Business as usual as Blitzboks overcome Scotland to book semi-final spot in Seville

The Blitzboks gather in a huddle ahead of their quarter-final clash against Scotland at the Seville Sevens on Saturday. Photo: @Blitzboks/Twitter

The Blitzboks gather in a huddle ahead of their quarter-final clash against Scotland at the Seville Sevens on Saturday. Photo: @Blitzboks/Twitter

Published Jan 29, 2022

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Cape Town — The Springbok Sevens side overcame a plucky Scotland to progress to the Cup semi-finals of the Seville Sevens on Saturday night.

It was a thrilling match in which the Scots were clearly determined to prove a point, but in the end, the Blitzboks showed why they are at the top of the Sevens world.

Scotland scored the opener to go 7-0 up, but the Blitzboks were quick to respond after some magic by Justin Geduld, with Shaun Williams visiting the Scots’ in-goal area to level the scores (7-7).

Scotland made their intentions clear and ran in a second (7-12), before Sako Makata made sure that the South Africans take the lead (14-12).

The Springbok Sevens side capitalised on their numerical advantage after a Scottish player was sin-binned, and Ryan Oosthuizen crossed over for an unconverted try to take the score to 19-12 at the break.

The Blitzboks wasted no time in the second half and were first on the scoresheet after Selvyn Davids scored from a turnover (24-12).

Scotland, though, stayed in it and closed in on the Series champions’ margin by scoring a long-range try (24-19). Davids, though, got his brace in the last minute of the game (31-19).

Just as they had done throughout the whole game, Scotland hit back again to grab one last try and end the game on 31-24.

The Blitzboks will play in the semi-final on Sunday morning.

@WynonaLouw

IOL Sport

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