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The Blitzboks' second triumph in Dubai on Saturday was made even sweeter by all the Covid-19 related challenges they had to face, which includes the coaches having to act as players.
The Blitzboks have taken a firm grip on the 2021/22 HSBC World Sevens Series after their second tournament victory in Dubai this season. The Blitzboks have taken a firm grip on the 2021/22 HSBC World Sevens Series after their second tournament victory in Dubai this season.
The dozen-strong army that will represent South Africa in the rugby sevens competition at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics has been named. The battle-hardened trio of Justin Geduld, Branco du Preez and Chris Dry headline the final list of 14 selected by SA Sevens coach Neil Powell. The trio of Springbok Sevens stalwarts will bring 199 tournaments worth of HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series experience to the team. The squad was announced as part of the last contingent of athletes travelling to fly the South African flag in Japan in a couple of weeks. Du Preez and Dry – who went to the 2016 Rio Olympics a...
Blitzboks mix and match for Solidarity Camp News24 Siviwe Soyizwapi and Impi Visser will lead two experienced, but also experimental outfits in this weekend's tournament of Rugby Africa's Sevens Solidarity Camp, to be played at Markötter Stadium in Stellenbosch on Saturday and Sunday. The two South African sides, consisting of Springbok Sevens and SA Rugby Sevens Academy players, will take the field against Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe, alongside the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport Sevens Academy, in what will be their first international matches in 14 months. The South Africans last played int...
Bulls captain Player of the Year for 2020. It's the second time the burly Springbok No 8 has won this prestigious award in his career. Vermeulen, who led the Bulls to the Super Rugby Unlocked and Currie Cup titles, was also named Super Rugby and Super Rugby Unlocked Player of the Year. ???? Ladies and gentlemen, your SA Rugby Player of the Year for 2020 is the one and only Duane Vermeulen, for the second time during his stellar career! #SARugbyAwardspic.twitter.com/31N7KmknFO— Springboks (@Springboks) March 4, 2021 Not surprisingly, the awards were dominated by champion team from Pretoria....