As the eighth annual Mana Whey Fiji Coral Coast Sevens is set to kick-off from Wednesday, international stars from Hong Kong converged at Nadi International Airport today on Monday.
A double penalty from Ian Keatley proved vital as Ireland managed to edge out Fiji 23-20 in their second game of the autumn international campaign at Aviva Stadium on Friday.
Ireland are likely to miss the services of flanker Peter O'Mahony for their upcoming autumn international encounter against Fiji to be played on Saturday in Dublin.
Simone Ferrari scored his first international try as Italy started their autumn international campaign with a 19-10 victory over Fiji at Stadio Angelo Massimino on Saturday.
Fiji have confirmed their berth in the 2019 World Cup after securing the top spot in the World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup 2017 tournament when they defeated Tonga 14-10 in Nuku'alofa on Saturday.
Fiji came up with a dominating performance in the final as they blanked South Africa 22-0 to win the Hong Kong Sevens. This was also the third consecutive time they clinched the Hong Kong Sevens after previously wining in 2015 and 2016 editions as well.
South Africa continued their terrific run in World Rugby Sevens series 2016-17 after they clinched the Las Vegas sevens by defeating Fiji 19-12 in the final.
Former England and Fiji sevens coach Ben Ryan has slammed the officials of Fijian Rugby Union for not offering central contracts to the the Pacific Island players.