Blitzboks hold off France to reach final

by | Dec 7, 2025 | African Golf News

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The Blitzboks survived a fierce France fightback on Sunday to book their place in the Cape Town Sevens final.

The defending champions led 17-5 late in the first half before France stormed back to make it 17-17 early in the second. But Ryan Oosthuizen’s late try secured the win for South Africa, who will meet Argentina (who beat Fiji 29-21) in the decider at 4:43pm.

The Blitzboks – who beat Fiji, New Zealand and Fiji on Saturday – struck straight from the kick-off through Shilton van Wyk. Tristan Leyds then dived over in the same corner after taking a quick tap.

France hit back through Jordan Sepho before Van Wyk sprinted away from the restart to give the hosts a 12-point lead.

But again the French responded well, with two tries from Josselin Bouhier either side of half-time levelling things up.

As the clock ticked down, Sonwabo Sokoyi was tackled into touch just before the tryline after collecting Selvyn Davids’ cross-kick, but a turnover inside the French 22 soon after resulted in a match-winning try to Oosthuizen.

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