The South Africans started poorly in their opening match against Spain and conceded three tries in the opening seven minutes of the match, but rallied strongly, just running out of time in the second half to claim honours, losing 15-14.
They then responded in impressive fashion beating China 38-0 and Brazil 26-0 to jump to the top of the standings at the end of Day One, scoring ten tries without reply.
The opening half against Spain was messy for the South Africans. They conceded an early yellow card when Ayanda Malinga was sin-binned for slapping the ball down and conceded three tries as they just could not get any momentum in their play, with a rainstorm compounding matters. A stern reminder…