The SA Sevens Blitzboks won one match in five at the Sevens Madrid Grand Final to finish the tournament in sixth place.
The SA Sevens team will now turn their attention to the Olympics qualifier in Monaco towards the end of the month.
The Blitzboks’ disappointing showing at the Sevens Grand Final in Madrid ended how it began with Philip Snyman’s team losing to Ireland, for their fourth loss in five matches at the tournament. Earlier on the weekend, the Blitzboks lost to Ireland 21-26 to Ireland in their opening game on Friday, while in Saturday they completed their pool play with defeats to New Zealand and Fiji .In the fifth place semi-final on Sunday they beat Australia 24-21, but then were outplayed in the fifth-sixth place match by Ireland, for the second time in the tournament.
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