The Blitzboks finished in a lowly sixth place at the weekend's Sevens Grand Final in Madrid, ending a disappointing season.
The SA Sevens team will now turn their focus to the final Olympic Games qualifier in Monaco at the end of the month.
The results will sting the players and coaching team, who went into the tournament on the back of better showings in Singapore and Hong Kong and confident the side had turned the corner.There was also the hope the Blitzboks would do well and build confidence and momentum ahead of probably their biggest tournament this season, the Sevens Olympic repechage tournament in Monaco on June 21-23. That will be the Blitzboks’ final opportunity to win a place at the Paris Olympics later this year.
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