The Springbok Sevens squad remained amongst the top four contenders of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series at the halfway stage of the competition, but failed to fire on the second day of the HSBC LA Sevens at Dignity Health Sports Park on Sunday.
The Emirates Lions and Cell C Sharks enjoyed some mixed fortunes in their rescheduled sixth round Vodacom United Rugby Championship fixtures on Saturday, with the Johannesburg side ending a five-match losing run against Glasgow Warriors, while the Durbanites suffered a disappointing defeat against Ulster.
The Springbok Sevens will face Fiji in the Cup quarter-finals of the HSBC LA Sevens later on Sunday after an eventful first day of sevens at Dignity Health Stadium in Los Angeles.
The Springbok Women’s Sevens programme for the 2023 season finally kicks into gear at the Hermanus Women’s 7s tournament on Saturday and Sunday, and for coach Renfred Dazel, it will provide an ideal start to get some much-needed game time for his players.
Impi Visser believes the Springbok Sevens team are good enough to come out on top at the end of the 2023 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series and according to the Blitzbok forward, everyone in the squad are willing and able to give it their all at the HSBC LA Sevens, the sixth of 11 tournaments in the series, this weekend.
The Cell C Sharks team to meet Ulster in their rescheduled round six Vodacom United Rugby Championship match at Hollywoodbets Kings Park on Saturday shows minimal changes to the side that defeated the Emirates Lions last weekend.
The Vodacom United Rugby Championship has launched a powerful drive to encourage greater female representation in the sports workplace with the creation of the URC Women’s Leadership Academy, which gives women an opportunity to interact with and learn from some of the best in sport, identify new career opportunities within the industry, and tap into a global network of women in the business of sport.
The Cell C Sharks and Emirates Lions will be determined to capitalise on their home ground advantage on Saturday when they take the field in their postponed round six Vodacom United Rugby Championship fixtures against Ulster and the Glasgow Warriors, with an eye on powering their way up the log with the end of the pool stages in sight.
Springbok Women prop Babalwa Latsha has joined Allianz Premiership club Harlequins Women until the end of their 2023 season for what will be her second stint playing club rugby abroad.
They have a track record of performing in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series and there are quite a number of achievements in the Springbok Sevens’ set-up and history, including five tournament victories on American soil, but for Philip Snyman there will only be tears at this weekend’s HSBC LA Sevens if the effort from the South African side is lacking.