World Champs Duarttee and Ndhlovu to boost SA effort in Mauritius
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World Champs Duarttee and Ndhlovu to boost SA effort in Mauritius

Ricardo Duarttee and Mfundo Ndhlovu, who were members of the Blitzboks’ HSBC SVNS World Championship winning squad, have been included in the Springbok Sevens ‘A’ squad for the Rugby Africa Sevens Cup in Mauritius, where Springbok Sevens head coach Philip Snyman will get a glimpse of what the future holds for the sevens programme.

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June 13, 2025
Snyman: Blitzboks’ true colours glittered in Los Angeles
Philip Snyman, assistant coach of South Africa Sevens team during the SARU appointment of new South Africa Sevens coach at the Cullinan Hotel in Cape Town on 15 September 2022 © Ryan Wilkisky/BackpagePix
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Snyman: Blitzboks’ true colours glittered in Los Angeles

Springbok Sevens head coach Philip Snyman heaped praise on his squad after a commanding weekend of sevens rugby displayed at the HSBC SVNS World Championship in Los Angeles, with the Blitzboks finishing as the only undefeated side and crowned winners on Sunday.

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May 5, 2025
Van Wyk: Consistency key to LA success
epa11851221 Shilton van Wyk of South Africa scores a try during the Rugby SVNS Series cup quarter finals match Fiji against South Africa at HBF Park in Perth, Australia, 25 January 2025. EPA/RICHARD WAINWRIGHT AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT
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Van Wyk: Consistency key to LA success

The Springbok Sevens’ 2025 season had it all: a rare home win in Cape Town, a losing final appearance in Vancouver, a fourth-place finish in Perth and some less flattering results in Dubai, Hong Kong and Singapore.

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May 2, 2025
SA Rugby pays tribute to Norman Mbiko
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SA Rugby pays tribute to Norman Mbiko

SA Rugby mourns the passing of Norman Mbiko, the last captain of the African Springboks and a former head coach of the Blitzboks, who passed away in the early hours of Tuesday morning at the age of 79 after a long illness.

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April 22, 2025
Snyman accepts blame for Blitzboks’ Hong Kong misfire
South Africa assistant coach Philip Snyman and South Africa coach Sandile Ngcobo during the 2022 HSBC Cape Town Sevens South Africa training session held at Hamiltons Rugby Club in Cape Town on 06 November 2022 ©Shaun Roy/BackpagePix
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Snyman accepts blame for Blitzboks’ Hong Kong misfire

Springbok Sevens head coach Philip Snyman still believes his squad can beat any other team on the HSBC SVNS, so their ninth-place finish in Hong Kong Sevens was a bitter pill to swallow.

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April 21, 2025
Visser: Blitzboks not in Singapore to shop
Impi Visser of South Africa getting tackled by Jeremy Trevithick of Spain during day two of the 2024 HSBC Cape Town Sevens at Cape Town Stadium in South Africa on 7 December 2024 © Reinhardt Hamman/BackpagePix
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Visser: Blitzboks not in Singapore to shop

The splendour of Singapore means it is considered a popular shopping destination, but Springbok Sevens co-captain Impi Visser insists that is the very last thing on their minds this week.

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April 3, 2025
Snyman: Blitzboks ready for Hong Kong challenge
Philip Snyman, assistant coach of South Africa Sevens team during the SARU appointment of new South Africa Sevens coach at the Cullinan Hotel in Cape Town on 15 September 2022 © Ryan Wilkisky/BackpagePix
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Snyman: Blitzboks ready for Hong Kong challenge

The Springbok Sevens team are ready to let the ‘Gino’ out of the bottle when they face Uruguay, Australia and New Zealand in their pool at the Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens, which moves to a new venue this year, the 50,000-seater Kai Tak Stadium.

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March 28, 2025
Oosthuizen: Blitzboks’ belief and smiles are real
epa11107875 Ryan Oosthuizen (R) of South Africa under pressure from Pilipo Bukayaro of Fiji during the World Rugby Sevens Series men's quarterfinal between Fiji and South Africa at HBF Park, Perth, Australia, 27 January 2024. EPA/RICHARD WAINWRIGHT AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT
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Oosthuizen: Blitzboks’ belief and smiles are real

There is a real belief amongst the players in the Springbok Sevens squad that they are improving as a team and doing the right things well has become a blueprint for them, according to experienced forward Ryan Oosthuizen, who arrived in Hong Kong this week for a seventh time as a Blitzbok.

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March 26, 2025
Soyizwapi: Blitzboks to keep eye on the prize in Hong Kong
South Africa's Siviwe Soyizwapi kicks a conversion to win the rugby sevens bronze medal match against Australia at the Stade de France on the first day of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in France. Picture date: Saturday July 27, 2024.
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Soyizwapi: Blitzboks to keep eye on the prize in Hong Kong

Fifty seven tournaments into his HSBC SVNS career, Siviwe Soyizwapi returns to Hong Kong for a sixth time, older and wiser, but just as determined as he was in 2016, when he made his Blitzbok debut at the Hong Kong Stadium.

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March 24, 2025