Springboks Women wilt under Irish onslaught in sevens

Mike GreenawaySouth Africa’s women’s sevens team was blitzed off the park at the Stade de France last night to emphatically rule out any chance of them emulating their male colleagues.To be fair, a medal finish was never on the cards for the South African ladies. The heavy defeats they suffered in their Pool B games against Australia and Ireland illustrate how much work the local ladies must do to catch up with their bronze-winning male counterparts.In their final game of the day, the SA women were up against an Ireland team that had lost their opening game against Great Britain, in…