The Blitzboks changed their usual travelling routine by arriving earlier than usual in Australia to prepare for the Sydney leg of the HSBC World Sevens Series at the Allianz Stadium this weekend. Unusually‚ the event will take place over three days. The defending World Series and Sydney champions open their Pool C account against Papua New Guinea on Friday. They then have to wait 24 hours for their next matches‚ against Spain and England on Saturday‚ before the knockout phases on Sunday. "The Sydney tournament does have a bit of a Hong Kong Sevens feel to it due to the fact that it is played over three days‚" coach Neil Powell said. "We arrived a bit earlier than normal because of that. It is not the easiest thing to travel to Australia and New Zealand from SA as it takes a day or two to get back into the flow of things. "We needed to make sure the players had enough sleep and lifted the intensity of training as the week progressed. "We will have a captain’s run on Friday morning‚ a...
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