{"id":52858,"date":"2026-03-16T05:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T05:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=52858"},"modified":"2026-03-16T05:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T05:27:11","slug":"blitzboks-crowned-sevens-series-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/03\/16\/blitzboks-crowned-sevens-series-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"Blitzboks crowned Sevens Series champions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Blitzboks and Fiji entered the final in New York level on log points, and with the Seven Series title on the line.<\/p>\n<p>Tries on each side of the break handed the South Africans a 10-0 lead, but proceedings got nervy once the islanders snatched one try back.<\/p>\n<p>It was drama until the very end though as Fiji attacked in the final 30 seconds, but a knock-on with the tryline begging handed possession back to the Blitzboks. From the resulting scrum, Fiji conceded a penalty and much to the relief of all in green and gold, the ball was kicked into touch with the scoreline 10-7 in favour of South Africa.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-blitzboks-ensure-the-seven-series-crown-is-coming-back-to-south-africa\">Blitzboks ensure the Seven Series crown is coming back to South Africa<\/h2>\n<p>The Blitzboks, who also won in Cape Town, Perth and Vancouver, proved they are the best sevens team in the HSBC SVNS Series.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Sunday, the Blitzboks booked their ticket to the final with a hard-fought semi-final victory over Argentina, scoring two first half tries and then defending like Trojans to win 14-5.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-incredible-run-of-results\">Incredible run of results<\/h3>\n<p>At one stage of the season the Blitzboks looked out of the running for the overall title, but a stunning sequence of results in recent tournaments set them up for ultimate glory.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        <iframe title=\"bj_embed\" class=\"dx-embed\" id=\"dxIframe-0\" style=\"width: 100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Man of the Match in the final,\u00a0Selvyn Davids,\u00a0praised the team\u2019s resilience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat a performance. We stuck to our guns because we knew Fiji were going to be physical, but thankfully we came out on top.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Visser also hailed the team\u2019s defensive effort after lifting the trophy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a massive defensive effort and testament to all our hard work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe couldn\u2019t have scripted it any better and we\u2019re just thankful we came up with the win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        <iframe title=\"bj_embed\" class=\"dx-embed\" id=\"dxIframe-1\" style=\"width: 100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Blitzboks #crowned #Sevens #Series #champions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Blitzboks and Fiji entered the final in New York level on log points, and with the Seven Series title&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52858"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52860,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52858\/revisions\/52860"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}