Rassie Erasmus is negotiating the release of the Blitzboks’ Super Rugby players for the Commonwealth Games in April. The SA Rugby director of rugby has been touring the country to ensure that the sevens players who have Super Rugby contracts will be available for the Games. Seabelo Senatla (Stormers), Kwagga Smith (Lions) and Tim Agaba (Bulls) will key to coach… Read more →
The Blitzboks kicked off their Sydney Sevens title defence with an impressive 50-0 win over Papua New Guinea on Friday. After a seven-week layoff, dating back to the Cape Town Sevens in December, the Blitzboks showed no signs of rustiness as they hit the ground running against the minnows. Ruhan Nel and Rosko Specman scored five tries between them, while… Read more →
Blitzboks captain Philip Snyman is set to play in his 50th World Rugby Sevens Series tournament at the Sydney event this weekend. Snyman made his Springbok Sevens debut in 2008 and was part of both squads that won the Sevens Series title in 2008-09 and 2016-17. But the 30-year-old says that while it is an honour to reach the 50-tournament… Read more →
Blitzboks coach Neil Powell says he’ll use the Sydney Sevens tournament to measure the progress his team has made since the Cape Town event last December. According to Powell, the team has prepared sufficiently at their training base in Stellenbosch and this week in Sydney has just been about fine-tuning that preparation. ‘We looked back at what went wrong in… Read more →
Steinhoff has officially notified SA Rugby of its intention to withdraw from all sponsorship activities of the national sevens teams with immediate effect.
Rosko Specman on being nominated for the World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year award, his role for the Blitzboks, his goals for this year, and his dancing skills. How did you find out you had been nominated for the 2017 World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year award? I was at home when I started getting messages from family… Read more →
Coach Marius Schoeman has applauded the winning effort of the SA Rugby Sevens Academy team at the Punta del Este tournament on Sunday. The academy side beat Ireland, France and Chile on the way to the title, despite only having nine players available for the final. ‘It was a great start to the year for us, and the guys really… Read more →
Steinhoff is no longer the Blitzboks’ sponsor after the global retail giant was hit by an accounting scandal. According to Netwerk24, the parties came to an agreement on the termination of the partnership in December, but it has not been made public yet. The #LoveRugby logo will appear on Blitzboks jersey until a new sponsor is found. When Steinhoff CEO Marcus Jooste… Read more →
Renfred Dazel has been added to the Blitzboks’ coaching staff, while Paul Delport has been promoted to head coach of the Springbok Women’s Sevens team. Former Blitzbok stalwart Dazel, who had coached the Springbok Women’s Sevens team since October 2013, has joined Neil Powell as an assistant coach. Delport has been elevated to the women’s sevens role after serving as SA Sevens… Read more →
Sharks fullback Rhyno Smith has been included in the SA Rugby Sevens Academy squad that will play tournaments in Uruguay and Chile. Besides the inclusion of Smith, coach Marius Schoeman has selected teenagers Angelo Davids and Muller du Plessis along with capped Blitzboks Marco Labuschagne, Zain Davids, Ryan Oosthuizen, Dewald Human, Stedman Gans and Selvyn Davids. SA Rugby Academy regulars Impi… Read more →
