The Blitzboks Olympic Games Sevens campaign hangs by a thread after they suffered defeats against Ireland and New Zealand on the opening day of the competition at the Stade de France in Paris on Wednesday.
They started with a disappointing 10-5 defeat to Ireland, before following that up with a 17-5 loss against New Zealand in the final game of the day to see them in danger of not making the competition quarterfinals.
Against New Zealand an exciting first half ended with the Blitzboks trailing after New Zealand showed terrific offloading skills to score twice through Moses Leo and Ngarohi McGarvey-Black, either side a try to captain Selvyn Davids making it 10-5 at the break.
In the second half Leo streaked away to score his second and the only try of the period to secure them a comfortable win.
Against Ireland the Blitzboks got off to a slow start and were punished as unconverted tries to Jordan Conroy and Terry Kennedy before and after the break put them into a 10-0 lead.
