Saturday at Cape Town Stadium, the Springbok Women’s Sevens team lost their Rugby World Cup Sevens Challenge Cup quarterfinal match against Japan.
The South Africans lost 14-12 on the second day of a three-day competition.
Nadine Roos and Sizo Solontsi scored tries for Paul Delport’s team, who held a 12-5 lead at halftime.
While they camped right outside Japan’s try line late in the game, they were unable to score the try that would have won the game.
The South African Women had opportunities throughout the game, but their execution occasionally cost them.
Japan led 14-12 after a converted counterattack try at the restart of the second half, with the score never moving again.
On Friday, the South Africans were defeated 29-0 by France. On Saturday, at 3.27 p.m., they will face Colombia in a 13th/16th place play-off.
The Blitzboks will face Ireland in the quarterfinals at 10:33pm on Saturday night.