Blitzboks have unfinished business
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.
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.
Head coach Neil Powell says the Blitzboks’ gold-medal win at the Commonwealth Games was just the boost they needed for the final leg of the World Sevens Series and Sevens World Cup.
The Blitzboks will have another tournament to try and conquer during the 2022-23 campaign with the Hong Kong Sevens back on the calendar after a three-year hiatus.
The popular leg of the World Sevens Series will return to the Mother City this year, when the best men’s and women’s teams will compete at Cape Town Stadium for the first time since 2019.
Certain things used to be a given for the Blitzboks, such as laying the foundation in the first match of a World Sevens Series tournament, and coach Neil Powell is hoping for a return to these staples in London on Saturday.
Sako Makata and Angelo Davids have promised to revive the Blitzboks’ spirits and flagging form at the London Sevens, starting on Saturday.
The Blitzboks are excited to welcome injury replacements Angelo Davids and Sakoyisa Makata for the London leg of the World Sevens Series.
Coach Neil Powell’s imminent exit and a lack of experienced players in the current Blitzboks squad are contributing to their underperformance this season, according to Powell’s predecessor Paul Treu.
The Blitzboks slumped to second in the World Sevens Series after a nightmare France leg, in what Neil Powell described as “the worst performance at a tournament in my career”.
England delayed scoring the try that would take them through to the quarter-finals of the France Sevens – and Argentina, also going through, let them.