At the beginning of the gripping day, the Namibians were outside hopefuls at best, but Zimbabwe’s 28-10 win against Kenya, denying the Kenyan’s a losing bonus point, while failing to secure a bonus pointof their own, left the door wide open for the seasoned Rugby World Cup campaigners.
Meanwhile Zimbabwe failed to qualify after losing in the reparcharge. This means that Africa will be represented by the Springboks and Namibia.
Young Boks Triumph, As Baby Boks Crumble
The South Africa Under 18 Sevens team came out victors at the African 7’s Championships. The Baby Blitzbokkes won the gold medal at the African Youth Games in Botswana.
The team also won gold in the 2013 Australian Youth Olympics. In Gaborone, the South Africans coached by Gavin Bereford, scored 183 points without conceding any. Both South Africa and Kenya will represent Africa at the Youth Olympics later this year.
Meanwhile, The South Africa junior rugby side failed to shrug off a tough fight from England after they lost the 2014 IRB Junior World Cup final that was held at Eden Park in New Zealand on Friday morning. Having controlled the game from the onset, South Africa were eventually dismantled in the second half losing 21-20.
Commonwealth Gold For African Rugby
It all went according to the script for Team South Africa at the 2014 Commonwealth Games In Glasgow, Scotland. The Blitzbokke scooped their first ever Commonwealth Games victory over previous holders New Zealand as they won the gold medal in the Sevens competition in a tense final 17-12 in front of a 50 000 crowd at Ibrox Stadium.
Two tries by the speedster Seabelo Senatla – who commentators dubbed as the Usain Bolt of Sevens Rugby – and the clincher seasoned Cecil Afrika after a 60 meter dash to the left hand corner were enough to win the game.