Boks batter Portugal
1 Apr 2006
Paul Treu’s Sevens Boks stumbled, but ultimately had too many guns for a determined Portugal side. The Boks emerged 24-14 victors in their second match of the Hong Kong Sevens.
Treu’s side ran in four tries to the opposition’s two.
Consesus from Hong Kong is that South Africa made a meal of a game against a typically robust Portugal side. As usual, Fabian Juries was turned to for inspiration and again he stood tallest.
He broke the deadlock and inspired the win before Tomaz Morais’ men hit back with two late tries to reduce the gap to 24-14.
The Portuguese have competed well in the competition, but now are effectively out of the Cup competition. They went down narrowly to Wales (14-7) yesterday.
The structure of the competition means that their are six pools, and thus finishing in the top two is not sufficient to guarantee progess to the quarter-finals.
With only the top two runner-ups going through, it is essential the Boks win their pool to ensure progress.
Thus their clash with Wales has special significance. The last time these sides met was in the Commonwealth Games bronze medal play-off match, an encounter the Boks threw away as the Welsh stormed home in the final minutes.
4 Comments
1 Apr 2006, 08:00 am
as with the Stormers over the force – I’ll take the win – history will show they won!!
1 Apr 2006, 08:21 am
yeah but anyone who follows it knows they are still not right up there.
For instance we know they wont win this Hong Kongs sevens they dont have “the IT factor” just as we know there wont be an SA side in the Super 14 Semis this season.
Worrying times yet again for SA.
(and ot be frank just a pissed of Fan lol)
1 Apr 2006, 09:06 am
wished i could watch the 7′s,
they dont show it here in Aus…
2 Apr 2006, 01:52 am
Apropos of nothing… On NZ Sky-Sport this advert for the upcoming test cricket series between SA and NZ: Mark “Rigger” Richardson says “In the rugby season NZ goes to SA and we face Sharks, Bulls and fierce Cats. And we beat them easily. Now, in the cricket season, we go there to face the Proteas. A protea is only a fluffy pink flower. What can POSSIBLY go wrong? “
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