Rookies join bruised Blitzboks in Canada
SA Sevens ‘A’ squad members Noegh Hayward and Gurshwin Wehr joined the injury-hit Blitzboks in Vancouver on Wednesday and are set to make their debuts this weekend.
SA Sevens ‘A’ squad members Noegh Hayward and Gurshwin Wehr joined the injury-hit Blitzboks in Vancouver on Wednesday and are set to make their debuts this weekend.
Springbok Sevens coach Sandile Ngcobo described the Blitzboks’ performance in Los Angeles as unacceptable and completely devoid of effort after losses to Fiji and Samoa on Sunday.
The Blitzboks suffered successive losses to Fiji and Samoa in the playoff stages of the LA Sevens, while New Zealand stretched their lead at the top of the standings with back-to-back title wins.
The Blitzboks set up an LA Sevens quarter-final clash against Fiji despite two Pool B defeats on day one of the tournament.
Ricardo Duarttee’s try capped off a hard fought opening victory for the Blitzboks over Canada in slippery conditions on day one of the LA Sevens on Saturday.
Follow the live action from the Los Angeles Sevens – the sixth stop on the World Rugby Sevens Series.
Impi Visser believes the Springbok Sevens team are good enough to come out on top at the end of the 2023 World Sevens Series and says the Blitzboks will give it their all in Los Angeles this weekend.
Assistant coach Philip Snyman expects the Blitzboks to all be on the “same wavelength” if South Africa aims to triumph at this weekend’s LA leg of the World Sevens Series.
Siviwe Soyizwapi is confident that a fresh-faced Blitzboks won’t be distracted by the sights of Los Angeles, on the sixth stop of the 2022-23 World Sevens Series this weekend.
Returning to the USA where he made his Test debut for the Springboks, Travis Ismaiel is again heading Stateside looking to earn his Blitzboks stripes at the LA Sevens this weekend.