Blitzboks OUT of Los Angeles Sevens after heavy loss to Fiji

The Springbok Sevens team crashed out of title contention at the Los Angeles Sevens after losing to Fiji in the Cup quarter-finals on Sunday.

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The Blitzboks lost 28-7 after trailling 14-0 at half-time.

It was a tournament to forget for the Blitzboks who reached the quarter-finals despite two defeats in their three Pool B matches.

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The Blitzboks kicked off their campaign with a scrappy 12-0 win over Canada, but then suffered shock losses to Uruguay (10-5) and Ireland (14-5).

However, that was still good enough to progress to the Last 8 on points difference.

BLITZBOKS WILL NOW FACE SAMOA

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The Blitzboks will now face Samoa in the 5th-8th playoffs after Samoa lost 19-12 to Argentina in their quarter-final.

Kick-off in that match is 23:30 (SA time) on Sunday.

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