Unbeaten Blitzboks power into quarters

The South Africans opened their campaign on Friday with convincing victories over Ireland and Spain , before a solid 26-7 result against the Samoans kept their momentum going at the Hong Kong Stadium.Leading 19-0 at half time, Shilton van Wyk, Quewin Nortje, Impi Visser and Shaun Williams crossed the whitewash for the Blitzboks, with Dewald Human adding six points from the boot.

Interim coach Philip Snyman won’t be impressed with yellow cards shown to Ryan Oosthuizen and Christie Grobbelaar either side of the break, but the Blitzboks must regroup for a cup quarter-final showdown against Australia at 12.01pm.This content is not behind a paywall and it is Habari Media's commitment that it remains so and access to the content is free.

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