The Blitzboks are well aware of the fact that South Africa have not won the Melrose Cup yet, but they believe that the effort from the 2018 group at the Rugby World Cup Sevens this weekend could change that.
The Springbok Sevens team missed out on a podium finish at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia and have now set their sights on the remaining two objectives they aim to achieve this season.
The Springbok Sevens team will be without playmaker Justin Geduld for the next two tournaments in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, in Las Vegas and Vancouver.
Rugby sevens received another massive boost ahead of its much-anticipated inclusion in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio when it offered up another top-notch tournament at the Commonwealth Games. Any fears that the abbreviated version of 15-a-side rugby union might fall flat in the football-obsessed Scottish city of Glasgow were quickly dispelled as a Games-record … Read more
The South African Sevens side, the Blitzbokke, overcame their nemesis, beating the New Zealand Sevens side in the final of the Las Vegas Sevens on Sunday night to move to the top of the HSBC Sevens World Series standings. By Michael Marnewick They came into the tournament as defending champions, enjoying the American sin city … Read more