Nick Malouf makes a break for Australia during the Gold Coast Sevens quarter-finals clash with Kenya at Skilled Stadium. Source: Bradley Kanaris / Getty Images
AUSTRALIA will play New Zealand in the final of the Gold Coast Sevens after clinching a thrilling golden-point win over South Africa.
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Jesse Parahi's golden point try in the corner in the dying stages sealed a sensational victory for Australia, who won 24-19.
South Africa had earlier surged back from 19-7 down to level at 19-all and send the game into extra-time.
Australia will play New Zealand in the final after the Kiwis downed England 14-5 in Sunday's other semi-final.
The final will be played at 8.04pm AEDT (7.04pm Qld time).
Earlier, skipper Ed Jenkins and his young Australian side toppled bogey team Kenya today to surge into a semi-final showdown with South Africa at the Gold Coast Sevens.
The Kenyans upset the Aussies at the same Cup quarter-final stage last year so the hurt of that crash was fresh for Jenkins, who had a pivotal role in setting the record straight with a 24-12 win.
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Livewire Shannon Walker got the Australians off to a perfect start at Robina's Skilled Park when he took a quick tap and looped around Tom Lucas for the return pass. A player with less acceleration might have been gathered in but Walker glided between two defenders for the 7-0 lead.
The Australians still found themselves behind 12-7 at half-time with a rush of errors. When Cam Clark failed to kick the ball 10m from a kick-off, it backfired into Kenyan Biko Adema shedding four tacklers to score his own try.
A Con Foley knock-on from another kick-off sapped more momentum but the Australians regrouped strongly.
Standout forward Sean McMahon ignited the game-changer from his own quarter with a strong gallop and the one-handed off-load that ultimately saw Jenkins streak away for a try and 14-12.
McMahon crashed over shortly after to make it 19-12. Jenkins winning a kick-off was more like it and Clark making a fine tackle to shut down the Kenyans completed the win.
"There were some uncharacteristic mistakes there but we held our nerve. I was very pleased with the way we rallied," Australian coach Michael O'Connor said.
"That tackle by Cam was a big moment because at 24-12 the Kenyans were still in it."
South Africa's 28-21 victory over Wales in a pulsating quarter-final set them up as Australia's semi-final rivals.
Defending Gold Coast Sevens champions Fiji were dumped out of the tournament 26-12 by a superior England side which tackled them out of their free-running stride.
HSBC Sevens World Series champions New Zealand flattened Samoa 40-0 so England's reward was a semi-final against the hot Kiwis.
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