The Flying Fijians lost to Canada 20-18 in their second Pacific Nations Cup match today.
Indiscipline and wrong options cost Fiji the game as they continuously played from within their own territory and Canada scored two tries from turnovers.
Fiji's scrum and line outs looked good in the first half but they struggled in the second half.
Nemani Nadolo scored for Fiji in the first half before captain Akapusi Qera crossed the try line late in the second half.
Setareki Koroilagilagi kicked two penalties and a conversion.
Canada's sevens specialists Phil Mack and Taylor Paris led the Canadians well with Mack crossing over for one of their three tries.
The Canadians could have won by a bigger margin after they lost possession on Fiji's try line on two occasions.
Flying Fijians skipper Akapusi Qera says there is no excuse for the loss.
Canada captain Aaron Carpenter believes their defense won them the game.
The Fiji 15's team is now second on the points table with six points and Canada is leading with 8 points.
Fiji will play USA in two weeks time but they will come back and prepare for their centennial celebrations test match against the Classic All Blacks next Wednesday.
Story by: Akuila Cama
Canada beats Flying Fijians
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