The Blitzboks gave it their all at the France Sevens, but despite the unsatisfying results, head coach Sandile Ngcobo sees a silver lining.
The South Africans lost to Australia in the fifth-place semi-final on Sunday in a 21-19 defeat and had that result gone the other way, Ngcobo believes his troops would have had better memories of the Toulouse event.
Australia are currently in the pound seats on 125 World Series points, leaving the Blitzboks, on 116 points, with a very small chance to overhaul the Aussies.“I felt at times we did not quite get the rewards,” said Ngcobo. “We had two weeks of good preparation in Stellenbosch and the five players coming back into the team integrated well.
“There was frustration, especially in the first game on the opening day, when we did not play well at all, but day two started well, before we disappointed ourselves against Argentina.
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