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Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018
RugbyHK Sevens
Sam Agars

Opinion | Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018: Fiji vs Argentina proves Pacific Island nation’s fans are best in the business

Support for Olympic champions at AT&T Stadium is phenomenal but South Africa and New Zealand will ensure they don’t have it all their own way

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A young Fiji fan supports her team in San Francisco. Photo: AFP
One commentator said “it feels like Suva or Nadi” at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco and the Fijian fans have again proven they are the best in rugby, if not all of sport, at AT&T Park this weekend.
They have come out in droves to support their team and with them comes a vibe and an electricity that those familiar with the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens will be well aware of.

The home of the San Francisco Giants has been awash with the light blue of the Fiji flag and the cheering and singing of the fans has reverberated around the baseball stadium throughout the tournament.

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It seems like everywhere you go in the western world there are Fijians but it’s not only expats that get behind their team as they travel the globe, a fact not lost on Leone Nakarawa.

“I think a lot of people came all the way from Fiji to come and support the team. I want to thank them for that and we just want them to keep supporting the team,” the destroyer said after playing a starring role in Fiji’s quarter-final demolition of Argentina.

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