On this day: Blitzboks comeback stuns Fiji in Singapore

On this day in 2019, the Blitzboks scored a last-minute penalty to secure a dramatic second-half comeback in the Singapore Sevens final against rivals Fiji.

Having gone into half time trailing Fiji 19-0, the Blitzboks scored 20 unanswered points in the second half, with Selvyn Davids nailing a late penalty to seal the victory.

Kurt-Lee Arendse, Angelo Davids and Ryan Oosthuizen scored second-half tries for the South Africans.

Photo: Thananuwat Srirasant/Getty Images

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