The Blitzboks are still on course to defend their SVNS World Championship title despite suffering another loss in Bordeaux on Saturday.
South Africa went down 15-12 to Fiji in their third pool match – their second loss of the weekend after suffering a 19-14 extra-time defeat to Great Britain on day one.
Argentina’s loss to New Zealand meant they were out of the tournament and South Africa progressed to the quarter-finals as one of the best third-placed teams in their pool.
The Blitzboks will face Fiji again at 3:52pm SA time.
It was initially a bright start from the Blitzboks, with Tristan Leyds and Ricardo Duarttee carrying prominently. But back-to-back penalties allowed Fiji to get into the game and never looked like relinquishing control.
Apete Narongo and George Bose scored on either sides of a Shilton van Wyk try for the Blitzboks, to give the Pacific Islanders a 10-7 lead going into the break.
Within the first minute of the second half, Vuiviawa Naduvalo stretched the Fijians’ lead.
The penalty count kept mounting for the Blitzboks, as Fiji continued to press. But with their backs against the wall, Sebastian Jobb got a vital try for the South Africans to secure a losing bonus point.
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