The Fiji Airways Fijiana sevens team made the biggest jump in the HSBC SVNS Series points table.
The Sesenieli Donu-captained side defied all odds to reach the Cup grand-final of the Vancouver Sevens only to bow out 41-7 to series leaders New Zealand.
The Fijians were at 11th spot when they came to the Vancouver Sevens and are now in the eighth spot.
The Fijiana sevens team finished as the best third placed team at the end of the pool games as they qualified for the Cup quarterfinals.
They thrashed Brazil 46-0 on Sunday before walloping Japan 28-7 in the Cup semifinal yesterday.
Poor finish
Meanwhile, the Osea Kolinisau-coached Fiji men’s rugby sevens team has lost their top placing in the series standings. They are now in third spot with South Africa while Argentina leads the series table with 68 points followed by Spain with 64.
The Fijians had themselves to blame when they lost 10-12 to South Africa in the Cup semi-final despite having a one man advantage. In the 3rd place play-offs they went down again 22-7 to Spain. The men’s competition was won by Argentina after beating South Africa 19-12.
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