Fijian Latui v Kagifa Samoa —LIVE— Sat 18th

[kiap]

What​

Rapid Rugby Pacific Showcase — Opening Match​

When​

Saturday, 18 March 2019​

3:10 pm Fiji, NZ (UTC+12)​

4:10 pm Samoa (UTC+13)​

1:10 pm East Coast Elites (UTC+10)​

11:10 am Perth, Honkers, Sinkers (UTC+8)​

Countdown​

F5 refresh​

How​

Australia​

Free-to-air TV LIVE at SBS Viceland​

Free stream LIVE at SBS On Demand and sbs.com.au​

LIVE stream and on demand at Kayo Sports​

LIVE on Fox Sports 507​

Fiji​

Free-to-air TV (on delay at 7.00 pm) Fiji One​

New Zealand​

Sky TV (on delay at 8.15 pm) Rugby Channel (Ch 64)​

Asia​

LIVE on Fox Sports 2 Asia​

Rest of the World​

LIVE stream here​

Where​

Churchill Park, Luatoka, Fiji​

Who​

Lineups​

Officials​

Referee: Cameron Stone (NZ)​

AR1: Kaveni Talemaivalagi (Fiji), AR2: David Vosalevu (Fiji)​

TMO: Johnson Lee (Fiji)​

 

[Rugbynutter39]

Well given most of Fiji team is the drua we know they Good but the Samoans a bit unknown

 

[kiap]

Agreed, RN.

Kagifa Samoa

• Coach (I think) is Darryl Suasua ... Head Coach @ Counties Manakau, previously Black Ferns … + also Manu Samoa (Asst coach).

• As well some Samoan-based players, there are a couple of Aus-Samoans in there with Ah-mu and David Feliuai Lene.

• Training out of NZ so obviously a fair few Enzedders / PIs based in NZ.

• Five Fijians. And there are five players carrying on in Rapid Rugby with this Kagifa team from the APDs, including four Tongans: Fosita, Fukofuka, Hala and Lokotui.

Fijian Latui

• Squad is similar to the Drua who won the aussie "toast track" in the NRC 6 months ago.

• All Fijian-based players. Coach is Senirusi Seruvakula (Fiji Warriors and Drua).

• Favoured at home, I reckon.

Some re-posting in what I've put here, but IMO adds info for the match

 

[ForceFan]

Goss is that Fiji is expecting 11,000 for this game.

 

[WorkingClassRugger]

Agreed, RN.

Kagifa Samoa

• Coach (I think) is Darryl Suasua . Head Coach @ Counties Manakau, previously Black Ferns … + also Manu Samoa (Asst coach).

• As well some Samoan-based players, there are a couple of Aus-Samoans in there with Ah-mu and David Feliuai Lene.

• Training out of NZ so obviously a fair few Enzedders / PIs based in NZ.

• Five Fijians. And there are five players carrying on in Rapid Rugby with this Kagifa team from the APDs, including four Tongans: Fosita, Fukofuka, Hala and Lokotui.

Fijian Latui

• Squad is similar to the Drua who won the aussie "toast track" in the NRC 6 months ago.

• All Fijian-based players. Coach is Senirusi Seruvakula (Fiji Warriors and Drua).

• Favoured at home, I reckon.

Some re-posting in what I've put here, but IMO adds info for the match

Should be a good game.

 

[kiap]

Clear stream on SBS and a good crowd in

Tries to McKee and Stewart

Kagifa 5-7 Latui

@ 7 minutes

 

[kiap]

100 metre power try to Samusamuvodre after a great long dummying run by Waqatabu!

19 - 7

@ 15 mins

 

[WorkingClassRugger]

Two Fijian players rightly binned for a dangerous tackle. Samoan score not too long after but fail to convert. 19-12 Fiji.

 

[kiap]

Lam took advantage of the 15-on-13 and went over from short range for Kagifa

19 - 12 after 28 mins

Then Franki Malu got over the line for Kagifa ... but it's a TMO call of a knock on in a high-ish tackle

back to 15 on 15 now

It is physical encounter out there.

 

[WorkingClassRugger]

Lam took advantage of the 15-on-13 and went over from short range for Kagifa

19 - 12 after 28 mins

Then Franki Malu got over the line for Kagifa . but it's a TMO call of a knock on in a high-ish tackle

back to 15 on 15 now

It is physical encounter out there.

Maloney's bitching overlooks the fact you see dozens of those tackles go not penalized in every game. Malu went into the contact low and the Fijian tackler did what pretty much every professional Rugby players does in a similar position.

 

[ForceFan]

Good first half of open rugby including a 9-pointer to Fiji.

Great to be able to watch it live streamed in Johannesburg on GRR website.

 

[kiap]

Maloney's bitching overlooks the fact you see dozens of those tackles go not penalized in every game. Malu went into the contact low and the Fijian tackler did what pretty much every professional Rugby players does in a similar position.

Agreed. Technically above the shoulder but you wouldn't say with massive menace

Still say the Fijians a bit lax on discipline, tho.

Good hard half of footy.

 

[ForceFan]

9-pointer already available.

https://www.facebook.com/rapidrugby/videos/429018637830617/

 

[kiap]

AWESOME Fiji Latui try!

Half a dozen passes/ offloads and John Stewart scores!

Highlight of the game

31-29

65 minutes

 

[kiap]

Fosita with a penalty in front

One point ball game - Kagifa get back the lead!!

31-32

67 mins

 

[kiap]

LOL now Latui get a penalty 30m out!

 

[kiap]

But Waqatabu pulls the shot left

90 seconds to go!

Latui on attack

 

[kiap]

last play after the hooter

And Fiji scores!!!!!!!

 

[ForceFan]

Excellent opening game for the Pacific Showcase under the new GRR rules..

The Samoan side has had only limited time together but did very well against a typically explosive Fiji team.

 

[kiap]

Very enjoyable game!