South African Dethrones New Zealand For Rugby Gold

The Sevens rugby team of Africa’s top representative in the rugby event South Africa, stopped the gold medal defence of New Zealand with a shocking victory on Sunday at the Ibrox Staidum.

South Africa was top of the Pool B where they were drawn with the likes of Kenya, Cook Islands and Trinidad & Tobago; winning all three games against their opponents.

The Boks Sevens alongside their fellow African counterparts, Kenya made it to the quarter-finals which took place yesterday but it was only the Rainbow Nation that was able to scale past the round of 8 with a 35-12 victory over host Scotland while Kenya lost to New Zealand 19-7.

The boys in Green and White beat Samoa 35-7 en-route the final, just as New Zealand overcame bitter rivals Australia,19-7 to seal a final berth between the two for the first time in the commonwealth games.

New Zealand has never lost in the Rugby sevens final since it was added to the commonwealth games in 1994, winning the coveted Gold in all editions except for #Glasgow 2014.

They lost to a better African side in a tight game with the score-line ending 17-12 in the Gold medal match while Australia beat Samoa24-0 for the Bronze medal.