Blitzboks to face Fiji in Cup quarters
2 Apr 2011
The Blitzboks crashed to a 26-17 defeat against Samoa in their final fixture on day one at the Adelaide Sevens, which sets up a Cup play-off against Fiji.
The Pacific Islanders dominated the first half as they took advantage of a poor defensive effort from the Springbok Sevens. Samoa scored three unanswered tries before the break for a 21-0 half-time lead.
Paul Treu’s charges delivered a better display in the second stanza as they crossed the chalk thrice as 18-year-old Tshotsho Mbovane grabbed a brace and Paul Delport scored a try. However, it wasn’t enough as Samoa cruised to a nine-point win. The Blitzboks will now face Pool C winners Fiji in the Cup quarter-finals on day two, the team that eliminated them in the same tie last weekend in Hong Kong.
In South Africa’s opener against France, the former displayed an impressive all-round display as they recorded a 19-0 win.
Skipper Kyle Brown scored the only points in the first half as his try put the Blitzboks 5-0 up at the break. Speedster Cecil Afrika then sealed the win with a second-half brace.
Against Japan, South Africa had an early scare as the Asian minnows surged into a 12-0 half-time lead. However, the Blitzboks scored 21 unanswered points after the second stanza restart as Sibusiso Sithole grabbed a double while Afrika also dotted down.
Blitzboks fixtures, Day 1:
South Africa 19 France 0
South Africa 21 Japan 12
South Africa 17 Samoa 26
For all fixtures and results click here
6 Comments
2 Apr 2011, 03:32 am
Adelaide is far prettier and much less dull and completely boring than poor old George!
2 Apr 2011, 11:51 am
South Africa population 49,000,000.
Samoa population 179,000.
A truely David vs Goliath encounter.
Well done David.
2 Apr 2011, 11:53 am
A Group of Islands,
so small,
they cannot be seen with the naked eye from the moon.
Mind you……………..they beat us (NZ) up from time to time as well.
8)
2 Apr 2011, 12:09 pm
Next up: Fiji? Can you spell Nemesis?
2 Apr 2011, 13:13 pm
NZ Vs ARGENTINA 1/4 final Cup: …………………………………….NZ easy peasy.
SAMOA Vs AUSTRALIA 1/4 final Cup ……….Samoa, but Oz a Team on the UP.
FIJI Vs SOUTH AFRICA 1/4 final Cup …….Worthy of a Final. Fiji by a whisker.
ENGLAND Vs WALES 1/4 final Cup …………….Old Blighty by a country mile.
2 Apr 2011, 22:34 pm
SA choke at the merest sight of a Pacific Islander, whether Melanesian or Polynesian. It’s like kryptonite to a yarpie.
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