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Watch: Jerry Tuwai finishes Fiji's offloading-palooza as they stun the US in landslide final

Jerry Tuwai of Fiji scores a try during the Final against USA. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

Fiji Sevens have stunned the United States in the Cup Final of the Hamilton leg of the World Series Sevens, blowing them away 38-0.

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The Fijians ‘wowed’ a packed Hamilton crowd with dazzling tries and mesmerizing skill, scoring six stunning tries in a final rout. Jerry Tuwai was named the player of the final after scoring a brace.

Alosio Naduva also scored twice and Fiji scored further tries with Waisea Nacuqu, and Aminiasi Tuimaba.

Throughout the playoffs, Fiji conceded just two tries will hammering Canada 33-7, South Africa 29-7 and then USA 38-0 to secure back-to-back titles in Hamilton, after winning the first edition of the tournament held in the Waikato last year.

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The hosts New Zealand were knocked out by the USA in the semi-final, going down 17-7.

After star fullback Vilimoni Koroi was sent to the sinbin for a dangerous spear tackle, the US took control with a try to Steve Tomasin before Carlin Isles iced the victory with a final try.

The final was the third consecutive appearance by the US, however a hot Fiji side was too much to handle on the night.

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NH 1 hour ago
Harness Skelton's might and move Sua'ali'i: How the Wallabies can fix things for Test two

Nice one Nick. I was a fan of Joe’s appointment and think in general he has done well, and I even think the game plan last week was ok, but I am not sold he has gotten his selections right for this series. As everyone has detailed, the pack was too small last week. This week, he has brought in skelton and valetini which is an improvement physicality-wise but now the back 5 is out of balance with only one legitimate lineout option in Frost. The wallabies were poor in the lineout and it meant they couldn’t get into the lions 22 in the 1st half. Its also where most WBs tries originate from. Are they going to opt for a scrum every penalty they get? 3 man lineouts? And as you show, Suaalii is simply too hesitant in D. I guess drifting is better than biting in and taking yourself out of play, but he doesn’t do much more in that last clip. Maxy has 2 involvements in that play, suaalii none. At this rate, Chieka was quicker and better at integrating marika who had more to do to learn the game, than Joe with suaalii.


Do you think that Joe is hesitant to put Suaalii on the wing because he would be exposed in the backfield in terms of kicking, positioning etc? This is the only justification I can think of and also maybe why he has picked the likes of max, potter and kellaway over the likes of daugunu, pietsch and toole. The difference in selection philosophy between schmidt and rennie has come into clear focus to me recently in terms of brain vs braun, power vs graft, workrate vs impact. In my opinion, Schmidt needed to make a hard decision on starting skelton vs a backrow that had bobby and wilson in it and he hasn’t done that. I also feel like he is almost picking a team to minimise the loss rather than win. I think starting a tate, or a pietsch, or bell could’ve signalled some more intent.

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