Improved Blitzboks finish strong in Spain to claim sixth

However, they came up short against Ireland to finish the Spain tournament with a defeat.After losing their three pool matches – against Ireland, New Zealand and Fiji – the Blitzboks delivered their best performance of the weekend in the fifth-place semi-final against Australia on Sunday morning, winning by 24-21.However, they could not replicate that in the fifth-place playoff against the Irish, who won a close contest by 12-7.Against Australia, the Blitzboks showed some great resilience to clinch their first victory of the weekend.The Aussies opened the scoring with a try by Matthew…