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
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
Visser: Aligned focus for Blitzboks in Vancouver
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: Aligned focus for Blitzboks in Vancouver

After winning gold twice and silver twice at BC Place in Vancouver in earlier versions of the Canadian leg of HSBC SVNS, the Springbok Sevens squad are well aware of their underwhelming performances in recent seasons.

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February 20, 2025
Smiling Snyman praises players for Cape Town triumph
South Africa team celebrate with trophy after victory in the Final over France during day two of the 2024 HSBC Cape Town Sevens at Cape Town Stadium in South Africa on 8 December 2024 © Ryan Wilkisky/BackpagePix
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Smiling Snyman praises players for Cape Town triumph

Springbok Sevens coach Philip Snyman was beaming with pride after the Blitzboks won the HSBC SVNS Cape Town for the first time since 2015 on Sunday evening.

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December 9, 2024
Human: Blitzboks owe supporters a big one in Cape Town
Dewald Human of South Africa is challenged by Tepaea Cook-Savage of New Zealand during day two of the 2023 HSBC Cape Town Sevens at Cape Town Stadium on 10 December 2023 ©Ryan Wilkisky/BackpagePix
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Human: Blitzboks owe supporters a big one in Cape Town

The Springbok Sevens team assembled in Cape Town without Ryan Oosthuizen, who picked up a concussion in Dubai last weekend and was ruled out of the HSBC SVNS Cape Town this weekend.

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December 4, 2024
Don: Blitzboks want to rebound in Cape Town
epa11107878 Joseva Talacolo (R) of Fiji is tackled by Donavan Don of South Africa 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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Don: Blitzboks want to rebound in Cape Town

For Donavan Don, last weekend’s season opening tournament in Dubai felt like his Springbok Sevens debut all over again, something the Blitzbok flyer is sure will happen again this weekend in Cape Town, where the DHL Stadium will play host to the second tournament of the 2025 HSBC SVNS series.

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December 4, 2024
Leyds: Blitzboks need to lay down a marker for new season
Tristan Leyds of South Africa during the Olympics Games Rugby 7’s bronze final match between South Africa and Australia France at the Stade de France in Paris, France on the 27th July ©Barry Aldworth/BackpagePix
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Leyds: Blitzboks need to lay down a marker for new season

Tristan Leyds might be a first timer at the Emirates Dubai 7s this year and low on HSBC SVNS experience compared to the rest of the Springbok Sevens squad, but the playmaker is more than ready for his debut at The SEVENS Stadium this weekend.

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November 28, 2024
Blitzboks to lay foundation for new cycle in Dubai
South Africa coach Sandile Ngcobo and South Africa assistant coach Philip Snyman during Day 3 of the 2022 HSBC Cape Town Sevens held at Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town on 11 November 2022 ©Shaun Roy/BackpagePix
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Blitzboks to lay foundation for new cycle in Dubai

The Springbok Sevens team leave Cape Town for Dubai with a firm belief in their objectives for the new season and the knowledge that teamwork and work ethic will be non-negotiable.

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November 26, 2024