Blitzboks in ninth place playoff

The Springbok Sevens will have the chance to play for ninth spot at the Singapore Sevens as a costly red card on day one killed off any chance of bettering their disappointing performance in Hong Kong.

The #Blitzboks will face Australia in the ninth-place play-off at 9h40 after edging USA by 14-12 in their semifinal in Singapore, with Reynders and Duarttee scoring SA’s tries 👊#PoweredByUnity #HSBCSVNS pic.twitter.com/YFnwIzP6gn

— Springbok Sevens (@Blitzboks) April 6, 2025

The tournament format at the Singapore Sevens allows for no room for error, so while the Blitzboks did beat defending HSBC SVNS Series champions Argentina 26-24 in their second game of the day, ending a 15 game winning streak for Los Pumas, it wasn’t enough to see them into the top eight.

Only the pool winners qualify for the Cup semifinals, and the Blitzboks loss against Great Britain - mainly because of an early red card to Sebastian Jobb - left them in third spot, even though all three sides recorded one win and one loss. Argentina and Great Britain had an extra bonus point to finish ahead of the Blitzboks, who were forced to play for ninth spot.

On Sunday morning, the Blitzboks held out to defeat a tough USA side, who came back at them after it seemed the Blitzboks were controlling the game, winning 14-12 at the end.

Tries by Zander Reynders - the hero of the Argentina win - and Ricardo Duartee secured the victory.

They will now face Australia at 9.40am for the ninth spot.

Kenya will have a chance of winning their first trophy after winning their pool and qualifying for the semifinals of the tournament. Kenya will face Spain in the one semifinal with Argentina taking on Fiji in the other. The semis kick off at 8.34am

Unmissable semifinals coming your way on Sunday 🔜#HSBCSVNS | #HSBCSVNSSGP pic.twitter.com/KLTikSpZeJ

— HSBC SVNS (@SVNSSeries) April 5, 2025