The Blitzboks let a 14-point lead slip to start out their Madrid Sevens marketing campaign with a loss to Eire in a recreation that went three minutes into extra time.
Eire scored the successful attempt three minutes after the ultimate hooter to grab a come-from-behind 26-21 victory towards South Africa on Friday.
Heartbreak for the @Blitzboks as Eire rating with the final play of the sport to steal a 26-21 win.#HSBCSVNSMAD pic.twitter.com/YN25B42lmW
— SuperSport Rugby (@SSRugby) Could 31, 2024
The Springbok Sevens suffered their fourth defeat within the final 5 video games towards Eire and can now have to beat New Zealand and Fiji to progress from their pool and problem for the cup.
Tries from Tiaan Pretorius and Tristan Leyds put South Africa 14-7 up and the Blitzboks prolonged that result in 14 factors when Quewin Nortje scored from the second half kick off.
Nevertheless, Eire launched an unbelievable comeback, punishing the Blitzboks for some poor defensive errors with an 85-metre attempt from Zac Ward earlier than Gavin Mullin scored the primary of his two tries, making it a two-point recreation with 90 seconds to play.
It appeared as if the Blitzboks had executed sufficient to see out the when Siviwe Soyizwapi was tackled from behind and misplaced the ball ahead in Eire’s 22.
Nevertheless, Eire received a breakdown penalty and labored their approach in South African territory, with Mullin latching onto an offload to grab the win.
The Blitzboks will subsequent face New Zealand in a must-win recreation for each groups on Saturday at 12.44pm.
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