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The Springbok Sevens team lost both their playoff matches.
The Springbok Sevens team lost both their playoff matches, settling for fourth position on the third and final day of the US Sevens tournament in Las Vegas.
Having gone unbeaten in the first two days, South Africa went down 20-7 against New Zealand in the cup quarterfinals, and lost 21-15 to Fiji in the third-place playoff early Monday morning (SA time).
The Blitzbokke nonetheless climbed one place to third in the Sevens World Series standings after five of nine legs this season.
New Zealand, the series leaders, ran rampant in the first half, taking a 15-0 lead at the break, and stretched the gap further in the second period.
Branco du Preez scored a consolation try in second-half injury time, but South Africa's run to the cup final came to an end.
The South Africans put up a stronger challenge in the battle for third place, taking an early 5-0 advantage before Fiji fought back to hold a 14-10 lead at half-time.
The Blitzbokke struck again shortly after the break when Cecil Afrika dotted down for his seventh try of the tournament – the most by any player – to put them 15-14 ahead.
Levani Botia, however, scored midway through the second period and Metuisela Talebula converted to secure victory for Fiji.
Samoa defeated New Zealand 26-19 to win the cup final. – Sapa
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Rich, wrote
Agree with Geoff--Paul Treu is managing to lose all the games against strong opposition-- in spite of the talent of some of his players a fair number are not 7s players but lomp dinosaurs that seem happiest running into opponents rather than round them -selection of the squad is a mystery and the game plan is weird
Geoff, wrote
This was a pathetic showing. 7's is about letting the ball do the work and putting a player in a gap. Not take contact every single time and going to ground. Then another player must bridge and another must play the ball. That's basically half of the team at the breakdown. By that time the All Black player is back on his feet and ready to defend. That means 7 All blacks defending against 4 Boks attacking!!! Paul stop playing 15's and start playing 7's.
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