Blitzboks primed for liftoff in Vancouver
Head coach Sandile Ngcobo said the Blitzboks will run out at BC Place with a clear vision and well prepared for their Canada Sevens opener against New Zealand on Friday.
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Head coach Sandile Ngcobo said the Blitzboks will run out at BC Place with a clear vision and well prepared for their Canada Sevens opener against New Zealand on Friday.
Veteran forward Zain Davids and exciting speedster Shaun Williams are looking to bring variety to the Blitzbok effort at the Vancouver Sevens this week.
Rosko Specman is keen to make his impact felt when he returns for the Blitzboks in his first Canada Sevens tournament since 2017.
Head coach Sandile Ngcobo made five changes to the Blitzboks squad for the World Sevens Series legs in Vancouver and Los Angeles over the next two weeks.
Veteran playmaker Rosko Specman says his approach with the younger Blitzboks is to put them in “uncomfortable positions” in a bid to win the 2024 World Sevens Series.
Blitzboks stalwart Siviwe Soyizwapi is determined to rebound from the “most difficult challenge” of his career, having been sidelined since August following a knee injury.
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Head coach Sandile Ngcobo says the Blitzboks were on the wrong side of tight margins in consecutive defeats on Saturday that cost them a shot at the Perth Sevens title.
The Blitzboks were knocked out of the Perth Sevens title race after a narrow defeat to Fiji in the cup quarter-finals on Saturday.
The Blitzboks progressed to the Perth Sevens cup quarter-finals despite a loss to Argentina in the Pool A decider on Saturday.