The Flying Fijians failed to match the Springboks physicality approach in last night’s 49-3 loss.
Assistant coach, Shannon Fraser said that they have learned from their loss and will become better by learning from the experience.
Fraser added the statistic of the match did not reflect on the score line where they matched the Boks in most aspects of the game.
The Flying Fijians will play Samoa next Sunday at 2.30pm.
Still on the RWC, Australia will likely need to beat Springboks and All Blacks to make World Cup final after a shock 15-6 loss to inspired Ireland at Eden Park last night.
In the first major tournament upset, a committed Ireland succeeded in embarrassing the highly fancied Wallabies and now, due to their inadequacies, Australia confront a far more rocky road to negotiate their way through the finals, as they are unlikely to win their pool, and so will face more difficult opponents in the quarters and semifinals.
At the moment England and Georgia game has just kicked off while at 8.30pm France meets Canada.
Story by: Dreu Vukailagi
Stats good despite loss to Springboks
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