Blitzboks in danger of losing Series lead

South Africa’s lead in the HSBC Sevens World Series is about to become a thing of history as they bowed out of the Glasgow Sevens cup competition, losing 15-0 to Fiji in the quarterfinals.


Fiji, who are so often the Blitzboks bogey side, scored two tries to nil in a performance where the Blitzboks simply didn’t pitch up for the game and were on the wrong side of the scoreline throughout.


They managed to rectify matters with a 21-12 win over Australia in the Plate semifinals and will be looking for as many points as possible in the Plate final to try and keep the difference between the …