SCO

5' Fiji defended their own tryline well and turned the ball over. FIJ 0-0 SCO

8' TRY!! Scotland scores their first try through hooker Ewan Ashman from a rolling maul. Conversion to come. FIJ 0-5 SCO

8' Refree check TMO for a foul play leading up to the try. FIJ 0-5 SCO

8' Referee reverses the decision and calls for no try after ball was knocked on. Penalty to Scotland again. FIJ 0-0 SCO

9' TRY!! Scotland's fullback Kyle Rowe makes no mistake this time and scores a clear try with the conversion successful. FIJ 0-7 SCO

12' Scotland wins another penalty from the scrum inside their 10 metre line. They opt to kick for touch. FIJ 0-7 SCO

14' Fiji reduced to further 13 men after centre Apisalome Vota is shown a yellow card. FIJ 0-7 SCO

14' TRY!! Scotland capitalises on Fiji's disadvantage in numbers and scores a try in the corner through winger Darcy Graham. Conversion successful. FIJ 0-14 SCO

15' Fiji now back to 14 men with Lomani coming back in from his yellow card. FIJ 0-14 SCO

17' TRY!! Graham scores his second try of the night after a great piece of play from a penalty, catching the Flying Fijians' defence. Conversion is unsuccessful. FIJ 0-19 SCO

20' TRY!! Scotland scores their 4th try of the match through centre Huw Jones with the conversion successful. FIJ 0-26 SCO

25' Scotland held Fiji's maul up and turned the ball over inside their 5 metre line. FIJ 0-26 SCO

25' Fiji back to 15 men after Apisalome Vota heads back into the field from his yellow card. FIJ 0-26 SCO

32' Scotland reduced to 14 men after hooker Ewan Ashman gets sin binned for foul play. FIJ 0-26 SCO

33' TRY!!! Fiji scores their first try through fullback Isaiah Armstrong-Ravula in the corner. Conversion unsuccessful. FIJ 5-26 SCO

36' Fiji penalised for obstruction, Scotland opts to take a shot at goal. Kick successful. FIJ 5-29 SCO

41' TRY!! Ratu Meli Derenalagi scores Fiji's second try at the stroke of halftime. Conversion to come. FIJ 10-26 SCO

42' Conversion unsuccessful. HALFTIME: FIJI 10-29 SCOTLAND

40' Scotland kicks off the second half. FIJ 10-29 SCO

48' Scrum awarded to Scotland inside Fiji's territory after the ball was held up from a lineout throw. FIJ 10-29 SCO                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      48' Referee reverses the decision, awards the penalty to Fiji for a high shot on Ponipate Loganimasi. FIJ 10-29 SCO                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      49' TRY!!! Fiji scores their thirrd try through captain Tevita Ikanivere. Conversion successful. FIJ 17-29 SCO

52' TRY!! Scotland replies with another try to Graham. Conversion successful. FIJ 17-36 SCO                                                      52' TRY!! Darcy Graham scores his 4th try of the match. Conversion successful. FIJ 43-17 SCO

70' Scotland knocks the ball on inside Fiji's half. Fiji awarded a scrum. FIJ 17-43 SCO

71' TRY!! Scotland scores another try through Duhan van der Merwe with the conversion successful. FIJ 17-50 SCO

75' Referee checks TMO if it is a try or no try from Scotland. FIJ 17-50 SCO

75' No try!! No clear release from Scotland and led to a double movement. Penalty to Fiji. FIJ 17-50 SCO

78' Jones scores his second try of the match for Scotland after a well-worked cross kick from Hastings. Conversion Successful. FIJ17-57 SCO

FULLTIME: FIJI 17-57 SCOTLAND