Cook Islands and Fiji are to play a tough match on Thursday afternoon for gold of Rugby League 9s at the 13th South Pacific Games in Samoa.

 

Cook Islanders crashed Samoa's gold dream in the semi-final on Wednesday, with Terry Teraitua scoring three minutes into the game.

 

Samoa was defeated by Cook Islanders 6-0 at last, and woke up only on Thursday morning to capture the bronze, winning 20-10.

 

Fiji's win on Wednesday was well expected and they were able to break through the Tong defence in the fourth minute, with Sevanaia Koroi scoring in the corner. Fiji won at 12-6.

 

(Xinhua News Agency September 7, 2007)