June 1, 2008

England reach the semis

South Africa 0-10 England

England will face Wales in the Cup semi final after a dominant performance against South Africa at the Emirates Airline Edinburgh Sevens.

As the rain came down at Murrayfield England found their way to the try line scoring all of their points in the first half.

Gloucester Rugby’s Jack Adams was first over the line scoring from an England scrum within the first two minutes. From the re-start Ben Gollings made a charge, passing to scrum half Kevin Barrett who flew passed the Boks defence to score his second try of the tournament, putting the scores at 0-10 at the break.

South Africa tried to make the most of their opportunities in the second half but were penalised twice for forward passing. England defended well, conceding no points sending them into the semi final.

England face Wales at 4.30pm.

England: Chris Cracknell (Cornish Pirates), Tom Youngs (Leicester Tigers), Jack Adams (Gloucester Rugby), Andy Vilk (Sale Sharks, captain), Ben Gollings (Sunnybank, Australia), Uche Oduoza (Worcester Warriors), Kevin Barrett (Exeter Chiefs)

Replacements: Tom Biggs (Leeds Carnegie), Ollie Phillips (Newcastle Falcons), Ollie Cook (Doncaster Knights), Micky Young (Newcastle Falcons), James Rodwell (Moseley FC)

Scorers: Adams (t), Barrett (t)

To follow England Sevens go to www.rfu.com/sevens

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