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Ultimate Rugby Apr 4

Wales finishing the stronger in this, in possession after the hooter has gone but, its a case of too little too late as Rasta Rashivenghe blow his whistle to end the match. Fiji victorious , and get their tournament off to a winning start

Ultimate Rugby Apr 4

Wales manage to hold onto the ball and committed themselves to creating the chance for Tom Williams to score the try in the corner. Was a clever little jink that got his man beat on the outside by the Welsh player

Ultimate Rugby Apr 4

Scrappy passage of play comes to an end as Wales are now given an opportunity to create something off the back of an attacking scrum

Ultimate Rugby Apr 4

Fiji with the quick tap off the penalty run the ball and manage to create some space for Kutatani , running a beautiful line, to break the Welsh defense to run in for the try under the sticks

Ultimate Rugby Apr 4

Fiji with the pick up and go with Viriviri almost running the length of the field only to be tackled five meters out by the Welsh defense

Ultimate Rugby Apr 4

Fiji applying the pressure early on in the second half.

Ultimate Rugby Apr 4

Fiji to get the second half underway, still a man short

Ultimate Rugby Apr 4

Some poor defense from Wales allows the six men of Fijij to string a number of passes together and in the end the Fijian skipper canters over for the try putting his side in the lead. Half time now

Ultimate Rugby Apr 4

Rasta Rashivenghe not taking any nonsense after awarding the penalty to Wales. A Fijian player may have said something , and has found himself on the naughty chair for two minutes. Wales now with the man advantage.

Ultimate Rugby Apr 4

Again Fiji make a mess of the restart , allowing Wales to regain possession. However the Fijians manage to turn over the possession and launch a devastating counter attack resulting in Viriviri powering his way over to level the score at five a piece