Young guns Dalvon Blood, Ricardo Duarttee and Masande Mtshali hope to use the Dubai leg of the World Sevens Series as a springboard for a successful Springbok Sevens career.
They have the most experienced Blitzbok of all time in their midst, Branco du Preez, who arrived in Dubai for the ninth time, while his juior teammates received their first UAE arrival stamps in their passport.Blood made his debut at the France Sevens in Toulouse in May, and
“Since then I’ve had my ups and downs, but the most important thing is that I am here now and ready to get into the matches.” “They all assisted in getting to learn all the finer details of playing sevens and also in the forwards.”Mtsali started the year at Maties and was soon drafted into the Western Province U20 side, but once he was invited to train with the Blitzboks, it has been one-way traffic.
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