The Blitzboks had their chances in the second half but only managed one try
The South African men’s Sevens team kicked off the country’s campaign at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games with a loss against Ireland in the group stages.
Ireland had all the possession in the first half but scored only one try and the score was 5-0 in their favour at the break. They extended their lead to 10-0 in the second half scoring shortly after South Africa’s Ryan Oosthuizen got a controversial yellow card. South Africa then had the ball for an extended period of time just after halftime but couldn’t capitalise.
A controversial yellow card against Ryan Oosthuizen for a dangerous tackle gave Ireland more momentum.South Africa eventually scored a try towards the end but it was too little too late and they faced an uphill battle to qualify for the quarter-finals. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies.
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