Blitzboks not taking anything for granted despite top spot
The Blitzboks play England, Kenya and Chile this weekend, but despite SA’s 24-point lead, the coach says there’s still room for improvement
Blitzboks coach Neil Powell’s biggest challenge this week has been to temper expectations and the praise his team has received during their preparations for the sixth round of the HSBC World Sevens Series in Vancouver. After winning last weekend’s fifth leg in Las Vegas for their fourth title of the season‚ SA moved 24 points clear of Fiji at the top of the overall standings. Seldom has a side held such an enormous advantage at the half-way mark in the campaign. The last time there was anything as close to such a wide gap between first and second on the standings‚ was midway through the season in 2007-08, when New Zealand virtually lapped the field by winning the opening five tournaments of the campaign. It’s difficult to see how SA can be stopped from winning the overall title from this position‚ but Powell was not taking it for granted. This weekend, the Blitzboks are drawn against England‚ Kenya and Chile in pool play. SA have won 28 of their 30 matches this season‚ their only tw...
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