The Springbok Sevens romped to a 36-7 win in their first pool match of the Cape Town SVNS on Saturday morning in front of a rowdy crowd.
They ran in six tries and put in a clinical defensive performance to comfortably skip the first hurdle on their path to the semi-finals of the home tournament.
A crucial crunch clash awaits against Argentina (6:41 pm) for the top spot in the pool. The shortened format of Cape Town will only see the four pool winners fight it out in the semis with no quarter-finals scheduled.
Blitzboks co-captain Impi Visser was a happy man after the victory and said they laid the perfect platform for the rest of the day. He scored two of the six five-pointers.
Visser, along with the other forwards, were clinical in their defence, while backs like Dewald Human and Ricardo Duarttee led the attack superbly to find gaps in the defence.
The Irish only fielded nine players and didn't field any media questions stating only that the players had a tough build-up week. The team were apparently pulled down by a stomach bug, but nothing has been confirmed.
Visser added that even he was surprised by his two tries.
"I am not a regular try scorer, but was happy to get a few of them," he smiled.
“It shows the hard work the boys were doing. Usually, when the forwards are scoring tries, the backs are doing their job by finding space and beating defenders.
“But now it's all about recovery and getting into an ice bath, grabbing something to eat, heading back to the hotel for a nap and then starting our process (in the build-up to Argentina) again.“