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It was an astonishing show of Sevens expertise by the south sea islanders as they handed a worst defeat ever to the New Zealanders, who had won the first tournament in the IRB World Sevens Series at Australia's Gold Coast last month.
It was the first time in 120 matches that New Zealand had failed to score in World Sevens Series matches and the defeat was even heavier than the 43-14 thumping they received at the hands of Fiji in the Cup quarter-finals at the George Sevens in 2005.
It was the same story in the final, with Fiji all but out of sight 19-0 at half time with tries from Benito Masilevu (2) and Samisoni Viriviri.
The Springboks hit back with a try at the start of the second half from Sampie Mastriet, but two more quickfire Fiji tries made sure of the result.
New Zealand eventually took third place with a 17-14 win over England who lost 26-12 to South Africa in the semi-finals.
The third leg of the IRB Sevens World Series takes place in Port Elizabeth, South Africa next week.
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