The national side lost 52-12 to Argentina in its final pool match at the World Rugby Under 20 Championship in South Africa this morning.
Fiji scored two tries in the match with Ponipate Tuberi diving over in the dying stages of the first half with the conversion from Isikeli Basiyalo.
With the game entering the final 10 minutes, winger Aisea Nawai showed some typical Fijian spirit with a well-taken solo try.
“I think a lot of it was because of our discipline we built a lot of momentum in the first half but we just couldn’t maintain it coming into the second half, we didn’t stick to our style of rugby and I think a lot of the boys got caught sleeping in the second half so that’s part of the reason we couldn’t maintain it,” says captain Nalani May. Nawai and Ebernezzer Tuidraki received yellow cards during the game. Hooker Moses Armstrong-Ravula also crashed over the line, but the try was disallowed for crossing
The Sports World Fiji U20 team suffered defeats in its opening two games, falling to South Africa 57-7 and England 48-11. New Zealand thrashed Spain 45-13, while France triumphed over Wales 29-11, Georgia overcame Italy 28-17, and England overcame South Africa 17-12.
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