Wales bounced back from a disappointing defeat to Canada to claim a comfortable 38-5 win in the penultimate game on the opening day’s action in the Commonwealth Games sevens competition in Coventry.
Richie Pugh’s side simply couldn’t get their hands on the ball against Canada in the morning session where his side suffered a 31-0 loss.
But tries by Callum Williams, Cole Swannack and Morgan Sieniawski in the first half against Zambia eased nerves in the afternoon session as Wales cruised to a 21-5 interval lead.
Wales never looked in danger in the second half as tries by Luke Treharne, Callum Carson and Chris Smith guided Wales to a 38-5 victory.
Olympic champions Fiji now await Wales who must pull off a shock to ensure a quarter-final berth.
South Africa and Scotland ensured their progress to Saturday evening’s quarter-finals by overcoming Tonga and Malaysia in pool B. An impressive Scotland outfit thrashed Tonga 41-0 and Malaysia 50-12. South Africa beat Malaysia 46-0 before overcoming Tonga 36-5.
Olympic champions Fiji, who have never won Commonwealth gold, sit on top of Pool C after beating Zambia convincingly 52-0 followed by a hard-fought win over Canada by a 19-12 score.
The competition continues on Saturday with the final round of pool matches in the morning session from 09:00-13:30.
The competition reaches its exciting knockout phase as the women’s semi-finals and men’s quarter-finals take place in the afternoon session on Saturday from 17:30-22:30 BST, while the medals will be decided on Sunday evening.