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Placed in a tough Pool A consisting of Samoa, France and Australia and missing vital players due to injury with their places filled with youngsters, most pundits were cautiously pessimistic for the Blitzbokke\u2019s chances of winning Pool A.<\/p>\n
Today\u2019s first game was against the current number two placed team, Samoa (joint second with Fiji and Kenya). Billed as a crunch game, South Africa stamped their mark all over the game and only allowed Samoa to proceed out of their own half once during the entire game.<\/p>\n
Chris Dry had an outstanding game with a hat-trick of tries and SA won 29-7.<\/p>\n
Up next South Africa met France whose Paul Albaladejo proceeded to open the scoring and put South Africa 5-0 down. Cornal Hendricks took advantage of the absence of Manoel Dall Igna of France \u2013 yellow card \u2013 to even the score up. Paul Delport from South Africa then crashed over under the poles close to the death to haul South Africa to a 12-5 victory.<\/p>\n
Paul Treu was full of praise for his young team and stressed that this was a two day series and not a once off match.<\/p>\n
Frankie Horne was happy with his day at the office saying; \u201cThere are no easy games anymore, a win is a win\u201d, and \u201cWe want to top our pool\u201d. With reference to Port Elizabeth playmaker, Cecil Afrika, Frankie said, \u201cEven Cecil on crutches is still a quality player!\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked about SA\u2019s upcoming physical game against Australia, Frankie said; \u201cIt is always going to be physical against Australia, they are like wild dogs and they hunt you down!\u201d<\/p>\n
South Africa played the second last game on the programme against Australia and dominated a very physical game with a try apiece from Cecil Afrika, Chris Dry and Frankie Horne to seal the victory on 17 points against Australia\u2019s seven.<\/p>\n
South Africa now top Pool A and play their fist match against United States at 12:39 pm on Sunday 9 December.<\/p>\n
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