What has gone wrong with the once mighty Blitzbokke? They managed to beat England but fell to both Portugal – for the first time in history – and to Samoa to finish the round robin section joint bottom of pool C with England on five points. No Cecil Afrika is a huge loss to the […]
Not a good day for the depleted and injury hit Blitzbokke in pouring rain in Tokyo as they competed in the Japan leg of the IRB World Sevens Championship. In their opening match South Africa beat Scotland by 14-0 with tries in each half by Kyle Brown and Cornal Hendricks. Scotland were reduced to six when […]
After going down 19-10 to New Zealand in the first round, the Blitzbokke failed to impress in their semifinal match against the same team going down 19-12, setting up yet another Fiji vs New Zealand Final in Hong Kong. Earlier Fiji had beaten England 14 -7 to move into the final. South Africa had beaten […]
Two tries, one in the first half by Boom Prinsloo and one in the second half from Cecil Afrika, gave South Africa a 10-0 victory over Wales in the first round of the Hong Kong Sevens on Friday. Earlier in the day Samoa had beaten Kenya 19-7, Spain beat Zimbabwe 19-5 and Australia thrashed […]
Blitzbokke move up to third on World Series log South Africa finished fourth at the USA Sevens in Las Vegas on Monday morning after the Blitzbokke lost their Third Place playoff by 21-15 against Fiji. Despite their defeat, the Blitzbokke managed to move up one place to third overall on the HSBC Sevens World Series […]
Keo.co.za says that media indicate George will host an IPL-style Sevens tournament in December. Rapport reports that the tournament, to be hosted a week after the Port Elizabeth leg of the official Sevens series, has already been sanctioned by the South African Rugby Union. The South Western Districts have confirmed that well known sports promoter […]
South Africa must overcome powerful HSBC Sevens World Series champions New Zealand to book a place in the USA Sevens Cup Final after both teams advanced to the last four early on Sunday morning. The final knockout matches in Las Vegas are scheduled for late on Sunday evening (SA time). The Blitzbokke, who are the […]
Stephan Dippenaar, the former Vodacom Bulls centre, is set to make his Springbok Sevens debut in New Zealand after he was included in the squad of 14 players for the next two legs of the HSBC Sevens World Series, in Wellington and Las Vegas. Dippenaar was named at a media conference at the team’s new, […]
Cecil Afrika, the IRB Sevens Player of the Year, has been unveiled as the new IRB Keep Rugby Clean Ambassador for Rugby Sevens. Afrika is in his third season for the Springbok Sevens team and was singled out in 2011 as the finest Sevens exponent in the world after starring on the Sevens World Series. […]
2011/12 IRB Sevens Fixtures Tournament Date Venue Winner Australia 25-26 Nov 2011 Skilled Stadium, Gold Coast New Zealand Dubai 2-3 Dec 2011 7he Sevens England South Africa 9-10 Dec 2011 Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth New Zealand New Zealand 3-4 Feb 2012 Westpac Stadium USA 10-12 Feb 2012 Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas Hong […]