SEVENS SERIES
Blitzboks hit a wobble
Blitzboks’ well-oiled machine slows after their worst World Sevens Series finish of the season in Singapore
The wheels are starting to come off the Blitzboks’ well-oiled machine but they remain firmly in control of the 2016-17 World Sevens Series after their worst finish of the season in Singapore at the weekend. SA came sixth‚ ending a run of seven consecutive finals‚ but they still finished ahead of Fiji‚ their closest title challengers. The Blitzboks went into the eighth round of the 10-leg series 23 points clear of Fiji‚ but the islanders lost ground after finishing seventh. The two sides met in a minor playoff to see who would contest the fifth/sixth playoff‚ which guaranteed at least an extra two log points. SA won 19-14 thanks to a brilliant solo try from Cecil Afrika with Fiji down to six men. "The win over Fiji was a vital one and one of the success stories of this tournament for us," coach Neil Powell said. "We could also blood a number of youngsters‚ and there does not seem to be any real injury concerns. Those are all positives." England‚ in third overall going into the tourna...
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