The Blitzboks continued their dominance of Great Britain with a 17-12 win in extra time, in a Pool A clash at the 2026 HSBC SVNS World Championship, hosted at the Estadio José Zorrilla, Valladolid, Spain.
Great Britain opened the scoring when Charlton Kerr beat several defenders after 5 minutes in the first half to lead 05-00. However, Shilton van Wyk scored a long-distance try with time up on the clock to go into the break with the scores tied on 05-05.
After 4 minutes of play in the second half, Sebastiaan Jobb followed on a ball toed forward to score a long-distance try, extending the Blitzboks’ lead to 12-05 following the conversion by Dewald Human.
Great Britain sent the match into extra time following a try with time up on the clock.
A brilliant break by Tristan Leyds to score the Blitzboks third try, secured a 17-12 win.
Scorers:
Great Britain: Tries: Charlton Kerr, Ben Salmon. Conversion: Tom Burton.
Blitzboks: Tries: Shilton van Wyk, Sebastiaan Jobb, Tristan Leyds. Conversion: Dewald Human.
Teams:
Great Britain: Marcus Kershaw, Charlton Kerr, Ethan Waddleton, Matt Davidson, Finley Lloyd-Gilmour, Sunni Jardine, Roan Frostwick. Replacements: Tom Burton, Ben Salmon, Ryan Apps, Kaleem Barreto, Jacob Henry.
Blitzboks: Ryan Oosthuizen, Zain Davids, Impi Visser, Sebastiaan Jobb, Tristan Leyds, Shilton van Wyk, Selvyn Davids. Replacements: Quewin Nortje, Dewald Human, Siviwe Soyizwapi, Jayden Nell, Ricardo Duarttee.