Georgia make Fiji battle to the end

By PAUL REES

Fiji..................................... 17pts
Tries: Nayacalevu 51, Habosi 68
Conversions: Lomani 52, 69
Penalty: Lomani 65

Georgia............................ 12pts
Penalties: Matkava 5, 80; Niniashvili 19, 31
FRANK Lomani came off the bench to fire flat Fiji and take them to within a point of a likely quarter-final against England, but they nearly lost it at the death as Georgia remained defiant to the end.
A feature of the game had been Georgia’s inability to turn breaks into tries and they had nothing to show from 10 visits to Fiji’s 22. With time up, they had a f...

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