Cape Town - The Springbok Sevens team have advanced through to the quarter-finals after beating England in their final Pool C encounter at the Hong Kong Sevens on Saturday.

The Blitzboks, who led 14-10 at the break, won 33-15.

Springbok Sevens stand-in coach Marius Schoeman's side ran in five tries against the young England team, who failed to reach the Cup quarter-finals.

This is a second-string South African team, with the first-choice side on Commonwealth Games duty on Australia's Gold Coast.

Earlier in the day, the Blitzboks cruised to a 31-17 victory over Scotland and romped to a a 45-0 win over South Korea on Friday.

South Africa and Scotland have advanced through to the Cup quarter-finals.

Scorers:

South Africa

Tries: Stedman Gans (2), Selvyn Davids (2), Mfundo Ndhlovu

Conversions: Dewald Human, S Davids (3)

England

Tries: Alex Davis, Will Wilson, Will Edwards

The Springbok Sevens squad:

1. Heino Bezuidenhout, 2. Ryan Oosthuizen, 3. Zain Davids, 4. Marco Labuschagne, 5. Mosolwa Mafuma, 6. James Murphy, 7. Selvyn Davids, 8. Dewald Human (captain), 9. Rhyno Smith, 10. Stedman Gans, 11. Muller du Plessis, 12. Mfundo Ndhlovu, 13. Sandile Ngcobo* 

*Official replacement player