Cape Town - The Blitzboks failed in their objective to reach the final in Las Vegas — the fifth stop of the 2017-18 HSBC World Sevens Series — but still managed to extend their lead at the top of the overall standings at the halfway point in the season. Coach Neil Powell said prior to the Las Vegas and Vancouver tournaments that two finals would be an acceptable return considering his team was missing six front-line players. By scraping their way through Pool B against Wales‚ Canada and England, then beating Australia in the quarterfinals in Las Vegas‚ the Blitzboks were on track to meet Powell’s objective. But losing 12-10 to Argentina in the Cup semis meant a bronze medal match against Fiji, which the Blitzboks lost 26-22 to finish fourth and claim 15 log points. That moved SA to 92 on the standings and extended their lead to 10 points over New Zealand‚ who could only end fifth in Las Vegas. Fiji collected 17 points and are on 79, while Australia remains in fourth overall on 72 po...
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