Fiji

22 - 19

Full Time

Italy

Fiji vs Italy

Events

Commentary

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Live Updates

It's all over! The referee has blown his whistle to end the game.

80'

Mosese Voka comes on for Fiji.

79'

Nemani Nagusa leaves the field.

79'

Drop Goal

Ben Volavola has kicked a drop goal.

79'

Penalty Goal

Tommaso Allan does the business as his penalty goal attempt goes over.

77'

Tizano Pasquali comes on.

70'

Simone Ferrari comes off.

70'

Federico Ruzza comes on.

70'

Marco Fuser comes off.

70'

Joeli Veitayaki comes on.

68'

Peni Ravai comes off.

68'

Italy decide to make a substitution, with Tommaso Benvenuti getting some game time.

67'

Italy decide to make a substitution, with Tommaso Boni being replaced.

67'

Fiji make a substitution with Nikola Matawalu coming on.

62'

Fiji make a substitution with Serupepeli Vularika coming off.

62'

Italy sub Federico Zani comes onto the field.

60'

Andrea Lovotti departs for Italy.

60'

Benito Masilevu comes on for Fiji.

58'

Eroni Vasiteri leaves the field.

58'

Tito Tebaldi comes on.

58'

Marcello Violi comes off.

58'

Conversion

Tommaso Allan makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.

53'

Try

Maxime Mbanda scores a try for Italy.

52'

Yellow Card

Timoci Nagusa (Fiji) is shown a yellow card.

50'

Ornel Gega comes on.

49'

Luca Bigi comes off.

49'

Viliame Mata comes on.

49'

Dominiko Waqaniburotu comes off.

49'

Fiji decide to make a substitution, with Tevita Cavubati getting some game time.

49'

Fiji decide to make a substitution, with Api Ratuniyarawa being replaced.

49'

Italy make a substitution with Dries van Schalkwyk coming on.

46'

Italy make a substitution with Braam Steyn coming off.

46'

Conversion attempt from Ben Volavola has the distance but not the direction.

45'

Try

Vereniki Goneva scores a try for Fiji.

44'

The second half is underway.

40'

Fiji sub Manasa Saulo comes onto the field.

40'

Kalivati Tawake departs for Fiji.

40'

The half-time whistle blows and both teams’ head for the dressing rooms.

40'

Simone Ferrari comes on for Italy.

32'

Tizano Pasquali leaves the field.

32'

Penalty Goal

Tommaso Allan makes no mistake with that penalty goal attempt.

28'

Tizano Pasquali comes on.

26'

Simone Ferrari comes off.

26'

Conversion

Ben Volavola converts the try.

17'

Try

Jale Vatubua scores a try for Fiji.

16'

Penalty Goal

Tommaso Allan kicks the penalty.

15'

Penalty Goal

Tommaso Allan has kicked a penalty goal.

Conversion

Ben Volavola has kicked a conversion.

Try

Eroni Vasiteri scores a try for Fiji.

We are underway as the referee blows his whistle.

Match Details

Fiji v Italy

Fri 16th June 2017, 07:30pm PDT

Points Flow Chart

Fiji win +5

Time in lead

Mins in lead

93%

% Of Game In Lead

Possession Last 10 min

Points Last 10 min

Key Events

Full Time

Volavola

22 - 19

79'

Allan

77'

19 - 19

Allan

53'

19 - 16

Mbanda

52'

19 - 14

Nagusa

19 - 9

50'

Goneva

19 - 9

44'

Half Time

Allan

28'

14 - 9

Volavola

14 - 6

17'

Vatubua

12 - 6

16'

Allan

15'

7 - 6

Allan

7 - 3

Volavola

7 - 0

Vasiteri

5 - 0

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Fiji vs Italy Kick Off Times & TV Channel

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 both teams are in the same form for their last 5 games.

World Rankings

Heading into the fixture the two sides are separated by just 2 places in the rankings with Fiji in position 10 and Italy in position 12, underlining just how tight this match could be.

Fiji vs Italy Squads

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.