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Fiji face off against Italy in Internationals on Fri 16th June 2017 at . Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 03:30. In South Africa it’s at 04:30 SAST, 14:30 NZST in New Zealand, 12:30 AEST in Australia and 19:30 EST in the US.
Italy won the last encounter but Fiji are in the best form of their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture the two sides are separated by just 2 places in the rankings with Fiji in position 8 and Italy in position 10, underlining just how tight this match could be.
The official squads for Fiji vs Italy will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.
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Ben Volavola has kicked a drop goal.
Tommaso Allan does the business as his penalty goal attempt goes over.
Tommaso Allan makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.
Maxime Mbanda scores a try for Italy.
Timoci Nagusa (Fiji) is shown a yellow card.
Vereniki Goneva scores a try for Fiji.
Tommaso Allan makes no mistake with that penalty goal attempt.
Ben Volavola converts the try.
Jale Vatubua scores a try for Fiji.
Tommaso Allan kicks the penalty.
Tommaso Allan has kicked a penalty goal.
Ben Volavola has kicked a conversion.
Eroni Vasiteri scores a try for Fiji.