Photos: JUST IN: South Africa beats Australia 33-7 to win Dubai7s in WorldRugby7s

South Africa beat Australia 33-7 in the final of the Dubai Sevens to clinch the title in Round Two of the IRB World Series.

The result see the Blitzbokke rise to second in the overall series standings, behind Fiji who beat New Zealand in the third-place play-offs.

South Africa put on a dominant display in the final after earlier disposing of defending series champions New Zealand, with Kwagga Smith putting in a commanding performance in attack and defence.

End-to-end rugby was the feature of the early exchanges with neither side able to break up the opposition defence. It was South Africa's three-try semi final hero Smith who posted first points with a strong bust down the right. Australia hit back right on half time spreading the ball wide to Pama Fau, levelling at 7-all going into the break.

Unlike the first half it was only a matter of seconds before the scoreboard ticked over again, Philip Snyman diving low beside the posts for the Springboks second. Sam Myers had a chance to level the score for Australia but was held up over the line by Smith in a last ditch show of strength.

Seabelo Senatla then put on the after burners to chase down a kick and score to extend South Africa's lead to 21-7. Senatala's second and Ruhan Nel five pointer sealed the win.

"We didn't play our best in Australia but this was a fantastic event for us," South African captain Kyle Brown said. "We've worked hard on our defence all day and this means a lot to all of us. We'll enjoy tonight for sure!"

Earlier, South Africa produced a dominant 28-0 win over defending series champions New Zealand to book a place in the Cup final Everything Kwagga Smith touched turned to points in the first half as he locked away a hat-trick giving South Africa a 21-0 lead, with Cecil Afrika putting the icing on the cake for Neil Powell's charges with a breakaway try with two minutes remaining.

Third-place playoff:

 Fiji 26-12

Semi-finals

Fiji 24-29 AustraliaSouth Africa 28-0 New Zealand

Quarter-finals
Fiji 31-17 Wales
Australia 22-17 Scotland
South Africa 40-0 Argentina
New Zealand 29-7 England

Plate

Scotland 12-26 Argentina