Blitzboks Qualify For Cup Playoffs After Brilliant Win Over Australia

 

The Blitzboks qualified for the Cup playoffs after a beating Australia 19-12 after Dalvon Blood scored the winning try in the dying seconds of the match.

The Blitzboks will face Samoa in the final quarter-final tomorrow at 09h34 (SA Time).

Two early yellow cards were shown to Australia making it easy for the Blitzboks to score two early tries to take an early 12-00 lead. Australia scored a crucial try with time already up on the clock to narrow the gap to just 5 points. The first half was played at a brilliant pace with sometimes desperate defence from Australia preventing the Blitzboks from scoring.

Australia scored from the kickoff to level the score 12-12 and five minutes to go. Dalvon Blood outsprinted the Australian defenders out wide to score the Blitzboks' third try for an all-important 19-12 win that secured them a place in the Cup playoffs..

Scorers:
Blitzboks: Tries: Siviwe Soyizwapi, JC Pretorius, Dalvon Blood. Conversion: Dewald Human, Branco du Preez.
Australia: Tries: Nathan Lawson, Maurice Longbottom. Conversion: Dietrich Roache.

Teams:
Blitzboks: Ryan Oosthuizen, Impi Visser, JC Pretorius, Branco du Preez, Dewald Human, Siviwe Soyizwapi, Shilton van Wyk. Replacements: Zain Davids, James Murphy, Muller du Plessis, Dalvon Blood, Ricardo James Duarttee.

Australia: Nick Malouf, Nathan Lawson, Henry Paterson, Henry Hutchison, Maurice Longbottom, Josh Turner, Dietrich Roache. Replacements: Stuart Dunbar, Tim Clements, Matthew Gonzalez, Ben Marr, Kye Oates.