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Dakar Youth Olympics: South Africa takes rugby sevens silver

South Africa won silver in the men’s rugby sevens tournament at the Dakar Youth Olympic Games on 2 November 2026, losing the final 26–19 to France. SA Rugby and RFI reported the result.

Rugby ball, June 2008. Archive illustration; not the final. generalising, CC BY-SA 2.0; resized.
Rugby ball, June 2008. Archive illustration; not the final. generalising, CC BY-SA 2.0; resized. — generalising / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ — 26 juin 2008 ; redimensionnement.

The South Africans had beaten Argentina 24–12 in the semi-final. Sevens Rugby’s results list Argentina third, Senegal seventh and Uganda eighth.

These placings concern the men’s rugby sevens tournament. They are neither the women’s tournament standings nor the Games’ overall medal table.

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