The Fiji Water Flying Fijians will need to work on their completion set heading into this weekend’s final round of the Punjas Pacific Battle Series against Japan in Tokyo.
After securing two comfortable wins against Tonga (36-20) and Samoa (33-19) in the last two weeks, the Flying Fijians will now need to focus on fixing the area of backing up promising first-half performances after letting both teams back into the game in the second spell of each match.
In the game against Tonga, the Flying Fijians were ahead 26-15 at halftime but only managed to score 10 points in the second half with Tonga scoring 5 points for the final score.
Against Samoa, after a dominant first half and securing a 30-5 cushion at halftime, the Samoans came back to score 14 points in the second spell while Fiji only managed 3 points from a Caleb Muntz penalty kick.
With 42 days to go till the Flying Fijian’s Rugby World Cup opener against Wales, Coach Simon Raiwalui and his team of coaches have a task at hand to fix this issue, as the winner of a game is determined by a team who can play 80 minutes of rugby.
The game against Japan this weekend will also be the decider for the tournament as Fiji is currently sitting on 10 points followed by Japan with 5 points, Samoa is third with 4 points while Tonga is in 4th place with 1 point.
The Flying Fijians will need just a bonus point or a win to capture the title while Japan will need a bonus point win and also beat Fiji by 27 points or more to claim the Series.
The Flying Fijians will play Japan at 10.15pm Saturday in Tokyo.
