Stars aligned for Blitzboks vs Fiji World Cup final
If all goes according to plan, the stage is set for the Blitzboks to face Fiji in the Sevens World Cup final in Cape Town on Sunday night.
If all goes according to plan, the stage is set for the Blitzboks to face Fiji in the Sevens World Cup final in Cape Town on Sunday night.
Springbok Women’s Sevens player Marlize de Bruin will follow in her older brother’s footsteps and represent South Africa at a major rugby tournament at the Sevens World Cup this weekend.
Spurred on by the thrill of hosting the Sevens World Cup, the Blitzboks are further motivated to make the most of coach Neil Powell’s last dance with the team.
Fiji have put the disappointment of the Commonwealth Games and World Sevens Series behind them and are hungry for gold at this weekend’s Sevens World Cup in Cape Town.
Forty teams have descended on Cape Town as sevens fever grips the Mother City in anticipation of the first Rugby World Cup to be held on South African soil since 1995.
As the Blitzboks prepare to push for a first-ever Sevens World Cup gold medal in Cape Town this weekend, take a look back at their history in the tournament.
Neil Powell says the Blitzboks will be staying positive as they prepare for the Cape Town-based Sevens World Cup after a poor finish to the Sevens Series in Los Angeles.
Ready to bow out as Blitzboks coach at the Cape Town-based Sevens World Cup in September, Neil Powell is confident his successor will keep South Africa on the winning track. DYLAN JACK reports.
Shaun Williams and Mfundo Ndhlovu say winning gold at the Commonwealth Games was the first step of the Blitzboks’ journey to end a tough 2022 season as World Sevens Series and World Cup champions.
The Blitzboks will face Germany or Chile in their opening encounter of the World Cup Sevens, as the first match-ups for the highly anticipated tournament have been revealed with 50 days to go until the three-day pinnacle event kicks off in Cape Town on 9 September.