Aussie, Kiwi women lay down marker
Five teams progressed to the quarter-finals of the Women’s Sevens at the Olympic Games in Rio on Saturday.
Five teams progressed to the quarter-finals of the Women’s Sevens at the Olympic Games in Rio on Saturday.
Pool A features two of the favourites Fiji and Australia, as well as the USA and Colombia.
Pool B contains the first and last teams to qualify for the Olympics, New Zealand and Spain, who are alongside France and Kenya.
Pool C contains hosts Brazil, along highly fancied Canada, Great Britain and Japan.
World Rugby chats to the 2015 Sevens Player of the Year ahead of the 2016 Olympics.
Blitzboks coach Neil Powell says the team's earlier departure for the Olympic Games could work in their favour.
Blitzboks trio Seabelo Senatla, Cecil Afrika and Kyle Brown are on the cover of the new SA Rugby magazine, on sale now.
Springboks Bryan Habana, Ryan Kankowski and Francois Hougaard have been left out of the 12-man Blitzboks squad for the Olympic Games in Rio.
Sonny Bill Williams has been included in the New Zealand Sevens squad for the Olympic Games in Rio.
The Blitzboks won the Assupol Sevens tournament in Stellenbosch on Saturday.