South Africa will try to complete a World Rugby Sevens Series title run this weekend at the season-ending Los Angeles Sevens but three rivals have other ideas.
The Blitzboks, coming off a gold medal in last month's Commonwealth Games, lead the nine-month fight for the crown with 124 points, two clear of Australia and six ahead of Argentina with Olympic champion Fiji not out of hope on 104.
South Africa, which topped last year's COVID-limited table, will try to complete the first championship run since 2018 against a full field ahead of hosting the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town on September 9-11. But coach Neil Powell's side were drawn into a tough group with New Zealand, Canada and the US hosts and will be missing Selvyn Davids, Ronald Brown, Christie Grobbelaar and Mfundo Ndhlovo due to injuries in their Commonwealth title run.
"The confidence and mood in the camp is good after the good results in Birmingham, but that is something in the past. We have a very tough pool and as usual, we will be looking to set a strong standard in our first game and work from there.""This is a rare occasion for the squad," Aussie coach John Manenti said.
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