{"id":463520,"date":"2026-06-06T05:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T05:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/463520\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T05:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T05:30:13","slug":"fiji-7s-overpower-great-britain-26-12-at-bordeaux-sevens-as-rarogo-stars-with-two-tries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/463520\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiji 7s overpower Great Britain 26-12 at Bordeaux Sevens as Rarogo stars with two tries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Fiji Airways Men\u2019s National 7s team continued their strong form at the Bordeaux 7s, defeating Great Britain 26-12 in their second pool match this morning.<\/p>\n<p>Fiji got off to a positive start when Filipe Sauturaga crossed for the opening try after capitalising on a knock-on to give his side an early lead.<\/p>\n<p>A second try appeared imminent when George Bose set up Kavekini Tanivanuakula, who dived over the line, but the effort was ruled out after officials deemed the final pass forward.<\/p>\n<p>Great Britain responded late in the first half, scoring to level the match before Apete Rarogo restored Fiji\u2019s advantage with a crucial tries, helping his side take a 14-7 lead.<\/p>\n<p>Bose added Fiji\u2019s first try of the second half as the team made the most of its attacking opportunities, following the game plan laid out by coach Osea Kolinisau.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260606073440_media_6a231e6e7d3ed3_56759840.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Rarogo was later shown a yellow card for a dangerous tackle, allowing Great Britain to take advantage of the extra player and reduce the deficit.<\/p>\n<p>However, Fiji regained momentum once Rarogo returned to the field. <\/p>\n<p>The winger made amends by scoring his third try of the match in the closing stages to seal a convincing 26-12 victory.<\/p>\n<p>Fiji will face South Africa at 9.06pm tonight in their final pool match.<\/p>\n<p>The men&#8217;s Cup quarter-finals are scheduled to begin at 3.28am tommorow,with the finals at 3.41am on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Fiji Airways Men\u2019s National 7s team continued their strong form at the Bordeaux 7s, defeating Great Britain&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":463521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[234928,111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-463520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-bordeaux-7s","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}