{"id":626685,"date":"2026-06-07T23:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T23:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/626685\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T23:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T23:36:10","slug":"vintage-year-for-australia-and-south-africa-ends-in-style-in-bordeaux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/626685\/","title":{"rendered":"Vintage year for Australia and South Africa ends in style in Bordeaux"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australia celebrated not one but two titles at Stade Atlantique, as they added the Bordeaux HSBC SVNS World Championship series crown to their Valladolid title \u2013 and claimed the overall world title with a dominant victory over great rivals New Zealand in an all-action final.<\/p>\n

Co-captain Isabella Nasser was full of praise for her team-mates: \u201cWe definitely had our bumps, ups and downs throughout this tournament and to show up like that against a really quality side like New Zealand, I couldn\u2019t be more proud of the girls,\u201d she told Rugbypass moments after the final whistle had blown at the end of the showpiece match.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have an amazing squad at home and the squad here, and the depth of our programme is unbelievable \u2013 we saved the best to last in regards to our performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be able to perform when it really matters at crunch time in the World Championship is really important to us. [New Zealand are] a quality side, amazing talent in their team. For us to go that one bit more and to be able to put more tries on, to be able to show up is really important to us and I couldn\u2019t be happier.\u201d<\/p>\n

Canada claimed third with a victory over USA, while Spain\u2019s eighth-place finish was enough to see them promoted to next season\u2019s main HSBC SVNS Series, at Great Britain\u2019s expense.<\/p>\n

The eight sides on the main tour next season will be: Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA, France, Fiji, Japan and Spain.<\/p>\n

\"HSBC<\/p>\n

BORDEAUX, FRANCE – June 7: Australia women and France men celebrate their Cup victory at the 2026 HSBC SVNS Bordeaux at Stade Atlantique Bordeaux M\u00e9tropole on June 7, 2026 in Bordeaux, France. (Photo by Zach Franzen \/ World Rugby)<\/p>\n

Read full women\u2019s wrap here Double delight for Australia with Bordeaux finale to savour<\/a><\/p>\n

In the men\u2019s competition France came back from the brink of relegation to HSBC SVNS 2 to claim the final title of the season in Bordeaux in emphatic fashion with a roof-raising 14-5 win over New Zealand in the showpiece match, while South Africa\u2019s disappointment at finishing fourth was improved by lifting the overall world title at the end of an impressive campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A pool phase defeat against the All Blacks Sevens on the opening day had left Les Bleus at risk of missing out on the main HSBC SVNS Series next season \u2013 but they recovered to launch a charge that ended with a large crowd at Stade Atlantique celebrating as their homegrown heroes raised the trophy at the end of an intense final.<\/p>\n

France\u2019s victorious captain Paulin Riva said afterwards: \u201cThis championship is very difficult with a lot of big teams like South Africa. [But] we want to be here and we would like to be present.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously I\u2019m one of the older players [on the squad]. We\u2019re rebuilding the squad, we want to grow every year until the Olympic Games. I think this is the way \u2013 it\u2019s been amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe work hard every time, every tournament \u2013 and tonight it was an amazing game against a big New Zealand team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Spain slightly spoiled South Africa\u2019s HSBC SVNS World Championship party by coming from behind to take the third-place play-off 40-14. But, after 37 wins and five tournament titles on the series, there\u2019s no denying the Blitzboks are thoroughly deserving overall champions.<\/p>\n

The drama in Bordeaux was not confined to the upper echelons, as USA\u2019s remarkable run to fifth place was enough for them to deny Kenya and claim a spot on next season\u2019s main HSBC SVNS Series, with Great Britain dropping from the main tour to HSBC SVNS 2.<\/p>\n

The teams competing on the HSBC SVNS main stage next season will be: South Africa, New Zealand, Spain, Australia, Argentina, Fiji, France and Kenya.<\/p>\n

Read full men\u2019s wrap here France celebrate in Bordeaux, as South Africa are crowned World Champions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia celebrated not one but two titles at Stade Atlantique, as they added the Bordeaux HSBC SVNS World…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":626686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,1602,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-626685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-text","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}