Blitz Bokke

[OomStruisbaai]

First up Olympics
Fixtures
tomorrow

04h00 against Ireland
12h00 vs Kenia

Tuesday
04h30 vs United States
Quarterfinals

Wednesday
Semi & finals

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19-14.

Points-Scorers

South Africa 33 – Tries: Zain Davids, Impi Visser, Justin Geduld, Chris Dry, Stedman Gans. Conversions: Selvyn Davids (4).

Ireland 14 – Tries: Gavin Mullin, Terry Kennedy. Conversions: Billy Dardis (2).

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SA vs Kenia now live

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Kenia have some big manne

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Our midgets just to slippery

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Hockey ladies 1 all vs Great Britain. 14-5

[assfly]

Blitzbokke looked very good against Kenya. So clinical when 1 on 1 and deadly at the breakdown, for such a small team.

[OomStruisbaai]

Hope Kenia advance with us. If they play more direct.

[Blake]

Really sad that players like Kok, Specman and Senatla decided to snub the Olympics and stick to XVs.

Powell has done a great job in building depth in the Sevens squad, but those 3 players have been the core of our team for the last 5 years. Without them I don't expect us to medal.

[OomStruisbaai]

SS

Blitzboks into Olympic Sevens quarters
By Brenden Nel
27 July 2021 | 05:58
Selwyn Davids © Gallo Images
The Springbok Sevens team surged into the quarterfinals with a tough 17-12 win over the USA to top their group and end the pool stages at the Tokyo Olympics unbeaten.


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But if the pool stages were tough, the going will get tougher now that the teams are into the knockout stages.

The Blitzboks face Argentina in their quarterfinal, after Los Pumas qualified from their group and if they win that, they have a massive potential semifinal against Olympic champions Fiji or Australia, who face each other in the other quarterfinal.

But given the obstacles the team has faced thus far in just getting to the competition, any result is a good one, especially as coach Neil Powell remains in isolation after testing positive for Covid and isn’t with the side.

The dangerous American side, who also qualified for the quarterfinals, and will face Great Britain in their quarterfinal, were closed down well as the Blitzboks exploited defensive mistakes to take the victory, which was tense to the end.

A brace of tries by Selwyn Davids and a third by Stedman Gans - two coming off American mistakes, saw the Blitzboks home in the end as they kept their composure on a wet field where they slipped too many tackles for comfort but scrambled well.

Still, the Blitzboks made sure the speedsters in the American team didn’t get any space to exploit and will be happy with their victory.

Argentina shocked Australia on day one and will provide a tough test for the Blitzboks later on Tuesday. Kickoff is scheduled for 11.28am and is live on Supersport.

Quarterfinals

QF1: New Zealand v Canada
QF2: Great Britain v USA
QF3: South Africa v Argentina
QF4: Fiji v Australia BROADCAST DETAILS

QF 3: 27 July at 11:28 on SS Rugby and OTT 2

[charltom]

Have the BlitzBokke not trained in how to play against 6 (or 5) men?

[Niegs]

Didn't watch, but guessing they're much like the Springboks and afraid to pass the ball two or three times in a row?

[OomStruisbaai]

Springbok Sevens pool schedule in Malaga(SA times):
Friday 21 January
2.12pm v Scotland

Saturday 22 January
2.14pm v England

Springbok Sevens squad:
1. Sako Makata – 11 tournaments, 46 matches, 35 points (7 tries)
2. Ryan Oosthuizen – 25 tournaments, 123 matches, 125 points (25 tries)
3. Impi Visser – 15 tournaments, 76 matches, 80 points (16 tries)
4. Zain Davids – 26 tournaments, 132 matches, 115 points (23 tries)
5. Christie Grobbelaar – five tournaments, 24 matches, 40 points (8 tries)
6. JC Pretorius – 14 tournaments, 77 matches, 170 points (34 tries)
7. Branco du Preez – 77 tournaments, 392 matches, 1378 points (98 tries, 441 conversions, 1 penalty goal, 1 drop goal)
8. Selvyn Davids – 23 tournaments, 120 matches, 468 points (53 tries, 100 conversions, 1 penalty goal)
9. Justin Geduld – 50 tournaments, 260 matches, 1034 points (111 tries, 238 conversions, 1 penalty goal)
10. Dewald Human – 11 tournaments, 51 matches, 167 points (13 tries, 51 conversions)
11. Siviwe Soyizwapi (captain) – 34 tournaments, 181 matches, 580 points (116 tries)
12. Mfundo Ndhlovu – five tournaments, 23 matches, 25 points (5 tries)
13. Darren Adonis – two tournaments, 12 matches, 32 points (6 tries, 1 conversion)

Selected Stats:
• Branco du Preez and Chris Dry (21) share the record for most career tournament victories on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, so Du Preez will top the list on his own if the Blitzboks are successful this weekend.

• Du Preez could also extend his national record for tournaments caps (77) and conversions kicked in the World Series (441) in Estadio Ciudad de Malaga.

• A total of 35 Blitzboks have earned Springbok Test caps, with Rosko Specman the last to do so (against Georgia in 2021).

World Series standings after two tournaments:
1. South Africa 44
2. Argentina 34
3. Australia 32
4. USA 30

[OomStruisbaai]

Beat Scotland 27-7

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In the final vs Argentina

The final will be shown live on SuperSport and kicks off at 7:50pm CAT (SA, GMT+2).

[OomStruisbaai]

Midget pull it through brilliantly after full time.

[ASMO]

World 7's has become a complately devalued concept now, nobody taking it seriously anymore, professional contracts have pretty much gone, it is now an amateur sport again.

[OomStruisbaai]

World 7's has become a complately devalued concept now, nobody taking it seriously anymore, professional contracts have pretty much gone, it is now an amateur sport again.

Except South Africa. We have a development program going. National schoolboy competition and a contracted group leaving school working with the coach at SA Sportinstutite in Stellenbosch.

[OomStruisbaai]

Our 7s are playing 15 for all our provincial teams and franchises. Senatla scored twice and make the winning try for the Stormers against the Bulls the past weekend.

[assfly]

World 7's has become a complately devalued concept now, nobody taking it seriously anymore, professional contracts have pretty much gone, it is now an amateur sport again.

It's certainly not the competition it was a few years ago. Let's hope it recovers in the coming months years, which it is showings signs of doing.

Playing in a half empty stadium in Malaga does nothing for the sport.

[OomStruisbaai]

In the Seville final. Argentina vs Australia now on

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Australia it is.

[OomStruisbaai]

Aussies fuck this solidly up.