Blitzboks off to a winning start

South Africa made a winning start to their Hong Kong Sevens campaign on Friday, beating Argentina 24-0 in their first game.


It was a good way to open a tournament that will be crucial for their lead in the HBC World Sevens Series but they will need to back it up with similar performances in the next two days if they are to break their duck at the showpiece Sevens tournament, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year.


The Blitzboks opened the scoring when Branco du Preez gave a beautiful switch pass to playmaker Cecil Afrika, who took the gap and pinned his ears back for a 70 met…