Toulouse 7s: Nakoci stars as Fijiana 7s beats USA 26-12

Toulouse 7s: Nakoci stars as Fijiana 7s beats USA 26-12

By Antonio Rahiman
Friday 20/05/2022
[Photo: Getty Image]

Alowesi Nakoci put on a dazzling performance as the Fiji Airways Fijiana 7s team beat USA 26-12 at the Toulouse 7s in France.

Nakoci opened the scoring in the third minute of the first half with a try and quickly added her second 2 minutes later.

Vasiti Solikoviti finished off the first half with a try giving Fiji a 19-0 lead at the break.

Lavenia Cavuru got Fiji’s fourth try early in the second half before USA bounced back to score their two tries.

Cavuru added three conversions from Fiji’s four tries.

Fiji will play Australia in their second pool game at 4.04am tomorrow.

In other results: Canada beat Spain 26-12 while New Zealand thrashed Scotland 45-0.

Meanwhile, the Fiji Airways Men’s Fiji 7s side will kick off their first game of the Toulouse 7s against Kenya at 12.34am tomorrow morning.

Stay with us for updates.


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