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Fiji 7s team leaves London today for preparation of last leg in Paris

Fiji 7s team leaves London today for preparation of last leg in Paris

By Iva Danford
28/05/2019
Fiji 7s team in London [Photo: HSBC]

The Fiji Airways Men’s National 7s team left London this morning for the last tournament of the HSBC 7's series in Paris.

The team’s preparation in the next few days will be key to their aim of trying to claim their fourth HSBC World 7s title.

Fiji needs to finish ahead of USA in the Paris 7s this weekend to make that happen.

Fiji is now leading the HSBC World Sevens Series standings with 164 points, USA has dropped to second place with 162 points, New Zealand is in third place with 143 points and South Africa remains in fourth place with 131 points.

Barring any upsets Fiji is likely to meet Scotland or France in the quarter final they are likely to take on USA or South Africa in the semifinal and New Zealand or Australia in the final.

Fiji will take on England in their first pool match at 10.50pm this Saturday, they will take on Argentina at 2.16am this Sunday and will take on Ireland at 5.42am in their last pool match.

The Cup quarterfinals will start at 9.28pm this Sunday, Cup semifinals will start at 1.23am next Monday and the Cup final will be played at 4.33am next Monday.

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