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May 31, 22 •
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Comments Off on HSBC Cape Town Sevens back with a bang in December
The ever-popular HSBC Cape Town Sevens will return to the Mother City on the weekend of 9-11 December this year, when the best men’s and women’s sevens teams in the world will return to the DHL Stadium for the first time since 2019. The 2023 HSBC World...
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Feb 1, 20 •
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Comments Off on Davids gets six as Blitzboks hit straps
Winger Angelo Davids scored a hat-trick of tries against Argentina and France at Bankwest Stadium, Parramatta on Saturday as the Springbok Sevens delivered a masterclass of sevens at the HSBC Sydney Sevens. They outplayed Argentina 52-14 and France 24-12 to...
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Jan 30, 20 •
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Comments Off on England Men Sevens squad named for Sydney
Acting head coach James Rodwell has named his England Men Sevens squad for the HSBC Sydney Sevens [live on Sky Sports Arena]. Ben Harris comes into the 12-player tournament group in the only change to the squad who finished fourth in Hamilton last weekend....
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Jan 30, 20 •
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Comments Off on Justin Geduld: From despair to gratitude in 50 tournaments
Two hundred and fifty-five matches – and 49 tournaments – ago, when Justin Geduld ran onto the field in the colours of the Springboks Sevens team for the very first time, he cried tears of joy. By the end of it, those turned into tears of despair though,...
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Jan 30, 20 •
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Comments Off on TRAE WILLIAMS TO GET FIRST AUSSIE 7s START ON HOME SOIL
Henry Hutchison, Randwick, 29 caps Dylan Pietsch, Randwick, 15 caps Jeral Skelton, Brothers, 17 caps Lewis Holland (vc), Queanbeyan, 49 caps Lachie Miller, Randwick, 9 caps Joe Pincus, Easts (Sydney), 9 caps Josh Turner, Manly, 3 caps Jesse Parahi, Norths...
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Jan 29, 20 •
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Comments Off on Blitzboks excited to restore pride
The Blitzboks have not have forgotten the disappointment of a sub-standard performance last week in Hamilton, but stand-in captain Stedman Gans says this has been overshadowed by the excitement of a new opportunity to be the best team they can be and to play...
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Jan 27, 20 •
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Comments Off on Blitzboks in recovery mode with Sydney looming
The Springbok Sevens squad have their plans laid out as they prepare to tackle Argentina, Samoa and France in Pool B of the HSBC Sydney Sevens this weekend, having arrived from Hamilton, New Zealand earlier on Monday. It was an unhappy visit to the Land of...
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Jan 25, 20 •
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Comments Off on Fans soak up sevens and sun in Hamilton
• Home teams go unbeaten on opening day• Black Ferns Sevens make history in Hamilton • Police praise crowd behaviour• NZR looks to take event to Fiji in 2023 Sizzling sevens and weather to match saw the HSBC New Zealand Sevens 21st birthday...
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Jan 25, 20 •
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Comments Off on England Men open with two wins
England Men Sevens top their group after day one of HSBC Hamilton Sevens after two wins from their opening two games. In their opener against Kenya, two early Willy Ambaka tries were sandwiched in between a score from Ollie Lindsay-Hague before Andrew Amonde...
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Jan 25, 20 •
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Comments Off on Blitzboks in troubled waters in Hamilton
The Springbok Sevens team crucially lost 21-19 to England at the HSBC New Zealand Sevens on Saturday and pending the final Pool B matches on Sunday, could miss out of the semi-finals at FMG Stadium Waikato in Hamilton. The Blitzboks, who earlier beat Japan...
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Jan 23, 20 •
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Comments Off on Home crowd awaits a strong All Blacks Sevens outfit
Two days out from the HSBC New Zealand Sevens, All Blacks Sevens Coach Clark Laidlaw has named the 12 players set to don the black jersey in front of their home crowd in Hamilton. The team is; Scott Curry – co-captain Tim Mikkelson – co-captain Tone Ng...
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Jan 21, 20 •
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Comments Off on Du Plessis, Davids to add speed to Blitzboks team
The HSBC World Sevens Series has become synonymous with all-out action, tries galore, big hits and watching some of the premier athletes in the game trying to outrun each other – all at breath-taking speeds. Some of the fastest players in the world out...
