Unbeaten Blitzboks power into Edmonton quarters
The Blitzboks topped pool A of the Edmonton Sevens with commanding wins over Mexico, Hong Kong and Canada on day one of the tournament.
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The Blitzboks topped pool A of the Edmonton Sevens with commanding wins over Mexico, Hong Kong and Canada on day one of the tournament.
The Springbok Sevens team beat Hong Kong 46-0 in their quarter-final on Sunday to set up a last four showdown against Kenya.
The Blitzboks ran in eight unanswered tries to beat Mexico 56-0 in their opening match of the Edmonton Sevens on Saturday.
Neil Powell has praised the Blitzboks following their success at the Canada Sevens tournament in Vancouver, where they claimed the title in commanding fashion after beating Kenya in the Cup final on Monday.
The Blitzboks will head into their final pool game against the USA high in confidence after clinching a hard-fought victory over Kenya to make it two wins from two on day one of the Olympic Sevens on Monday.
Check out this video compilation of big name fifteens players, including the likes of Springbok duo Cheslin Kolbe and Kwagga Smith, scoring on the sevens circuit.
The Springbok Sevens squad concluded their two-week Olympic Games training camp in Johannesburg this past Saturday in high spirits and with a number of valuable inputs achieved.
Check out World Rugby’s newly launched sevens campaign – ‘This Is How We Sevens’ – as excitement builds towards the Tokyo Olympic Games, which kicks off in under 50 days.
Wallaby centre Samu Kerevi has been included in Australia’s 12-man squad that will compete in the pre-Olympics Oceania Sevens Championship.
SA Rugby on Tuesday confirmed that the World Cup Sevens 2022 in Cape Town will take place next year from 9-11 September, with the Blitzboks and Imbokodo included on the roster.