Georgia 10-45 Fiji: Semi Radradra stars as Fijians claim first Rugby World Cup win
Georgia vs Fiji
World Cup
6:15am Thursday 3rd October
Semi Radradra scored two tries and generated three others as Fiji finally found their feet in the World Cup.
Their Pool D rivals ripped at a rout in a rain-drenched Hanazono Rugby Stadium.
Fiji are in pole position to finish third and qualify for the 2023 World Cup while their upset loss to Uruguay has all but put paid to their hopes of attaining this quarter-finals.
Former Australia rugby league Radradra was in the heart of their best moves and caught a brace as well as helping put up scores for centre Waisea Nayacalevu, scrum-half Frank Lomani along with his fellow winger Josua Tuisova.
Georgia had an attempt out of flanker Mamuka Gorgodze that was totemic and fought hard, but they drained as Fiji flanker Semi Kunatani towards the end and lock Apisalome Ratuniyarawa crossed to widen the scoreline.
The heavens opened soon before kick-off and created to get an opening that was untidy since the ball squirted within an from players hands, the Fijians producing nine managing errors in the first half.
Georgia full-back Soso Matiashvili looked to have given them the lead with a penalty in the 15th minute but, after some indecision from the judges, the railway was ruled to have slid wide.
The Georgians would pay for that overlook minutes when Radradra through gathered Ben Volavolas kick along with his inside pass.
A Georgian break that was terrific took them the other, and if they knocked on just short of the line play was called back for a penalty, that Matiashvili transformed to close the deficit to four points at the break.
Fiji moved after the rest and took full benefit of the dryer conditions in the second half.
Playing with advantage, Kini Murimurivalu shipped a pass wide to Radradra, who shrugged off the attentions of the Georgian tacklers to nourish within runner Lomani.
Their third arrived afterwards as Fiji worked the ball wide in the lineout and then Radradra sent the dagger, biding his time invite the challenge before discharging Tuisova in the corner.
As Fiji looked set to run away with it Georgia hit straight back with a try the flanker steered his way had totally misjudged the flight of the ball from the kick-off.
Tuisova, put in in the first half for an effort by Radradra, then returned the favour with the Fijian winger and a well-timed pass onto a lightning counter-attack.
Fijis fifth and sixth tries came Kunatani before replacement Ratuniyarawa finished off a sweeping move from inside their own half, moving over from a few yards out, in rapid succession.
The Fijians obtained their seventh attempt four minutes prior to the conclusion, Radradra after Georgia had coughed the ball up within their own territory, sprinting clear.
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