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Last Updated: Sep 17, 2007 - 3:01:26 PM |
His comments came after Little helped Fiji beat Canada 29-16 contributing three conversions and a penalty.
Fiji played its second match in the span of four days after the 35-31 win over Japan on Thursday.
Teams like host France, New Zealand and Australia have had the luxury of taking up to a week off.
Little, who became one of the few players to hit the 100 points mark at the RWC, said he wouldn't be able to play another game within such a short span of days. "I can't do that again, two games in five days," Little said.
"That's the trouble with two-tier nations.
"No one cares, it's an office job." He said despite the setbacks, tier two nations knew how to respond. The best thing about two-tier nations is that there is a strong camaraderie in big games together," he said.
Little also hit out at the closed roof which saw the pitch being slippery at Cardiff. "The weather has been good so why was the roof closed," Little said.
"Surely someone could press the button and open it up, why not."
He also didn't realise that he had reached a milestone of 100 points.
"Not bad for a little man from Tokoroa," he said.
"That's worth a couple of beers at least."
Meanwhile, skipper Mosese Rauluni said while they were happy with the bonus point, Canada made it tough on his side.
"We also made it tough on ourselves with the number of drop balls and mistakes," Rauluni said.
"We lost our discipline and composure in the second half. We had Canada by the throat, all we had to do was choke them but we lost our grip.
"If we give away cheap penalties or make mistakes against Australia they will crucify us."
Nicky Little got Fiji on the board with 40-metre kick to level the scores in the seventh minute. Lock Kele Leawere charged ten meters before trampling over the Canadian full-back for Fiji's first try and Fiji held a deserved 10-3 lead. James Pritchard kept Canada in tune with a 40-metre penalty kick.
Fiji replied after lock Ifereimi Rawaqa showed off some sevens skills and danced his way just short of the try line. Ratuvou was on hand to take the quick ball from the ensuing ruck to crash over for his first try of the match.
Little missed the tricky conversion, but the Islanders now had a handy 15-6 lead at half-time.
Right wing Vilimoni Delasau showed his incredible pace and strength when he went over for try number three, two minutes into the second half.
Little converted to take the score to 22-6.
Fly-half Ryan Smith brushed off a soft tackle from Little and dived over under the sticks.
Pritchard added the extras and just like that, Canada were back in the game with the scoreboard reading 22-13 and 80 minutes gone on the clock before Ratuvou's last minute try.
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