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Boks victorious over Korea

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

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