Bruised Blitzboks bundled out
An injury-ravaged Blitzboks squad were booted out of the Singapore Sevens title race after defeat to New Zealand in their final pool clash on Saturday.
Needing to beat the Kiwis by 30 points or more to progress to the Cup quarter-finals, the Blitzboks lost Shaun Williams, Ricardo Duarttee and Tiaan Pretorius to injury before their clash with the old rivals at the Singapore National Stadium earlier today.
Speedster Mfundo Ndhlovu dotted down under the posts to give the Blitzboks the perfect start, but Dylan Collier replied at the other end to make it 7-7 at half time, before Codemeru Vai crashed over in the right corner to clinch a 12-7 victory.
Earlier, the Blitzboks recovered from a 19-0 opening Pool A defeat to Australia for a 31-12 win against Hong Kong, but the Aussies thrashed the invitational side 48-0 to progress to the Cup knockouts with New Zealand.
Leaving the South Africa defence in a spin 🔄
Dylan Collier working his magic for @nz_sevens #HSBC7s | #Singapore7s pic.twitter.com/fgkNxs5vjn
— World Rugby 7s (@WorldRugby7s) April 8, 2023
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