Philip Snyman has been promoted to head coach of the Blitzboks with immediate effect, as Sandile Ngcobo returns to the junior structures.
SA Rugby announced on Wednesday that he national sevens coaching team has been reformatted and a review of the department’s structure is being undertaken as a response to disappointing results.
The Blitzboks, who had finished in the top two in 12 of the previous 16 World Sevens seasons, are currently seventh on the standings after finishing ninth and 11th in the last two events in Vancouver and Los Angeles, respectively. Ngcobo was promoted from Sevens Academy coach to take over from Neil Powell in September 2022, with Snyman, a former Blitzbok captain, appointed as assistant coach.
“We have a talented and experienced group of Sevens players, but they have underperformed since winning the opening event of the world series in Dubai and results have only worsened,” said SA Rugby CEO Rian Oberholzer.
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