The Pacific Islanders Coach Quddus Fielea, refused to blame his team's defeat to England yesterday at Twickenham on a lack of preparation time.

Fielea said players made mistakes and that cost them. He said they only had three days training together last week but they won't use that as an excuse.

Fielea said now they have one whole week to prepare for the second match against France this weekend and players have played together, so it won't be a problem.

He said during the training this week, he will have to rectify all the mistakes and make sure the Pacific Islanders win this weekend.

The Pacific Islanders/France match will kick off on Sunday at 2am. In other Internationals this Sunday, Italy plays Argentina, England take on Australia, Scotland host South Africa and New Zealand meet Ireland.