Johannesburg - IRB Sevens World Series leaders South Africa scored four tries in the second half to record a hard-fought 29-7 victory over a determined Korea in their Pool A opener of the Hong Kong Sevens earlier Friday.
Korea was lively and inventive during the first half and they fully deserved their halftime score of 7-7 after a great try by Kim Wong Yong, in reply to the try by Philip Snyman.
Tries by Ryno Benjamin, Robert Ebersohn, Mpho Mbiyozo and Kyle Brown sealed matters in a comfortable manner in the end for the South African team.
Other results on the first day of the three-day tournament:
England 54, China 0;
New Zealand 59, Sri Lanka 0
Argentina 28, Hong Kong 0
Fiji 33, Chinese Taipei 0
Kenya 17, West Indies 10
The SA matches on Saturday:
08:32 SA v Uruguay
12:56 SA v France