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Simione Kuruvoli inspires Fiji to landmark World Cup win over Australia

  • Pool C: Australia 15-22 Fiji
  • Fiji’s first win over Wallabies since 1954

Australia will likely need to beat Wales to make it through to the quarter-finals after going down 22-15 to Fiji, who now have a far easier route to the last eight through Georgia and Portugal.

It wasn’t just Fiji’s first win against Australia in the World Cup, but their first of any sort at all since they beat them by two in a game at the SCG way back in 1954. Australia hadn’t lost to them in 18 Tests since. The most surprising thing about this one was that Fiji looked so comfortable for such long stretches of the game.

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