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BlitzBoks make Cape Town history

WRAP: South Africa became the first team to win consecutive HSBC SVNS titles in Cape Town with a late Christie Grobbelaar winner in a thrilling Final.

South Africa sent their home fans wild as they came from behind to claim back-to-back titles in a thrilling final to sign off the Cape Town leg of the HSBC SVNS in dramatic style.

Early in the second half, Argentina looked to have the gold-medal match sewn up to complete a remarkable turnaround after finishing eighth in Dubai.

But the BlitzBoks hit back with two tries in the last four minutes as the excited crowd ramped up the volume.

Speaking immediately after the final whistle, captain Impi Visser said: “It was a tough final. We made it a little bit difficult for ourselves.

“The boys showed massive character [this weekend]. We had some tough games, but the boys pulled through.”

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Earlier, Fiji claimed third with a win over France, and Dubai champions New Zealand claimed fifth.

In the women’s Final, Australia put the disappointment of their desert reign-ending defeat in Dubai on the opening weekend of the HSBC SVNS Series with a gold-wrapped unbeaten run to the Cape Town title.

Isabella Nasser and her teammates had the upper hand over arch-rivals New Zealand throughout the gold-medal match to lift the trophy as the sun went down.

France claimed a podium place in South Africa for the third tournament in a row, with a thrilling comeback win over the USA, after Japan had left it late to beat Canada for the third time in two tournaments and the second time in two days.

Player of the Final Nasser said afterwards: “We hurt last week when we lost against the Kiwis. But we put it all out there today, and I’m so proud of every single one of the girls. It was a big squad effort.

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Women’s results

Fifth-place semifinals

Fiji 14-33 Canada
Japan 25-7 Great Britain

Cup semifinals

New Zealand 19-7 France
Australia 34-7 USA

Seventh-place play-off

Fiji 43-7 Great Britain

Fifth-place play-off

Canada 10-12 Japan

Third-place play-off

France 15-12 USA

Cup Final

New Zealand 12-26 Australia

Men’s results

Fifth-place semifinal

New Zealand 28-21 Australia
Spain 10-29 Great Britain

Cup semifinals

South Africa 22-17 France
Argentina 29-21 Fiji

Fifth-place play-off

New Zealand 27-12 Great Britain

Third-place play-off

France 19-26 Fiji

Cup Final

South Africa 21-19 Argentina

 

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