Bok Women Sevens finish Singapore on a high

The 5-0 victory over the USA early on Sunday morning meant that South Africa finished the weekend with three wins and two defeats from their five games. It's also their second-best performance of the season.

Maria Tshiremba scored what turned out to be the match-winner just before the break, and the Bok Women then threw everything they had into the last seven minutes to remain ahead on the scoreboard.

On the first day of the tournament, the South Africans beat the USA - who came into the tournament in fourth spot on the standings and on the back of a silver medal in Hong Kong a month ago - with 14-12, before they lost their next two pool games, against France and Japan.

The second day ended on a high with a 26-14 victory over Spain to book the rematch against the USA.

Tshiremba scored a brace of tries against the Spanish, but her five-pointer against America was probably the most important of her fledgling sevens career.

Renfred Dazel's team will travel to Spain later this month where they will play in the new promotion and relegation play-off competition at the HSBC SVNS Grand Final in Madrid, with the four bottom-placed teams on the current standings taking on China, Argentina, Belgium and Uganda for core status next season.

Their final assignment of the season will be in Paris in July, when they play in the Olympic Games for the first time.

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