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Sat 09 Sep 2007Fiji end Wales' World Cup journeyWales 34-38 Fiji: Wales were sent crashing out of the World Cup by a 38-34 defeat to Fiji in an extraordinary encounter at the Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes.Fiji had stormed into a 25-3 lead with three tries in the space of 12 first-half minutes, from Gloucester's Akapusi Qera, winger Vilimoni Delasau and lock Kele Leawere.