Sevens rugby

South Africa suffered a terrible start to the LA Sevens tournament after hosts USA stunned the World Series front-runners in the pool B opener on Saturday.

Sako Makata pulled one back for the men in green and gold, and the conversion was good, but it was too little, too late with the Yanks cruising to a 21-7 win. A yellow card to Shaun Williams on the buzzer worsened matters, the Americans using their numbers for Joe Schroeder to burst through to make it 14-0 at half time. South Africa suffered a terrible start to the LA Sevens tournament after hosts USA stunned the World Series front-runners in the pool B opener on Saturday.

The Blitzboks started their defence of the LA Sevens on a losing note when they were outplayed by the USA in their opening Pool B clash.

“We did not use the opportunities. The Blitzboks started their defence of the LA Sevens on a losing note when they were outplayed by the USA in their opening Pool B clash. The Springbok Sevens started their defence of the LA Sevens on a

The Blitzboks started their LA Sevens campaign on a low note with a disappointing loss to hosts USA.

SA 7 (0) Canada 17 (5) SA 22 (17)

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The Blitzboks are challenging for the World Series Sevens title in Los Angeles and are one of four sides in with a chance of winning the title by bagging ...

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USA pulled off an upset in Pool B to reach the quarterfinals of the 2022 HSBC Los Angeles Sevens, while the potential champions were dealt a major blow.

USA played South Africa in the opening game of the tournament and pulled off a 21-7 upset win to start on the right foot. Since USA finished second in Pool B, it will play the winner of Fiji vs. The results mean South Africa cannot compete in the knockout stage games, putting its spot as the potential 2021-22 Sevens Series winners in serious jeopardy.

Clark Laidlaw's side show their class on final stop of World Series, as several players put their hands up for next month's World Cup.

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The World Rugby Sevens Series heads to Los Angeles for two days with day one here today.

The annual two-day event in Los Angeles, California for the World Rugby Sevens Series is back with the first day getting started today. The World Rugby Sevens Series heads back to Los Angeles for the first day of a two event filled with rugby action: How to Watch World Rugby Sevens Series, Los Angeles Day 1 today:

The title game is at 8:28 p.m.. Opening Saturday against World Rugby Sevens Series points leader and recent Commonwealth Games gold medalist South Africa, the ...

The U.S. After the U.S. Lacamp added the conversion to extend the advantage to 21-0. The Americans kept up the pressure after the break, and when Perry Baker broke free early in the second half from midfield, the U.S. On a hot morning at Dignity Health Sports Park, the U.S. Sandwiching wins against South Africa and Canada around a loss to New Zealand in pool play Saturday, the U.S.

After convincing wins over Canada and USA to kick off their California campaign, the All Blacks Sevens rocketed to an early lead over the Blitz Boks, scoring ...

LOS ANGELES - So much for a happy Hollywood ending. Canada dropped all three of its Group B round robin games ...

Canada trailed 12-5 at halftime. Canada dropped all three of its Group B round robin games on Saturday in the World Rugby L.A. Canada drops all three games at L.A.

The Eagles entered the tournament in Pool B alongside South Africa, New Zealand and Canada, arguably the “Pool of Death” amongst the four groups. The former two ...

USA played South Africa in the opening game of the tournament and pulled off a 21-7 upset win to start on the right foot. The results mean South Africa cannot compete in the knockout stage games, putting its spot as the potential 2021-22 Sevens Series winners in serious jeopardy. A first-place finish would’ve guaranteed the title for the Springboks, but it’s not looking likely at the moment.

Points leader South Africa crashed out in Saturday's group stage of the season-ending World Rugby Sevens Series tournament at Los Angeles, opening the door ...

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Points leader South Africa crashed out in Saturday's group stage of the season-ending World Rugby Sevens Series tournament at Los Angeles, opening the door ...

That left Australia, Argentina and Fiji still in the chase to overtake South Africa for the overall title after all three advanced to the last eight. That means Australia would take a first-ever title with a top-three finish while Fiji and Argentina must win Sunday's final and have help to capture the trophy. Host United States defeated the Blitzboks 21-7 in the opening match and New Zealand edged South Africa 17-14 to deny the season leaders a quarter-final berth from Pool B.

The Blitzboks dropped out of the LA Sevens title race and are on the brink of losing their lead in the overall World Rugby Sevens Series at the final ...

New Zealand 17 (17), South Africa 14 (0). However, a poor start saw South Africa concede three first-half tries and trail 17-0 at half-time. South Africa 22 (17), Canada 17 (5)

Strapping young lads from across the world take to the fields of Carson's Dignity Health Sports Complex this weekend to battle for international rugby glory ...

Propelled by its exploding global popularity, Rugby Sevens was added to the Olympics at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. 22 to 28 as “Rugby Week” in its honor. The game is still played across a full sized rugby field, but is less dependent on sheer brawn as players have more space to run, duck, dodge and dive.

This leaves Australia, Argentina and Fiji still in the chase to overtake South Africa for the overall title after all three advanced to the last eight.

LOS ANGELES - Points leader South Africa crashed out in Saturday's group stage of the season-ending World Rugby Sevens Series tournament at Los Angeles, opening the door to the crown for three rivals. Argentina must have the Aussies lose in the quarter-finals to sustain any title hopes. Australia's Dietrich Roache, front, escapes Argentina's Tobias Wade, left, to score a try in a 19-14 victory over the South American side at the World Rugby Sevens series season-ending tournament in Los Angeles

The 2022 LA Sevens produced perhaps the best lineup of quarterfinalists any promoter of a rugby event could want. The USA surprised many by starting the ...

The Canadians won the restart and went right down the field to score. Schroeder then scored right off the restart and it was 14-5 USA. Argentina went on to dismiss a plucky Japan by working the restarts well and offloading smartly out of contact. The Americans said they were waiting for Keane to be present at halfway. South Africa kicked clear but then, from another scrum, Folau Niua ran a move, got Baker to charge ahead with three tacklers, and then Joe Schroeder was wide open to score. The Eagles backed that up with some pressure but were in danger of blowing their chance. The thing about Argentina is they have become really unpleasant to tackle, and defenders pay dearly for poor form. Vaa Apelu Maliko is showing himself to be among the best in the world, and Samoa was luminous. Their fans were in grand voice and it seemed like every one of them had a Fijian flag to wave. The USA surprised many by starting the tournament with three superb tries to put World Series leaders South Africa on their heels, and it kept going from there. Fiji and Ireland brought superstars to the party and Terry Kennedy started scoring tries early, closing in on 50 and almost guaranteeing the try-scoring title for the season. Samoa seems to bring their best in the USA and when they play on American soil you wonder how they can ever lose.