The Blitzboks will kick off their bid for Olympic gold with two of their three pool games on Wednesday. Here's everything you should know.
The Blitzboks are among the world’s best 288 players – men and women – who will compete at the iconic Stade de France in Saint-Denis from 24 to 30 July.on Friday, 26 July; featuring France , New Zealand, Argentina, Fiji and Australia , Uruguay , Ireland , United States , Kenya , Samoa , Japan and South Africa.South Africa’s Blitzboks were last to qualify through the repechage, following a poor 2023/24 Sevens Series campaign.
The pool phase and quarterfinals are scheduled on 24-25, while the semifinals, classification matches and medal events are scheduled on 27 July.Christie Grobbelaar, Ryan Oosthuizen. Impi Visser*, Zain Davids*, Quewin Nortje, Tiaan Pretorius, Shaun Williams, Selvyn Davids* , Tristan Leyds, Rosko Specman**, Siviwe Soyizwapi*, Shilton van Wyk.
“We are ready,” said Snyman. “We had a good week of preparation since we arrived here, which included a good training session against Uruguay two days ago. That helped us a lot, as a match is always better than just training as a squad. “We saw different pictures on attack and defence and had to adapt accordingly. It was a well worth exercise and sharpened us up nicely for the matches against Ireland and New Zealand.”
Team SA’s men’s rugby sevens team head into their first match at the Paris Olympics 2024 on Wednesday, 24 July as one of the form teams. Image: Team SA website
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