Zain Davids and Shilton van Wyk return to the Blitzboks squad that will contest the Sevens Repechage in Monaco from 21-23 June.
South Africa will play Mexico, Tonga and Chile in pool play in the tournament where the winner will fill the last spot at the Rugby Sevens tournament of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Davids and Van Wyk both missed the squad’s previous trip to Europe, the Sevens Series Grand Finale in Madrid as they were rested with the Monaco trip in mind, and according to interim Head Coach, Philip Snyman, it was a worthwhile exercise. “Both Zain and Shilton played in all the tournaments for us and we felt it would be better for them to miss the Madrid one and to freshen up for Monaco, as they will be needed in what is a very important tournament for us,” Snyman explained.
The squad for Monaco will only consist of 12 players and not the 13 that usually travel to the Sevens Series events on tour, and according to Snyman, this impacted on team selection. “We needed a little bit of versatility in the squad, as you have one player less and for us, Siviwe Soyizwapi, will fill that role and will play on the wing and in the forwards. We are also lucky to have Selvyn Davids and Rosko Specman who can play in several positions.”“The goal is straightforward, and that is to win in Monaco and gain entry to the Paris Olympics. The whole squad is in agreement that we were our own worst enemies during the SVNS series and only we can fix that.
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