BORDEAUX, France :Waisea Nayacalevu and Vinaya Habosi scored second-half tries to steer Fiji to a gritty 17-12 victory over Georgia in World Cup Pool C on Saturday, taking the Pacific Islanders a step closer to the quarter-finals for the first time since 2007.
It was a poor game in Bordeaux between a Fijian side who made countless basic errors and a Georgian team who defended bravely but offered little in attack.Fiji go the job done, however, as they moved to 10 points, four behind leaders Wales but four ahead of Australia with a game against Portugal to come in Toulouse on Oct.
8 in which they need one point to make sure of a knockout place. It is the end of the road for Georgia, who have two defeats and a draw and will be playing for pride in their final fixture against Wales.
Australia remain mathematically in the hunt to advance, but their faint hopes have diminished further and a first ever pool- stage exit looms for Eddie Jones’s side.