Blitzboks fly off the mark Down Under
Shilton van Wyk grabbed a brace of tries as the Blitzboks eased to a 31-5 victory over Kenya in their tournament opener at the Sydney Sevens on Friday.
Shilton van Wyk grabbed a brace of tries as the Blitzboks eased to a 31-5 victory over Kenya in their tournament opener at the Sydney Sevens on Friday.
The Blitzboks are determined not to be dominated at the breakdowns in this weekend’s Sydney Sevens, as was the case in New Zealand last weekend.
Kenya’s all-time top try scorer Collins Injera announced his retirement on Tuesday after a 17-year rugby career that saw him climb the World Series scoring charts.
A late winning try from Zain Davids against Argentina saw the Blitzboks progress to the New Zealand Sevens quarter-finals with three wins out of three on day one of the tournament in Hamilton.
In the latest edition of SA Rugby magazine, SA Rugby’s high performance manager for sevens, Marius Schoeman, explains how he believes the Blitzboks can avoid losing players to fifteens each year.
Sandile Ngcobo has set the Blitzboks three goals for this weekend’s New Zealand Sevens tournament in Hamilton, which will ensure they stay on the path to their long-term goal for the season – to qualify for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
Rookie Jaiden Baron has been named in the Blitzboks squad for the next two legs of the World Sevens Series, in Australia and New Zealand.
The British & Irish Lions are reportedly in talks over the potential of staging a match in Qatar in 2025, as the FIFA World Cup host targets a move into rugby.
South Africa’s most-capped Springbok Sevens player, Branco du Preez, has retired from international sevens rugby and will leave the Blitzboks with a bouquet of career records, gold medals and highlights.
Sandile Ngcobo said that while he was displeased with the Blitzboks’ attitude on the final day of the Cape Town Sevens, he was satisfied with the overall progress that has been made since the opening tournament in Hong Kong.