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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 3, 18 •
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Comments Off on Blitzboks to honour Madiba in special jersey in Cape Town
The Springbok Sevens team will join in the centenary celebrations of the life of the late Mr Nelson Mandela by playing in a specially designed Madiba-jerseys at the HSBC Cape Town Sevens this weekend. Mr Mandela would have turned 100 years old in 2018. He...
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Jan 15, 14 •
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Comments Off on Experienced Springbok Sevens side to defend USA title
Springbok Sevens coach Neil Powell named an experienced team to defend their HSBC Sevens World Series tournament title at the USA Sevens in Las Vegas next weekend. Injury permitting, the same team will also travel to New Zealand a week later for the...
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Dec 1, 13 •
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Comments Off on Nelson Mandela Bay Sevens Fixtures
Fixtures: December 2013 07 11:00 New Zealand vs Portugal Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, PE HSBC Sevens World Series South Africa 07 11:22 Wales vs USA Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, PE HSBC Sevens World Series South Africa 07 11:44 England vs Samoa Nelson Mandela...
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Dec 9, 12 •
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Comments Off on Springbok Sevens win bronze in Cell C Nelson Mandela Bay Sevens
The Springbok Sevens team finished strongly to claim the bronze medal at the Cell C Nelson Mandela Bay Sevens tournament in Port Elizabeth on Sunday, the third tournament of the HSBC World Sevens Series. The BlitzBokke thumped Argentina 35-0 in the third...
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Dec 9, 12 •
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Comments Off on South Africa undefeated on day one of Cell C Nelson Mandela Bay Sevens
The Springbok Sevens team topped pool A of the Cell C Nelson Mandela Bay Sevens in Port Elizabeth on Saturday after defeating Samoa, France and Australia and will face the USA in the Cup quarterfinals on Sunday. The South African BlitzBokke were undefeated,...
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Dec 6, 12 •
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Comments Off on Afrika boost for Blitzbokke
Cecil Afrika has returned to the Springbok Sevens squad for the Cell C Nelson Mandela Bay Sevens tournament after missing round two of the HSBC Sevens World Series last weekend in Dubai. Afrika, the former IRB Sevens Player of the year, is one of three...
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Dec 3, 12 •
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Comments Off on Springbok Sevens call for back-up
Springbok Sevens playmaker Cecil Africa is one of three players who joined the squad today for the Cell C Nelson Mandela Bay Sevens this weekend in Port Elizabeth. Africa’s inclusion in the final squad is however subject to a fitness test later in the week,...
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Dec 3, 12 •
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Comments Off on Blitzbokke face formidable World Series challenge on home soil
Cell C Nelson Mandela Bay Sevens host South Africa were placed in a tough pool following the official tournament draw by the IRB on Saturday evening in Dubai. Round three of the HSBC Sevens World Series takes place next weekend, 8 and 9 December, in Port...
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Nov 27, 12 •
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Comments Off on Just ten days to go to Rugby’s Biggest Party in PE
The Springboks have returned unbeaten from their European tour and for local rugby fans the focus now moves to the Springbok Sevens who will be in action in just ten days’ time at the Cell C Nelson Mandela Bay Sevens in Port Elizabeth. The third round of...
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Oct 31, 12 •
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Comments Off on Cell C sponsor Rugby’s Biggest Party – the NMB Sevens
Cell C are the new headline sponsor of The Nelson Mandela Bay Sevens, the South African Rugby Union (SARU) announced on Wednesday. The cellular network provider will sponsor Rugby’s Biggest Party, the South African leg of the HSBC Sevens World Series, for...
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Oct 17, 12 •
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Comments Off on Rugby’s Biggest Party – 50 days to go
Tomorrow (Thursday) marks the start of the 50-day countdown until kick-off for the much-awaited Nelson Mandela Bay South Africa Sevens tournament in the iconic Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth. South Africa’s own Blitzbokke will battle it out...
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Oct 11, 12 •
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Comments Off on Unchanged ticket prices for SA rugby’s “Biggest Party of the Year”
The South African Rugby Union (SARU) has kept ticket prices for the popular Nelson Mandela Bay SA Sevens tournament unchanged from last year. SARU made the announcement on Thursday at the tournament launch, which took place at Humewood Bridge in Port...
