Fiji Bati coach Wise Kativerata believes their kicking game against the Papua New Guinea Kumuls last night really let them down.

The Bati lost 22-10 in their first-round clash of the Pacific Bowl at the HFC Bank Stadium in Suva.

A disappointed Kativerata says they conceded four successive seven-tackle sets due to their poor kicking game.

The former national rep also says that at the international level, you can’t afford to give away seven-tackle sets, and the Bati really paid the price for it.

The Vodafone Fiji Bati need to beat the Cook Islands in Suva next Saturday and hope the Cooks down PNG the following weekend, with for-and-against, then deciding the Pacific Bowl.

Fiji Bulikula will also play the Cook Islands next weekend at the HFC Bank Stadium, and you can watch both games live on FBC Sports.