
Blitzboks bag gold in Birmingham
South Africa thumped reigning Olympic champions Fiji to win the men’s sevens gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Sunday.
South Africa thumped reigning Olympic champions Fiji to win the men’s sevens gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Sunday.
The Blitzboks produced a comeback win against Australia in the Commonwealth Games semi-final in Birmingham on Sunday to book their place in the final against Fiji.
Malcolm Marx and Kurt-Lee Arendse are set to start for the Springboks in the Rugby Championship opener against the All Blacks in Nelspruit on Saturday.
The Blitzboks produced a scintillating performance to thrash Canada and progress to the semi-finals of the Commonwealth Games Sevens in Birmingham on Saturday night.
The Blitzboks continued their perfect start to the Commonwealth Games by whitewashing Scotland in a six-try victory to finish on top of Pool B on Saturday.
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.
New Zealand Rugby’s chief has refused to say whether Ian Foster would continue in his job with the All Blacks past the upcoming Tests against the Springboks.
Coach Neil Powell and skipper Siviwe Soyizwapi say the unbeaten Blitzboks must lift their game against Scotland on Saturday when the teams clash in the pool B decider at the Commonwealth Games.
South Africa qualified for the sevens quarter-finals at the Commonwealth Games after a convincing win against Tonga in Birmingham on Friday.
Angelo Davids scored a hat-trick as South Africa whitewashed Malaysia in the opening Pool B sevens clash of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Friday.