Dominant South Africa rout Ireland at RWC Sevens

The men’s side were overpowered in the last-16 tie.

South Africa's Justin Geduid and Ireland John O'Donnell South Africa's Justin Geduid gets over the line despuite the attentions of John O'Donnell. Inpho / Billy Stickland Inpho / Billy Stickland / Billy Stickland

SOUTH AFRICA DEMOLISHED Ireland’s men’s team 45-7 in San Francisco overnight.

The World Series champions dominated the Irish side to book their quarter-final spot.

The Boks led 19-0 at the half-time with Terry Kennedy scoring the only Irish try late on.

Earlier, Ireland had overcome Chile 17-12 in their pre-round of 16 match-up.

Ireland will now face Kenya in the Challenge quarter-final tonight while the women’s side take on Russia.

Look back | @Blitzboks Siviwe Soyizwapi was in exceptional form scoring four tries in his first #RWC7s game in San Francisco pic.twitter.com/R5pHfwlXQ6
— HSBC SVNS (@SVNSSeries) July 21, 2018

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Jun 30th 2019, 9:49 PM

King Julian will be happy tonight.

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Jun 30th 2019, 10:22 PM

@Raymond Dennehy: I like to move it move it.

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Jun 30th 2019, 9:34 PM

Ah, who doesn’t love a good upset every now and then?

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Jun 30th 2019, 10:17 PM

@Stephen Keane: the guy that backs the odds on

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Jul 1st 2019, 11:03 AM

@Stephen Keane: man city fans

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Jun 30th 2019, 11:33 PM

I’d be checking for any strange betting patterns.

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Jul 2nd 2019, 12:11 AM

2019: year of upsets bar da pewel winning a league title.

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