The Blitzboks coasted past Argentina in the cup quarter-finals on Sunday morning (SA time).

They stormed in to an uncontested 14-0 half-time lead, with playmaker Cecil Afrika dotting down for his sixth try of the tournament shortly before the break, and drew clear in the second period.

The Argentines scored a consolation try through Diego Palma in the dying minutes but the Blitzboks bagged a convincing 24-5 victory to stay in the top-tier playoffs.

Earlier, without senior players who were being rested, South Africa had defeated France 33-5 in their final first-round match to  finish top of Pool C.

Blitzboks captain Kyle Brown, who scored his 50th Sevens World Series try against Argentina, said the defending champions looked forward to the challenge offered by New Zealand, the series leaders.

“Our keywords the past week have been team work and unity and so  I am happy with how things have worked out for us so far,” Brown said.

“Every series match is really tough but fortunately this tournament is stretched over three days, which gives you a bit more time to recover.

“New Zealand is the top side in the series, they play a good style of sevens rugby and we are looking forward to measuring us against them.”   

South Africa face the New Zealanders in the cup quarterfinals on Sunday night.