The Blitzboks lost to France 21-12 in the semi-final of the HSBC SVNS Bourdeax and will face the loser between New Zealand and Spain at 16:32 (SATime).
France pounced on a spilt ball by the Blitzboks to open the scoring after four minutes of play. France led 07-00. A minute later, the Blitzboks attacked from their 22m, and eventually it was Tristan Leyds who scored in the corner to cut France’s lead and level the scores 07-07.
France took an early lead in the second half with two tries, extending their lead 21-07 after four minutes of play in the second half. With two minutes to play, Donovan Don scored a long-distance try to cut France’s lead to 21-12, which was the final score.
Scorers:
Blitzboks Tries: Tristan Leyds, Donavan Don. Conversion: Ricardo Duarttee.
France 7s: Tries: Enahemo Artaud, Rayan Rebbadj, Antoine Zeghdar. Conversions: Rayan Rebbadj, Enahemo Artaud, Paulin Riva.
Teams:
Blitzboks: Ryan Oosthuizen, Zain Davids, Impi Visser, Sebastiaan Jobb, Tristan Leyds, Shilton van Wyk, Ricardo Duarttee. Replacements: Donavan Don, Siviwe Soyizwapi, David Brits.
France 7s: Antoine Zeghdar, Rayan Rebbadj, Jordan Sepho, Gregoire Arfeuil, Paulin Riva, Enahemo Artaud, Celian Pouzelgues. Replacements: Liam Delamare, Hoani Bosmorin, Ali Dabo, Josselin Bouhier, Luca Mignot.