Blitzboks are ready to roll
The opening day will be tough, says Blitzbok coach Neil Powell
Blitzbok coach Neil Powell has unsurprisingly retained the same 12-man squad for the Cape Town leg of the HSBC World Sevens Series‚ which starts in the Mother City on Saturday. After winning the 2016-17 series’ opening tournament in Dubai last week‚ it was unlikely Powell would have made any changes to the team. Fortunately, minor niggles to captain Philip Snyman and Kwagga Smith were not serious and the pair were cleared for duty this weekend. The Blitzboks won all six of their games in Dubai including a superb 40-0 win over New Zealand in the quarterfinals and a 26-14 win over Olympic gold medallists Fiji in the final. The squad that will be defending its Cape Town title, as well as aiming for its fourth consecutive South African win after triumphing in Port Elizabeth in 2013 and 2014‚ has a combined 375 tournament caps. That makes the Blitzboks the most experienced of the 16 teams. "We are fortunate to be able to again field an experienced squad‚" Powell said. "There were niggles...
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