Pacific Games women's 7s champions

The Fiji women’s 7s side has retained their gold medal at the Pacific Games.

Fiji came from behind to beat Papua New Guinea 17-7 in the final.

Elenoa Naimata had two tries for the Fijiana.

Naimata scored the first try for the Fijiana but PNG was never intimidated by their opponents.

PNG managed to hit back with a try as they spread the ball around and found space in the defensive lines.

Veteran forward Lavenia Tinai says the players have worked hard and sacrificed so much over the past few weeks and the win last night was a fair reward.

“Over the two weeks coming here, we missed our families, our friends back at home. Thanks for the prayers, this is massive, this is huge for these young ones coming up. Looking forward to a bright future for them.”

The brave PNG outfit could’ve scored another try before the break but they lost the ball forward on the tryline.

Fiji was calm in the second half and Naimata was rewarded for her tireless effort and ran in for second try.

Verenaisi Bari sealed the win with a try after the full-time buzzer.