JC Pretorius of South Africa (Gallo)
The Blitzboks limped to a different disappointing defeat on the Sevens World Cup in Cape Town after they went down 26-19 to Argentina of their fifth/eighth place playoff on Sunday.
That outcome leaves them with one match remaining – towards both France or Samoa – for seventh place in what will probably be coach Neil Powell’s final match with the nationwide facet.
Powell, who has been coach for the final 9 years and concerned within the Sevens system for a complete of 15, is on his option to the Sharks to tackle the director of rugby function.
The Blitzboks, shocked by Ireland within the quarter-final the evening earlier than, had been rocked as soon as extra when Argentina scored the primary strive of the sport after simply 18 seconds.
Just a minute later, the South Americans had their second, and with the scoreboard studying 12-0 in favour of the guests, it started to seem like one other nightmarish outing for the Blitzboks.
This time, nonetheless, the Blitzboks discovered a method again and tries from JC Pretorius and Angelo Davids – there was one conversion from Ronald Brown – noticed the scores locked at 12-12 as the edges headed into half-time.
Argentina’s third strive threatened as soon as once more to knock the Blitzboks over, however once more the hosts hit again when substitute Shaun Williams broke by means of a niche to dot down below the posts to make it 19-19 with simply two minutes to play.
The crowd was up for it, totally behind the lads in inexperienced, however they had been silenced when one other South African defensive lapse allowed Argentina in for his or her fourth.
This time, there was no method again.
