How the Blitzboks are shredding the sevens opposition
Victory in Sydney was the Blitzboks’ first world series win in Australia since Adelaide in 2009 – the same year they won the overall title
The Blitzboks underlined their dominance of the HSBC World Sevens Series by winning the Sydney leg of the circuit on Sunday to open a massive lead at the top the standings. SA beat England 29-14 in the final after earlier losing 21-15 to the same opposition in Pool play on Saturday. England remain the only team to have beaten the Blitzboks this season after also winning the final in Cape Town last December as well. But with 22 wins from 24 matches this season‚ the Blitzboks are well ahead of the chasing pack. Victory in Sydney was the Blitzboks’ first world series win in Australia since Adelaide in 2009 – the same year they won the overall title – and the first time they have won back-to-back titles in Australasia after winning in Wellington last week. It was SA’s third win out of four tournaments this season and they moved to 85 log points out of a possible 88 in 2016-17 and their fifth consecutive final appearance in the series dating back to last season. Not since New Zealand won...
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