Australia will play South Africa in the men’s Sydney 7s final after cruising past Argentina 28-0.

Australia is chasing its first World Series title since 2012, having finished fourth and second in the last two Sydney campaigns.

In the midst of his final season, Australian veteran James Stannard said his teammates were no longer doubting themselves.

“In previous tournaments we wanted to go out and win, but I don’t think we really thought we could do it,” he said.

“I think we’d just had enough of coming second or losing … there’s a stage where you’ve just got to flick it and go f*** it we want it, excuse my French.

“It’d be great to win a tournament regardless if it’s my last; there’s still more tournaments to come and I want to win a lot more than just this.”

The hosts were untroubled in the semi-final, exploiting yellow cards to Argentina in both halves to book their second grand final appearance at the Sydney World Series leg in three years.

Captain Lewis Holland was in another damaging mood, crossing twice to bring his tournament tally to five, while Ben O’Donnell also crossed for a double.

Argentina were often rattled by the Australian defence, coughing the ball up in-goal and kicking away possession to allow the hosts a relatively pain-free path to the decider.

Earlier, South Africa booked their place with a 35-7 defeat of USA.