Rugby World Cup 2019 – Georgia vs Fiji: Result and reaction from Pool D fixture
Re-live all the action from the Hanazono Rugby Stadium
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Your support makes all the difference.Fiji finally found their flair as they bounced back from their shock World Cup defeat by Uruguay with a resounding 45-10 win over Georgia that sent a warning to their next opponents Wales.
Back-to-back defeats at the hands of Australia and Uruguay had left Fiji bottom of Pool D but a bonus-point victory over Georgia boosted their hopes of a top-three finish that would guarantee automatic qualification for the 2023 World Cup.
Winger Semi Radradra was the star of the show, helping create his side's first three tries before going on to claim two of his own as Fiji cut loose with 28 points in the last 20 minutes of the match at the Hanazono Rugby Stadium in Higashiosaka. Re-live the action below:
What time is it?
Georgia vs Fiji kicks off at 2.15pm Japan Standard Time, which is 6.15am BST, on Thursday 3 October.
Where can I watch it?
ITV4 will be broadcasting the clash. Alternatively, you can live stream the match via the ITV Hub on your smartphone, tablet or laptop.
1 minute
Georgia's first exit is good, with Mamuka Gorgodze gaining ground with a charge and Vasil Lobzhinadze boxing well from the base.
Fiji try to bring Radradra off his wing from the first lineout but Georgia marshal it well, and Radradra can't gather.
3 minutes
Fiji attack from another lineout near halfway, and make metres, with both locks biffing a tackler away as they get into their game early on. Levani Botia slips a tackle with a big left handed fend, and then Leone Nakarawa release a lovely offload to send a scrum-capped Peceli Yato init the Georgia 22.
4 minutes
Yato takes on three Georgians on his own and nearly manages to slither away from them, but when he is hauled back the Fiji attack stalls, and the ball is knocked forward as they try to work something intricate to build momentum. It is wet out there. Georgia scrum.
5 minutes
Fiji are the underdogs at scrum time with a considerable weight advantage for Georgia to utilise, but it is an even first contest, and when it begins to shift it is sideways.
Referee Paul Williams orders a reset.
6 minutes
Another even scrum and an excellent high kick from Georgia, supported by a superb chase from Davit Kacharava, who bundles catcher Kini Murimurivalu into touch.
7 minutes
Fiji make a no arms tackle at the back of the lineout. Dominiko Waqaniburotu pinged by the referee. Georgia kick into the Fiji 22.
9 minutes
Georgia work the ball to the outside and the Fijian defence is turned in, but Josua Tuisova does well to flip his hips and sprint after Soso Matiashvili, forcing his grubber into touch.
Fiji throw the five metre lineout quickly! Ambition or foolishness, they win a penalty after a couple of risky offloads. Not the conditions nor the area for that, really, but Fiji are going to Fiji.
11 minutes
The ball is ripped away from Georgian hands by Peceli Yato, getting his monstrous right hand on to it and pulling it out like stuffing from a pillow.
His rip just bounces forward into the hands of Semi Radradra in space, which Giorgi Kveseladze is rather grateful for.
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