Blitzboks playing for ninth in Vancouver
The Blitzboks’ hopes of winning a fourth Canada Sevens title faded quickly after suffering a heavy pool stage defeat to Ireland on Saturday.
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The Blitzboks’ hopes of winning a fourth Canada Sevens title faded quickly after suffering a heavy pool stage defeat to Ireland on Saturday.
Antoine Dupont wasted little time in getting up and running in his first Sevens Series tournament, scoring twice to take France to the semi-finals in Vancouver.
A long-haul flight and unfamiliarly chilly conditions are not deterring an experienced Blitzboks side as they target a second tournament win of the season in Vancouver this weekend.
Tristan Leyds scored his third try of the weekend and set up another to help the Blitzboks beat France to finish fifth at the Perth Sevens on Sunday.
The Blitzboks brushed aside Spain on Friday to complete a perfect start to the Perth Sevens.
The breakout star from a difficult 2023 season for the Blitzboks, Ricardo Duarttee is eager to make his first appearance of the 2024 season a memorable one in Perth this weekend.
The World Rugby Sevens Series returns to Australia on Friday where the Blitzboks produced a performance for the ages last year in thrashing Fiji to advance to the final.
David Brits is also a man on a mission and now, to the benefit of Springbok Sevens supporters, he’ll soon be in the green and gold.
France captain Antoine Dupont is expected at his first preparatory day for the Paris Olympics sevens event, the French Rugby Federation have announced.
The Blitzboks finished sixth overall at the Cape Town Sevens after suffering a fifth-place playoff defeat to New Zealand on Sunday afternoon.