Fiji wins Oceania 7s, finishes tournament unbeaten
Baber to name Olympics squad this week

Fiji wins Oceania 7s, finishes tournament unbeaten

Baber to name Olympics squad this week

By Navitalai Naivalurua
Monday 28/06/2021
[image: Oceania 7s]

The Fiji Airways Men's National 7s team has won the Oceania 7s after finishing the tournament undefeated.

They beat New Zealand 17-7 in their last match.

Fiji won all their six matches in the three-day tournament.

This will rightly earn them the title of favourites heading into the Tokyo Olympics next month.

Despite not playing for almost 15 months, the Fijians certainly did not play like it, dominating New Zealand in their final match.

Jiuta Wainiqolo opened the scoring, capitalising on a brilliant pass from Jerry Tuwai.

Upcoming star, Sireli Maqala showed some good footwork and broke the New Zealand defence from their 22-metre line, but was taken down deep inside the opponents' territory.

Iosefo Masi did a good follow up, picked the ball and dived over to score to give Fiji a 12-0 lead at the break.

Meli Derenalagi scored the third and final try that secured Fiji's victory.

Kurt Baker scored the only try for New Zealand.

Coach Gareth Baber has revealed the team that will head to the Olympics will be named at the end of this week.

Baber says what this group has achieved is spectacular.


Meanwhile, the Fijiana 7s team finished third in the tournament.

New Zealand claimed the women's title defeating Australia 26-5.

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