The SA Sevens team, the Blitzboks, have plenty of work to do ahead of their home tournament, in Cape Town this weekend.
There could be some changes in the playing squad following the sixth-place finish in Dubai.Blitzboks coach Philip Snyman has been left frustrated by his players following the SA Sevens team’s sixth-place finish at the season-opening tournament in Dubai.
And making the Blitzboks’ task that much more difficult in Cape Town is the fact only three teams will feature in each of the four pools, with the pool winners advancing to the semi-finals. There are no quarter-finals this week.In Dubai, the Blitzboks lost to New Zealand in the quarter-finals and then they also came unstuck in the match for fifth and sixth place, against France.
“We also had a poor weekend with restart receives and returned possession to the opponents immediately because of that. There is no excuse for that, you just have to catch the ball, but we could not do that, something that is just not good enough and will be a work on this week.”Snyman said the defensive effort was also disappointing with a number of one-on-one tackles that were ineffective and resulted in tries for their opponents.
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