Rugby
Blitzboks top pool at Hamilton Sevens─── 08:52 Sat, 26 Jan 2019
South Africa's Blitzbokke booked themselves a quarterfinal place after beating Scotland 26-7 at the HSBC World Rugby Sevens in Hamilton, New Zealand on Saturday.
The win kept the Blitzbokke's 100 percent winning record intact having recorded wins over Kenya (29-10) and France (17-5) earlier in the day.
Playing against Scotland, the Blitzbokke struck early through tries by Siviwe Soyizwapi and Branco du Preez, to hold a 12-0 lead at the break.
The Scots had limited ball possession and opportunities but when they tried to take the game to the South Africans, handling errors and wrong choices of options let them down.
To their credit, the Scottish side tackled manfully but in the end were beaten by 4 tries to 1, with Soyizwapi scoring his second of the match, and Werner Kok also crossing the whitewash.
Scorers: South Africa 26 (12): Tries: Siviwe Soyizwapi (2), Branco du Preez, Werner Kok. Conversions: Selvyn Davids (2), Du Preez
Scotland 7 (0): Try: Sam Pecqueur. Conversion: Robbie Fergusson
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