SUPER ROOKIE!
Josua Vakurinabili proudly wore the “Super Rookie” tag last night when he saved the Fiji Airways Fijian 7s team from defeat in this storming run to the tryline against arch rivals New Zealand in the Sydney 7s tournament. He earned his stripes, ploughing through a number of gang-tackling Kiwis to touch down. His try pushed Fiji to the top of the pool with a 19-17 win. The 23-year-old Fiji Corrections Service officer was the toast of the team in the dressing room. Fiji will meet USA in the first quarterfinal at 12.28pm today in what is expected to be another thriller. Naisa Koroi
Fiji Airways Fijian 7s captain Seremaia Tuwai said their 1917 win over New Zealand last night was made possible through hard work and team work. “Playing New Zealand is not always easy,” the soft spoken Cakaudrove native said.
Tuwai indicated that they were happy to end the day winning all their three pool games and has given them confidence going into today’s quarterfinals against USA. “It has been a long journey for us especially when we had to start after the Olympics and had won only one tournament in the last series.
“So our plan is to go out and win the Sydney 7s.”
Tuwai said they would go back to discuss ways to improve their defence which was something they has been working on for the past month.
The Fijians take on USA in the first Cup quarterfinal at 12.28pm, South Africa meet Kenya at 12.50pm. At 1.12pm Australia takes on New Zealand while Argentina faces England.