Centurion – South Africa beat Great Britain 21-14 in their Cup quarter-final on Day 2 of the Cape Town Sevens on Saturday.
South Africa opened the scoring as Ryan Oosthuizen weaved his way through the Great Britain defence from the halfway line, to complete a stunning individual try as South Africa moved 7-0 ahead.
Great Britain responded immediately from the restart as Morgan Williams found a gap and sprinted away from the SA defence to dive over under the posts to level the scores at 7-7 at the break.
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The Blitzboks pulled ahead again straight after the restart, as Ricardo Duarttee burst through the Great Britain defence to score his first try of the match as SA claimed a 14-7 lead.
Again Great Britain replied with a try of their own through Femi Sofolarin in the corner, and with a successful conversion the scores were tied once more (14-14).
Blitzbok Zain Davids burst through the Great Britain defence before being stopped just short of the line by a number of defenders, but that allowed an overlap as Dalvon Blood on the wing provided the finishing touches for his side’s third try.
With another successful conversion, the Blitzboks assumed a 21-14 lead with a minute left in the clash.
With just a scrum remaining before the hooter, the hosts were able to hold the ball before booting it into touch to secure their safe passage to the last four.
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South Africa will now play Samoa in the Cup semi-final on Sunday.
The USA will take on New Zealand in the other Cup semi-final.
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