Defending champion Fiji to meet New Zealand in rugby 7s final
July 28
07:12 am JST
July 28 | 12:55 pm JST
TOKYO
Jerry Tuwai’s Fijians are within one victory of back-to-back Olympic gold medals in a sport that's intrinsically part of life in their Pacific island nation. Trying to stop them will be a New Zealand team already assured of winning its first men’s rugby sevens medal of any kind.
Fiji beat Argentina 26-14 in the semifinals on Wednesday to set up a night final against a New Zealand lineup that overpowered 2016 silver medalist Britain 29-7, with captain Scott Curry and Regan Ware scoring two tries apiece.