The Fijian Airways Fijiana women’s sevens team needs to work on their defence and cut down on their mistakes if they are to be taken seriously in the HSBC World Sevens Series.

The Rusila Nagasau captained-tries had four tries scored against them by minnows Colombia in their Pool A match today. Colombia is one of the invitational teams in the Vancouver Sevens tournament.

Despite, the Fijians winning 42-24, their failure to stop the Colombians from scoring four tries and veteran Viniana Riwai’s kick-offs not reaching the 10-metre time several times, were a great disappointment.

“No excuse,” Nagasau said after the match when asked if playing in the big BC Place Stadium for the first time had affected their performance.

The Fijiana side needs to lift their game against New Zealand in their final pool match tomorrow (Sunday) at 7.06am.

Women’s results:
Australia 48-0 Spain, France 40-7 Japan, Fiji 42-24 Colombia, New Zealand 43-7 Great Britain.

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Story By: Leone Cabenatabua

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