Blitzboks fuel up on old, new faces
Mfundo Ndhlovu returns to the Blitzboks team while Zander Reynders is in line to make his debut at the Cape Town Sevens this weekend.
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Mfundo Ndhlovu returns to the Blitzboks team while Zander Reynders is in line to make his debut at the Cape Town Sevens this weekend.
The Blitzboks feed off the Cape Town Stadium crowd and Siviwe ‘Shakes’ Soyizwapi is determined to make a winning return to the venue on Saturday.
Veteran Ryan Oosthuizen has been ruled out of the Cape Town Sevens, with coach Philip Snyman adding four players to the Blitzbok squad for this weekend’s showpiece.
Donavan Don believes the new format to be introduced at the Cape Town SVNS tournament this week has upped the stakes for the Blitzboks following their disappointing sixth place finish in Dubai on Sunday.
Coach Philip Snyman did not disguise his disappointment with the Blitzboks’ performance in the 2024-25 SVNS Series opener, finishing sixth in the Dubai 7s.
The Blitzboks went down to France to end a disappointing weekend in the desert for South Africa on the final day of the Dubai Sevens on Sunday.
A late double from New Zealand’s Sofai Maka sent the Blitzboks crashing out of the Dubai SVNS quarter-finals on Sunday.
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A Donavan Don try in added time secured a Blitzbok win over France and safe passage to the Dubai cup quarter-finals for the defending champions on Saturday.
The Blitzboks need a win from their final Pool A match at the Dubai Sevens to keep their cup playoff hopes alive after a shock defeat to Kenya on Saturday.