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FIJI VS AUSTRALIA A

FIJI vs AUSTRALIA A

Australia A picked up where they left off last week, beating Fiji 50–13 by outscoring the islanders seven tries to two in the fourth round of the IRB Pacific Nations Cup at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.

In front of a crowd of over 4,500, and in beautiful conditions, Australia A got on the board as early as the third minute thanks to a try by Digby Ioane.

Further tries to Lachie Turner, scrum half Ben Lucas and Drew Mitchell, all converted by Daniel Halangahu, gave Australia A a healthy 31–3 half time lead.

Australia A started the second half as they finished the first with captain Morgan Turinui crossing for a try in the 45th minute, which was converted by Halangahu again to make it 38–3.

Fiji hit back through prop Graham Dews but a second unconverted try by Turner and a converted try by Stephen Hoiles brought up the half century for Australia A. Fijian inside centre Kameli Ratuvou scored on the stroke of full time to make the final tally 50-13.

Queensland loose forward Hugh McMeniman was named Man of the Match and afterwards Australian coach Phil Mooney expressed his delight at another impressive outing by his young team.

Source: IRB.COM

Match Statistics

13		50
Fiji		Australia A
Tournament: Pacific Nations Cup Date: Sunday 29 Jun 2008 Venue: Ballymore, Brisbane, Australia Half-time: Fiji Game Number: 616

						FIJI		AUSTRALIA A
Card	PTS	D	P	C	T	PLAYER	V	PLAYER	T	C	P	D	PTS	Card
	3	-	1	-	-	Rawaqa, Taniela	15	Drew Mitchell	1	-	-	-	5
	0	-	-	-	-	Nagusa, Timoci	14	Lachlan Turner	2	-	-	-	10
	0	-	-	-	-	Naqelevuki, Sireli	13	Morgan Turiniu	1	-	-	-	5
	5	-	-	-	1	Ratuvou, Kameli	12	T Tahu	-	-	-	-	0
	0	-	-	-	-	Tagicakibau, Michael	11	D Ionae	1	-	-	-	5
	0	-	-	-	-	Luveniyali, Waisea	10	D Halangahu	-	6	1	-	15
	0	-	-	-	-	Rauluni, Mosese	9	B Lucas	1	-	-	-	5
	0	-	-	-	-	Talei, Netani	8	S Hoiles (capt)	1	-	-	-	5
	0	-	-	-	-	Rabonaqica, Sailosi	7	R Brown	-	-	-	-	0
	0	-	-	-	-	Naevo, Semisi	6	H Mcmeniman	-	-	-	-	0
	0	-	-	-	-	Leawere, Kele	5	P Kimlin	-	-	-	-	0
	0	-	-	-	-	Rawaqa, Ifereimi	4	V Humphries	-	-	-	-	0
	0	-	-	-	-	Railomo, Jone	3	G Shepherdson	-	-	-	-	0
	0	-	-	-	-	Koto, Sunia	2	S Hardman	-	-	-	-	0
	5	-	-	-	1	Dewes, Graham	1	S Kepu	-	-	-	-	0
	0	-	-	-	-	Sauturaga, Vereniki (Koto Sunia)	16	J Ulugia	-	-	-	-	0
	0	-	-	-	-	Matawalu, Tiko (Railomo Jone)	17	S Maafu	-	-	-	-	0
	0	-	-	-	-	Lewaravu, Wame (Rawaqa Ifereimi)	18	L Houston	-	-	-	-	0
	0	-	-	-	-	Thomas, Deryck (Rabonaqica Sailosi)	19	J Salvi	-	-	-	-	0
	0	-	-	-	-	Vata, Aporosa	20	B Sheehan	-	-	-	-	0
	0	-	-	-	-	Vakacegu, Marika (Nagusa Timoci)	21	Sam Norton Knight	-	-	-	-	0
	0	-	-	-	-	Goneva, Vereniki (Tagicakibau Michael)	22	M Gerrard	-	-	-	-	0
Coach: Ilivasi Tabua

Key:

Captain
Yellow Card
Red Card
Sub In
Sub Out
Bloodbin

Scoring Sequence

02 min - TRY for Australia A by D Ionae 0-5
03 min - CONVERSION for Australia A by D Halangahu 0-7
05 min - PEN GOAL for Fiji by Rawaqa, Taniela 3-7
24 min - PEN GOAL for Australia A by D Halangahu 3-10
28 min - TRY for Australia A by Lachlan Turner 3-15
28 min - CONVERSION for Australia A by D Halangahu 3-17
33 min - TRY for Australia A by B Lucas 3-22
34 min - CONVERSION for Australia A by D Halangahu 3-24
40 min - TRY for Australia A by Drew Mitchell 3-29
40 min - CONVERSION for Australia A by D Halangahu 3-31
Half-Time
45 min - TRY for Australia A by Morgan Turiniu 3-36
46 min - CONVERSION for Australia A by D Halangahu 3-38
50 min - TRY for Fiji by Dewes, Graham 8-38
51 min - CONVERSION MISSED for Fiji by Rawaqa, Taniela 8-38
64 min - TRY for Australia A by Lachlan Turner 8-43
75 min - TRY for Australia A by S Hoiles 8-48
77 min - CONVERSION for Australia A by D Halangahu 8-50
80 min - TRY for Fiji by Ratuvou, Kameli 13-50
Full-Time