WORLD SEVENS SERIES
Blitzbok Seabelo Senatla shelves thoughts of 200 touchdowns
Blitzboks try-machine Seabelo Senatla is putting thoughts of individual milestones out of his mind as 200 World Sevens Series tries loom within touching distance for the wing. Senatla, who will only be involved in the first four tournaments of the 10-event circuit before moving back to fifteens, moved to fifth on the all-time sevens try-scoring list last weekend. He scored seven tries at the season-opening tournament in Dubai, and advanced to 196 career tries, as the Blitzboks won the title to start the defence of their status as world champions in the best way possible. Senatla, 24, has scored his tries at a staggering rate of more than one per match, with his total having being amassed in a mere 173 games. Barring injury, he should break the 200-try mark at some stage during this weekend’s Cape Town sevens. "I don’t really think about those kinds of records," Senatla said. "It’s like when I was getting close to my 100th try, as soon as I stepped on the field, all you’re thinking a...
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