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Fiji rout Georgia for bonus-point win at Rugby World Cup

Fiji's flanker Semi Kunatani (L) pushes in a scrum during the Japan 2019 Rugby World Cup Pool D match between Georgia and Fiji at the Hanazono Rugby Stadium in Higashiosaka on October 3, 2019. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)

Winger Semi Radradra scored twice as Fiji produced a scintillating second-half performance to secure a 45-10 bonus-point win against Georgia Thursday, running in seven tries in difficult conditions at the Rugby World Cup.

Coach John McKee had demanded a response from his players after they suffered a humiliating upset at the hands of Uruguay and the win puts Fiji in a strong position to secure third place in Pool D to win automatic qualification for the next World Cup.

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