The Fiji Airways National Men’s 7s team is through to the cup quarter finals even though they were thumped 35-7 by Argentina in their last pool game at the Hong Kong 7s this afternoon.
They will play Spain at 11.47 tonight.
The Argentinian team put on a masterclass performance as they starved Fiji of possession while scoring five converted tries.
The Fiji team will need to work on their discipline as Iowane Teba was shown a yellow card after he tackled a player without the ball in the first half.
Try scoring machine Joji Nasova scored Fiji’s lone try.
Fiji had earlier defeated the USA 26-14 before edging Ireland 21-19 last night.
In earlier games, France beat Kenya 14-7, Spain defeated Great Britain 26-12, Ireland outplayed the USA 19-10.
The cup semi finals will start at 7pm tomorrow and the cup final will kick off at 11.46pm tomorrow.
Match Report
Full Time: ARG 35 -7 FIJ
13" TRY!! Santiago Zangarra in the corner. ARG 35-7 FIJ
Joji Nasova gets Fiji back into the game, 3 minutes left. ARG 28-7 FIJ
10" Fiji get another penalty.
9" Argentina with the thro in.
Argentina back with possession and they score again. ARG 28-0 FIJ
Argentina has starved Fiji of possession in the first half, from retaining their kick offs to Fiji not releasing in the tackle
Half Time: Arg 21 - 0 Fij
TRY!! Matteo Graziano with his second for Argentina ARG 21-0 FIJ
6" Fiji has conceded 3 consecutive penalties.
YELLOW CARD to Iowane Teba
Argentina running circles around Fiji's defence. ARG 14-0 FIJ
5' Luciano Gonzalez scores
4' Penalty to Argentina, they opt for a scrum.
Argentina scored the 1st try. ARG 7-0 FIJ
Fiji kick off, Argentina retains the kick off and are spreading the ball.
HK 7s: Fiji 0 - 0 Argentina
