Nadine Roos lit up the Cape Town Stadium turf with four tries during South Africa’s 27-0 Rugby World Cup Sevens triumph over Colombia in the 13th-place Challenge play-off.
It was all South Africa against the South Americans, and while there were a few points left on the Cape Town Stadium pitch, coach Paul Delport will be happy with how his team rebounded to clinch their first win after losing to France on Friday and Japan earlier in the day.
It took the South Africans some time to get the scoreboard moving, but once they did, they were impressive.
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Roos not only scored a number of tries, but he did so with style.
She delivered a lesson in luring in defenders with her opening shot before scoring with a fantastic line. Eloise Webb’s extra point gave Delport a 7-0 lead.
Roos scored once more to give her team a 12-0 advantage after putting dust on the Colombian defenders and rushing to the goal line (half time 12-0).
She scored two tries early in the second half to elicit the greatest applause of the day and extend the lead to 22-0.
After some forceful play, co-captain Mathrin Simmers scored the game-winning try, bringing the score to 27-0.
Saturday at 10:33 p.m., the Blitzboks will meet Ireland in the semi-finals of the Cup.
Point scorers:
South Africa 27 — Nadine Roos (4) and Mathrin Simmers tries; Eloise Webb conversion
Colombia 0