Boks to play Samoa in Cup quarters in Dubai Sevens / Photo: Karim SAHIB - AFP
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Boks to play Samoa in Cup quarters in Dubai Sevens
South Africa set up a Cup quarter-final with Samoa at the Dubai leg of the World Rugby Sevens Series although Olympic champions Fiji missed out on the elite draw of the competition.
With qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games resting on this season's standings, stakes are high and so it showed on the opening day in the UAE.
South Africa are winners of five of the last six tournaments in Dubai, including twice last season when events were played on back-to-back weekends as organisers juggled with the post-pandemic travel issues.
And the Blitzboks beat Kenya 27-17 and Australia 19-12 before being edged 14-5 by Great Britain.
But the combined British side fell 28-19 to the Wallabies, who won the season's opening leg in Hong Kong and will now come up against the United States in the quarters.
Although Fiji saw off Uruguay 52-0, they went on to lose 24-7 to New Zealand who topped their pool and were left needing to beat Argentina by 10 points to advance.
But the Fijians could only win 17-12, five points short, meaning Los Pumas and the Kiwis progressed, to play Ireland and unbeaten France in the Cup quarters respectively.
The United States also finished unbeaten on day one after seeing off Canada 19-14 and Japan 43-7, and then sealing a narrow 14-12 victory over Samoa.
The women's competition saw Australia, New Zealand and Ireland reel off three consecutive wins.
The top four teams in each competition at the end of the World Series will be guaranteed a spot in the Paris 2024 line-up.
Cup quarter-finals
Men
Argentina v Ireland, United States v Australia, France v New Zealand, South Africa v Samoa
Women
New Zealand v Great Britain, Ireland v United States, France v Spain, Australia v Fiji
M.Fischer--AMWN
