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 →
Sikhumbuzo Notshe has been included in the Blitzboks squad for the Australasian leg of the World Rugby Sevens Series.
The SA Sevens Academy won the Sudamericarugby sevens tournament in Vina del Mar, Chile.
What Neil Powell, Philip Snyman, Seabelo Senatla and Jurie Roux had to say at Wednesday’s press conference ahead of the Cape Town Sevens. VIDEO: Jurie Roux says that SA Rugby is really proud of the @Blitzboks and hopes they can go one better and win the @CapeTown7s this year.#Capetown7s pic.twitter.com/h2QbvTJPYM — SA Rugby magazine (@SARugbymag) December 6, 2017 VIDEO: Coach… Read more →
Blitzboks forward Kwagga Smith wants to improve his skill-set during the first four tournaments of the World Rugby Sevens Series.
The Blitzboks have named their most experienced squad ever for the first tournament of the 2017-18 World Rugby Sevens Series in Dubai.
Chris Dry says competition within the Blitzboks squad is strong ahead of the upcoming first leg of the World Rugby Sevens Series in Dubai.
Extra seats will be installed and 3,000 additional tickets per day made available for the previously sold-out Cape Town Sevens tournament on 9-10 December.
