South Africa won all three pool matches during day one to finish atop the standings in Pool A.
LOS ANGELES - South Africa punched their ticket to the quarter-finals at the 2019 World Rugby Sevens in Vancouver with a 19-7 win over the United States on Saturday.The top two teams from each of the four pools advanced to the quarter-finals on Sunday at B.C. Place Stadium.
The South Africans used a precision attack and superb defence on Saturday to beat the Americans, who came into this event as the series leaders after winning last week on home soil in Las Vegas. South Africa also beat Wales 19-10 and Chile 43-0. England's perfect record came via wins over Scotland 21-7, Japan 19-7 and Argentina 33-14.Spain had to rally from a 12-0 deficit to beat New Zealand on a late try by Pol Pla.
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