Summary

  • FT: Fiji 27-30 Uruguay

  • Santiago Arata, Manuel Diana and Juan Manuel Cat help Uruguay to win

  • Fiji scored five tries but fall short and lose second game to leave quarter-final hopes in tatters

  • Only Uruguay's third World Cup win

  1. Postpublished at 75 mins

    Fiji 22-27 Uruguay

    Uruguay with the penalty inside the Fiji half!

    This could be massive if kicked.....

  2. Postpublished at 74 mins

    Fiji 22-27 Uruguay

    Fiji's turn to look tired now and out on their feet as Uruguay do well to pin them back in their own half.

    This is tense stuff.

  3. Postpublished at 71 mins

    Fiji 22-27 Uruguay

    Well, well...

    Fiji let themselves down again when in a threatening position.

    Harlequins winger Vereniki Goneva tries to kick ahead of himself down the left wing, but it's out on the full!

  4. 'Fiji will comeback and win'published at 07:50 British Summer Time 25 September 2019

    Fiji 22-27 Uruguay

    Stirling Mortlock
    Former Australia international on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    You can see the body language from the Uruguayans, they're fatigued.

    Fiji are more dominate and faster.

    I'm going to call it now, I feel very comfortable that Fiji will comeback and grind out the win.

    Fiji v UruguayImage source, Getty Images
  5. Postpublished at 70 mins

    Fiji 22-27 Uruguay

    More drama to come in this one as we move to the closing stages?

    Uruguay show some great defence as Fiji try to run it from deep and around the corner down the right wing.

  6. try

    Try: Fiji 22-27 Uruguaypublished at 67 mins

    Nikola Matawalu, missed con Volavola

    It was coming....

    Fiji get their fourth try so that's a bonus point at least.

    Glasgow scrum-half Nikola Matawalu snipes through a gap from two metres out after concerted pressure.

    That sets it up nicely for the last 12 minutes or so.

    But Ben Volavola misses the conversion and Uruguay still have a five-point lead.

  7. Postpublished at 66 mins

    Fiji 17-27 Uruguay

    Finally a bit of possession for Fiji.

    12 phases as they creep up to five metres out....

  8. 'Uruguay dominating Fiji's kicking game'published at 07:44 British Summer Time 25 September 2019

    Fiji 17-27 Uruguay

    Stirling Mortlock
    Former Australia international on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    One the facets of the game that Uruguay have totally dominated Fiji in is the kicking game, every time the Uruguayans have looked to do a contestable kick it's been just that.

  9. Postpublished at 64 mins

    Fiji 17-27 Uruguay

    Getting sloppy now for Fiji as they don't throw a straight line-out.

    In fact it was so crooked, it was almost under their own posts.

  10. Postpublished at 63 mins

    Fiji 17-27 Uruguay

    More mistakes from Fiji in the aerial battle as Uruguay clear their lines and get the line-out.

  11. Penalty: Fiji 17-27 Uruguaypublished at 61 mins

    Felipe Berchesi

    Great kick from the Uruguay fly-half.

    They are out to 10 points ahead and we're into the final quarter.

  12. Postpublished at 60 mins

    Fiji 17-24 Uruguay

    Penalty to Uruguay as Fiji are caught off their feet.

    Big moment this if they can kick it.

  13. Postpublished at 59 mins

    Fiji 17-24 Uruguay

    Pick-and-go, pick-and-go from Uruguay here as they chase that bonus-point score...

    14 phases and counting....

  14. 'Uruguay are looking tired'published at 07:36 British Summer Time 25 September 2019

    Fiji 17-24 Uruguay

    Stirling Mortlock
    Former Australia international on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    A lot of the Uruguayans look like they are out on their feet, we questioned whether they had the fitness and the capacity to put in a full 80-minute performance.

  15. Postpublished at 57 mins

    Fiji 17-24 Uruguay

    Guess what? Another Fiji knock-on....

    Time for some deep breaths from the Uruguay players as they look to regroup.

    Changes at scrum-half from both sides as Nikola Matawalu and Agustín Ormaechea are brought into the action.

  16. Missed penalty: Fiji 17-24 Uruguaypublished at 56 mins

    Felipe Berchesi

    Just short from Felipe Berchesi with his kick from the left touchline and now Fiji decide to run it from deep....

  17. Postpublished at 55 mins

    Fiji 17-24 Uruguay

    Am I watching a sevens match here??? Open play galore and handling errors everywhere!

    It's end-to-end and neither side wants to take the chance to get another try.

    Fiji concede a penalty in their own half for playing the ball on the ground and now Uruguay can move 10 points clear...

  18. Postpublished at 52 mins

    Fiji 17-24 Uruguay

    Uruguay on the front foot again and they look good down the right until a forward pass creeps in.

    Fiji make a change in the back line as Aliverti Veitokani makes way for Ben Volavola.

  19. 'Fiji just woke up'published at 07:30 British Summer Time 25 September 2019

    Fiji 17-24 Uruguay

    Stirling Mortlock
    Former Australia international on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    That's the Fiji we expected to see, they made a break, got their shape back from the far left side, then went for the offload and boom they were away, held their composure and got the try.

    The Fiji team we expected just woke up.

    Fiji v UruguayImage source, Getty Images
  20. Postpublished at 51 mins

    Fiji 17-24 Uruguay

    More handling errors from Fiji and this time inside their own half.

    Manasa Saulo the prop with a very sloppy bit of play from the restart. What are they doing to themselves?