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Cape Town – Speedster Siviwe Soyizwapi became the first man since the Rugby World Cup in 2005 to score four tries in a match as the Blitzboks secured a quarter-final place against Scotland [19659002] -7 in their first World Cup match in San Francisco on Saturday to establish an eighth clash with the Scots. "1965-19002" I was lucky enough today, "said Soyizwapi after becoming the ninth player to score four tries in a Rugby Match World Cup Sevens
" The guys from the # inside have done all the work: when you have quality players like Justin Geduld, Werner Kok, Selvyn Davids and Rosko Specman giving you pbades, I'm just doing it I'm sure I'm finishing their good job, "said Eastern Cape winger.
Because the match was only played at 21:15 local time, the Blitzboks had a whole day waiting for the clash against Ireland. , who beat Chile in the first round.
In the lead seeds SA had a pbad in the second round, and to burn some nervous energy while waiting for their opening match, the team had a defense session earlier in the day
"It was an interesting start for a defense in the morning. ", Said Captain Philip Snyman." We needed to move our legs and burn our lungs. "The Irish had played in Chile earlier in the day and there was a chance they would catch us cold but the coaches decided to train earlier in the day, which helped us prepare, so we were ready for Ireland, and they seized every opportunity and we did not have to go to school. have never given a chance to Ireland. "
Snyman said that the match against Scotland would be difficult. We beat them in Paris, so we do not dare to underestimate them, they are a quality team and we will have to be at our best if we want to continue in the competition, "said Snyman
. The SA women had a difficult day and were eliminated from the competition.
The Springbok Women's Sevens team suffered defeats against Russia (24-14) and China (29- 5)
. Trophy reward respectively and the team will now dispute the 13th-place dam against Mexico on S aturday.The kickoff is given at 6:30 pm (local time)
Springbok Women's coach Paul Delport said the defeats had been painful, but he was optimistic about the opportunity to play on the big stage
In our opening match, but against China, we have unfortunately not given the same effort and the same commitment, and I'm not happy about that, "says coach
" We are currently playing in Mexico. Kong, so we have high hopes that we can repeat that. This is also another opportunity for our players to play on a big stage like the World Cup and to experience the level of competition and exposure. "
The men's quarter-finals are: (SA times)
Sunday, July 22:
00h22: South Africa vs Scotland
00h54: Argentina vs Fiji
01h16 : France vs New Zealand
01h38: USA vs England
SC points against Ireland – Test: Siviwe Soyizwapi (4), Justin Geduld (2), Werner Kok Conversions: Selvyn Davids (4), Dewald Human (1).
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