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Jan 24, 19 •
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Comments Off on All Blacks Sevens team confirmed for HSBC New Zealand Sevens
After a week of training in Hamilton, All Blacks Sevens Coach Clark Laidlaw has finalised the 12 players that will don the black jersey in this weekend’s HSBC New Zealand Sevens in Hamilton. The team is;1. Scott Curry2. Tim Mikkelson3. Tone Ng Shiu4. Joe...
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Jan 24, 19 •
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Comments Off on Right ingredients for next generation Blitzboks
This Springbok Sevens team have the right mix of experience, youthful exuberance and proven skill to make the 2018/19 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series a telling one. And Blitzbok captain Philip Snyman feels the slower than usual start to the season could just...
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Jan 23, 19 •
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Comments Off on Black Ferns Sevens named for inaugural home appearance
The Black Ferns Sevens will take the field in New Zealand for the first time this weekend and Coach Allan Bunting has named a strong team for the invitational Fast Four tournament. Veteran midfielder Niall Williams returns from injury while Manawatu’s...
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Jan 22, 19 •
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Comments Off on “No excuses trip” for Blitzboks – Stedman Gans
The Springbok Sevens team will make no excuses about travel times, time zones or personal discomfort during their stay in Hamilton for the HSBC New Zealand Sevens tournament. Blitzbok playmaker Stedman Gans reiterated this as the squad continued with their...
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Jan 22, 19 •
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Comments Off on All Blacks Sevens squad complete for 2019
Just days out from the first HSBC Sevens World Series event of the year, the All Blacks Sevens have confirmed the final places in their 2019 squad. Commonwealth Games gold medallists and World Cup winners Sam Dickson and Dylan Collier have recommitted to the...
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Jan 21, 19 •
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Comments Off on Soyizwapi hopes for happy Hamilton Sevens
His debut visit to the HSBC New Zealand Sevens in Wellington as a Blitzboks rookie in 2017 was an emotional one, as the team were crowned the tournament champions, but Springbok flyer, Siviwe Soyizwapi, has no illusions about the task ahead on his second...
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Jan 21, 19 •
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Comments Off on QANTAS AUSTRALIAN MEN’S SEVENS SIDE NAMED FOR HSBC HAMILTON SEVENS
1. Nick Malouf, University of Queensland, 24 caps 2. Lachlan Anderson, Eastwood, 18 caps 3. Henry Hutchison, Randwick, 18 caps 4. Simon Kennewell, Randwick, 11 caps 5. Jeral Skelton, Brothers, 6 caps 6. Sam Myers, Norths (Sydney), 38 caps 7. Josh Coward*,...
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Jan 18, 19 •
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Comments Off on All Blacks Sevens looking forward to home advantage
The All Blacks Sevens team will be looking to kick off 2019 in style when they take to the field in Hamilton next weekend at the HSBC New Zealand Sevens. After a shocking run of injuries at the end of last year, Coach Clark Laidlaw has an almost fully fit...
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Jan 17, 19 •
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Comments Off on Dry, Gans recalled for Blitzboks’ Australasian jaunt
The experienced Chris Dry will return to the Springbok Sevens squad for the first time in more than a year after being named in the tour group for the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series tournaments in New Zealand and Australia. Dry last played for the defending...
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Jan 16, 19 •
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Comments Off on Ojee Captains Shujaa Squad on Duty at the Hamilton and Sydney 7s
Jacob Ojee will skipper the Shujaa squad during the Hamilton and Sydney 7s deputized by Michael Wanjala. Commenting on his selection of Ojee as Captain, Head Coach Paul Murunga had this to say, “Ojee is able to lead the team. This has been noted enough...
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Jan 15, 19 •
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Comments Off on DRAW ANNOUNCED FOR QANTAS AUSTRALIAN WOMEN’S SEVENS SIDE AT HSBC SYDNEY 7s
The Qantas Australian Women’s Sevens squad’s road at the HSBC Sydney 7s has been laid out with the draw today confirmed for February 1-3. Australia will take on Spain, China and the USA in what will be an intense battle as the defending champions look to...
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Jan 15, 19 •
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Comments Off on Youthful injection to Black Ferns Sevens in 2019
Three teenage rugby players will make the step out of the classroom and into professional rugby in 2019, with the Black Ferns Sevens squad announcement featuring the fresh faces of Jazmin Hotham, Mahina Paul and Montessa Tairakena. The three players have...
