Overview
- South Africa topped Pool A after beating Fiji 24-21, New Zealand 19-14 and Great Britain 41-7 at DHL Stadium.
- The semi-final against France is scheduled to kick off at 12:22pm on Sunday in Cape Town.
- Coach Philip Snyman said Selvyn Davids and Ronald Brown await medical updates, with Zander Reynders expected to be available.
- Shilton van Wyk scored a hat-trick against Fiji and later added the go-ahead try versus New Zealand after serving a yellow card.
- Donavan Don and Ricardo Duarttee crossed against Great Britain as debutant Nabo Sokoyi scored his first Blitzboks try, with a reported day-one crowd of 36,183 boosting the hosts.