Gans blow for Blitzboks
The Blitzboks will travel to the Paris leg of the World Rugby Sevens Series without the services of Stedman Gans after the youngster broke his hand in training.
The Blitzboks will travel to the Paris leg of the World Rugby Sevens Series without the services of Stedman Gans after the youngster broke his hand in training.
Dewald Human and Mfundo Ndhlovu will join the Blitzboks in Paris as injury replacements for Cecil Afrika and Branco du Preez.
The Blitzboks beat New Zealand and England at the London Sevens on Sunday, before losing to Fiji in the Cup final.
The Blitzboks scored five tries to defeat hosts England 29-19 in the semi-finals of the London Sevens on Sunday. MARIETTE ADAMS reports.
The best tries from the past weekend’s Singapore Sevens.
Fiji won the Singapore Sevens on Sunday, while the Blitzboks finished fourth.
Fiji overturned a 10-point deficit to claim a thrilling 12-10 semi-final win over the Blitzboks at the Singapore Sevens on Sunday. CRAIG LEWIS reports. Again, there is heartbreak for the Blitzboks against Fiji. Despite a dominant start to this contest from the Springboks Sevens, a young team was ultimately unable to display the necessary composure to close out a game… Read more →
The Blitzboks beat Samoa, Canada and Argentina to progress to the Cup quarter-finals.
Lions flank Kwagga Smith is one of three Super Rugby players to be included in the Blitzboks squad for the Commonwealth Games.
Philip Snyman will lead the Blitzboks at the upcoming Las Vegas Sevens tournament. Coach Neil Powell has been forced to name a vastly different squad from the one he selected for the tour of Australasia four weeks ago. Snyman returns to the fold after recovering from a hamstring injury picked up at the Sydney Sevens, while Ruhan Nel is back… Read more →