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The Springbok Sevens team saved the best for last to win the final tournament of the season, the HSBC SVNS World Championship in Los Angeles, with a 19-5 victory over Spain in the final.
The Blitzboks were clinical against the plucky Spain side to win their second title of the 2025 season, after raising the trophy in Cape Town in December 2024.
The performance in the final wrapped up a magnificent effort at the tournament, where the Blitzboks had no peers, and hard as Spain tried, they had no answers to unlock the determination of their opponents to not let them get past them. Relentless defence forced Spain into mistakes, and they battled to get into the South African half, bar their early attack in the opening spell.
Earlier, the Blitzboks kept their hot streak going following pool wins against France, Great Britain and Argentina, outscoring New Zealand by four tries to one and never giving the Kiwi side a look-in at all with a 26-5 win in their semi-final.
Blitzbok coach Philip Snyman praised the players afterwards, saying that their willingness to keep working made the win possible.
“The players deserve so much credit for the way they played here in Los Angeles. We had some good parts and some bad parts to our season, but this weekend we got it all together and that is a very satisfying feeling.
“Any coach will tell you that your plan can only be as good as the buy-in from the players and then their execution thereof. This weekend it all comes together.
“They really stuck to our plan, but also importantly, played the moments when it was there to exploit. They did some exceptional things on the field during this tournament and all the credit must go to them.
“Some of those moments of brilliance by the players in the final made this a special win.”
The squad will arrive back in SA on Tuesday.
South Africa 26 (21) New Zealand 5 (0)
SA – Tries: Shilton van Wyk (2), Quewin Nortje (2). Conversions: Ronald Brown (3).
NZ – Try: Frank Vaenuku.
South Africa 19 (7) Spain 5 (0)
SA – Tries: Selvyn Davids, Mfundo Ndhlovu, Ricardo Duarttee. Conversions: Ronald Brown, Tristan Leyds.
Spain – Try: Pol Pla.
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