{"id":36493,"date":"2026-06-08T12:07:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T10:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=36493"},"modified":"2026-06-08T12:21:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T10:21:21","slug":"sas-blitzboks-finish-fourth-in-bordeaux-after-sealing-sevens-world-title","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sas-blitzboks-finish-fourth-in-bordeaux-after-sealing-sevens-world-title\/","title":{"rendered":"SA&#8217;s Blitzboks finish fourth in Bordeaux after sealing Sevens world title"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">South Africa&#8217;s (SA) Blitzboks, who already secured their second successive Sevens World Championship title on Saturday, finished in fourth place at the last tournament of the season, in Bordeax.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"x_ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Blitzboks were crowned world champions after securing a spot in the last four in France but the host nation beat them 21-12 in the semi-final while Spain crushed the South Africans 40-points to 14, in the third place play-off.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>France then went on to deliver another outstanding performance in the final and beat New Zealand 14-5 to triumph on homesoil.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>On Saturday, the Blitzboks, crowned World Series Champions earlier this year, successfully defended their World Championship title by reaching the semifinals.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>With their nearest World Championship rivals Argentina unable to secure a quarterfinal spot and Australia knocked out in the round of eight, all the Blitzboks needed to do to secure the World Championship, was to beat Fiji in their quarterfinal match.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It was sweet revenge following defeat earlier in the day, with South Africa recording a come-from-behind 14-12 win over the Pacific Islanders.<\/div>\n<div>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":32430,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-36493","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"SA's Blitzboks finish fourth in Bordeaux after sealing Sevens world title","published_date":"","news_description":"SA's Blitzboks finish fourth in Bordeaux after sealing Sevens world title","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/36493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/36493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36498,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/36493\/revisions\/36498"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=36493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}