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Jan 14, 19 •
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Comments Off on SA Rugby Sevens Academy improve in Chile
The SA Rugby Sevens Academy finished in fifth place at the Vina del Mar Sevens in Chile on Sunday after winning five out of six matches at the tournament, the second of two in the SudAmerica Rugby Sevens series. The follows a sixth place in Punta del Este,...
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Jan 13, 19 •
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Comments Off on Unbeaten SA Rugby Sevens Academy to face Uruguay in Cup quarters
The SA Rugby Sevens Academy team delivered a much-improved performance and will face Uruguay in the Cup quarter-finals of the SudAmerica Rugby Sevens tournament in Vina del Mar, Chile on Sunday. The South Africans had a strong opening day, scoring a good win...
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Jan 11, 19 •
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Comments Off on Improvement high on the agenda for SA Rugby Sevens Academy in Chile
The SA Rugby Sevens Academy squad will be looking for an improved performance in Chile where they will contest the second tournament of the Sudamerica Rugby Sevens circuit on Saturday and Sunday. The South Africans travelled to Vina del Mar on Monday after a...
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Jan 7, 19 •
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Comments Off on Mixed results for SA Rugby Sevens Academy in Uruguay
The SA Rugby Sevens Academy delivered a day of up and down results in Punte del Este in Uruguay on Sunday, finishing sixth in the first of two legs of the Sudamerica Rugby Sevens series. A 19-17 defeat to Portugal in the Cup quarter-finals knocked the South...
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Jan 6, 19 •
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Comments Off on SA Rugby Sevens Academy faces Portugal in Cup Quarter-final
The SA Rugby Sevens Academy team on Saturday finished second in pool B of the Sudamerica Rugby Sevens tournament in Punta del Este after securing victories against Russia (26-5) and Colombia (10-0) before suffering a narrow defeat against Uruguay (7-0). This...
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Jan 5, 19 •
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Comments Off on Familiar faces await Sevens Academy in South America
They came, they saw and they conquered in 2018, and not much has changed for SA Rugby Sevens Academy coach, Marius Schoeman, and his team upon arrival earlier this week in Uruguay, where they will defend their Punta del Este Sevens title on Saturday and...
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Dec 28, 18 •
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Comments Off on Three Blitzboks off to South America with Academy team
Three capped Blitzboks, Ryan Oosthuizen, James Murphy and Heino Bezuidenhout, have been named in the SA Rugby Sevens Academy team by their coach, Marius Schoeman, for the Sudamerica Rugby Sevens tournaments in Uruguay and Chile early in the new year. The SA...
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Dec 13, 18 •
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Comments Off on Madibaz star receives national sevens contract
Madibaz sevens rugby star Eloise Webb is ready to take her career to the next level after being awarded a Springbok contract last month for the first time. The 22-year-old Nelson Mandela University education student, who lives in Summerstrand, Port Elizabeth,...
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Dec 11, 18 •
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Comments Off on Setbacks for Blitzboks as injury toll rises
Springbok Sevens players Muller du Plessis and Justin Geduld are in a race against time to be fit to tour to Hamilton next month for the HSBC New Zealand Sevens. Both players picked up injuries at the HSBC Cape Town Sevens last weekend, ruling them out of...
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Dec 11, 18 •
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Comments Off on Blitzboks improving as a team, says Human
The younger generation of Blitzboks again showed in Cape Town that they are indeed more than capable to swim at the deep end of the HSBC World Sevens Series pool, according to Dewald Human, one of the newer players in the Springbok Sevens set-up. And with a...
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Dec 10, 18 •
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Comments Off on Mother City, fans, partners thanked as HSBC Cape Town Sevens unites
The power of sport to unite was brightly and boldly in evidence once again with bumper crowds celebrating in joyous harmony at the fourth edition of the HSBC Cape Town Sevens over the past weekend. Mr Mark Alexander, president of the South African Rugby...
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Dec 10, 18 •
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Comments Off on All Blacks Sevens finish fourth in Cape Town
A week after claiming victory at the HSBC Dubai Sevens, the All Blacks Sevens have finished in fourth place in Cape Town. Ravaged by injuries over the past two weeks, Coach Clark Laidlaw said while the fourth place finish is disappointing there is also a lot...
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Dec 10, 18 •
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Comments Off on Blitzboks claim bronze at HSBC Cape Town Sevens
The Springbok Sevens team finished third at the HSBC Cape Town Sevens on Sunday after they beat New Zealand 10-5 in the bronze medal match, finishing a weekend that received the thumbs up from Blitzbok coach Neil Powell and captain Philip Snyman. Starting the...
