The Fiji Barbarians 7's side suffered their first upset in the first day of competition in the 13th Tusker Safari 7s after they were beaten by Bristol University Select team by 14-7.

Other upsets created were to the Boks, where the three time Tusker Safari 7s champions surrendered a 12-0 lead at half time before narrowly losing 17-19 to a polished Samurai.

Kenya had mixed luck, Kenya's second side lost 7-22 to Tunisia but the main team over-ran Zambia 43-0.