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Blitzbokke squeak past Canada

Cape Town - The SA Sevens side have escaped with victory over Canada in their Pool A match at the HSBC Sevens World Series Glasgow Sevens match on Saturday.

The Blitzbokke won 17-14 after trailing 7-5 at half-time.

Earlier, the Blitzbokke beat Kenya by the identical scoreline - 17-14.

The Blitzbokke will play Samoa at 19:59 SA time to determine who tops Pool A.

Scorers:

South Africa:


Tries: Paul Delport, Seabelo Senatla, Stephan Dippenaar
Conversion: Justin Geduld

Canada:

Tries: Conor Trainor, Sean Duke
Conversions: Nathan Hirayama (2)
 
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