Champion Blitzboks won’t rest on laurels
The Springbok Sevens want to finish the 2016-17 season with a tournament win at the London Sevens this weekend.
The Springbok Sevens want to finish the 2016-17 season with a tournament win at the London Sevens this weekend.
SA Sevens Academy player Marco Labuschagne will be the Blitzboks' reserve player for this weekend's London Sevens.
The Blitzboks beat Scotland 15-5 in the final to win the Paris Sevens tournament and clinch the World Rugby Sevens Series title.
The Blitzboks claimed the World Rugby Sevens Series title after arch-rivals England failed to qualify for the final of the tournament in Paris.
The Blitzboks beat Samoa 12-0 to set up a meeting with New Zealand in the Paris Sevens Cup semi-finals.
The Blitzboks will meet Samoa in the Cup quarter-finals after finishing second in Pool A at the Paris Sevens.
The Blitzboks beat Japan 35-5 after losing to Scotland earlier on day one of the Paris Sevens.
The Blitzboks suffered an early setback when they lost 19-12 to Scotland in their first pool match at the Paris Sevens on Saturday.
The Blitzboks will clinch their first World Rugby Sevens Series title since 2008-09 if they reach the Cup final of the Paris Sevens this weekend.
Playmaker Rosco Speckman will return to the Blitzboks' squad for next weekend's Paris Sevens.