Blitzboks hope to finish season on a high note as they head to SVNS World Championship

JOHANNESBURG – The Blitzboks will have one last shot at bringing home silverware at the SVNS World Championship in Los Angeles at Dignity Health Sports Park on Saturday.
 
“We can look back at the regular series where we had a mixed bag of results, but this effort here in Los Angeles will define the season” said  Blitzbok head coach Philip Snyman.

South Africa finished fourth on the Sevens Series standings.  Their campaign saw them win their home tournament in Cape Town, reach the final in Vancouver and finish fourth in Perth but disappoint in Dubai, Hong Kong and Singapore.

“There were brilliant moments, average moments and some poor moments, but we are looking towards this weekend, not behind us. We had our review of the series and know what we were good at, or not. Our fourth place in the series was an improvement from the previous year, but we want to be remembered by more than that” said Snyman.

The SVNS World Championship this weekend will be a tournament with no second chances and an opportunity where the Springbok Sevens team can deliver a performance that will do their season justice.

“To be successful this weekend, we approach this as a complete team effort where every individual will have to be on point when it comes to roles and responsibilities and to make sure that his job gets done. I believe our system is such that we will be successful if we manage that.”

South Africa will face Olympic champions France, Great Britain and HSBC SVNS league winners Argentina on Saturday in Pool A of the tournament. Fiji, Spain, Australia and New Zealand are in Pool B and the top two teams in each pool will contest the semi-finals on Sunday.

Pool A fixtures (SA times)
Saturday, 3 May
21h12: France
Sunday 4 May
00h13: Great Britain
03h46: Argentina