He prefers warm weather and the sun but for Springbok Sevens playmaker Dewald Human, a return to Vancouver is something he is looking forward to as much as he is to be playing with his regular team members in a competitive HSBC SVNS Series. The 30-year-old will leave Cape Town with the Blitzboks later on Sunday for the first time in 11 months and he admits that he is as excited as he was for his very first trip way back in 2017. “It is great to be back for a number of reasons

Springbok Sevens stalwart Impi Visser is back at the helm of the Blitzboks for the HSBC SVNS North American leg, with the regular captain closing in on his 50th world series tournament, while an experienced playmaking trio return with the inclusion of another uncapped player in the squad. The next two world series tournaments are on consecutive weekends in Vancouver (7-8 March) and New York (14-15 March). Whilst the experienced Visser will lead the squad for the final two eve

The Springbok Women's Sevens team had a mixed bag of results in Nairobi on Saturday, winning two of their three HSBC SVNS 2 matches at Nyayo National Stadium. An opening 14-12 win over Spain was followed by a 12-0 defeat to Brazil, before they finished the day with a 12-10 win over Kenya, resulting in South Africa finishing the day second on the log behind Argentina, who will be one of their two opponents on Sunday, with China being the other. The tournament did not start wel

Rested and ready to go again after their heroics in Dubai last month, HSBC SVNS 3 qualifiers South Africa, Canada, Argentina and Belgium join eight established sevens nations in Kenyan capital Nairobi this weekend at the start of a six-week, three-tournament continent and ocean-crossing quest to reach the HSBC SVNS Championship. South Africa, Spain and Argentina’s women are bidding to join their male counterparts later this year, while Canada and USA’s men are aiming to follo

The Springbok Women’s Sevens have a real belief and desire to reclaim their seat at the main table of HSBC SVNS and that commitment will be on display at Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi on Saturday and Sunday. That is the view of Liske Lategan, one of the stalwarts who has experienced all the ups and downs the team had gone through since her debut in 2019, when the world series combined the men and women’s circuit for the first time. On debut, at DHL Stadium in Cape Town, Lategan sc

Shannon-Lee Windvogel is in line to make her international debut for the Springbok Women’s Sevens this weekend after the former SWD Eagirls speedster was named in the South African squad for HSBC SVNS 2 in Nairobi but for the rest, Cecil Afrika has retained the tried and tested core of players that will depart for Kenya on Tuesday evening. Ten players were part of the victorious squad last month in Dubai, where South Africa’s victory in HSBC SVNS 3 saw them progress to the ne

Expect the Springbok Sevens to bounce back to a potential podium finish in Perth this weekend, where the fourth leg of the tightly contested 2026 HSBC SVNS takes place at HBF Park. That is the view of Blitzbok head coach Philip Snyman, who was satisfied with their week’s preparation since arriving in Western Australia on Monday. Snyman also decided to tweak the team, bringing in the uncapped Renaldo Young, with the dual-contracted Sanlam Boland Kavaliers wing replacing Nabo S

It is rugby and not chess but Springbok Sevens head coach Philip Snyman stressed the importance of making the right moves at the right time in the National Stadium this weekend, when the Blitzboks face Spain, Great Britain and Fiji in Pool A of the HSBC SVNS Singapore. Snyman will have his strategies tested against three very different opponents with a squad that is low on experience or recent happy memories at this event, the third in the 2026 world series. The Blitzboks wil

The new-look HSBC SVNS Series arrives in Singapore this weekend for the third round of the season, with all 16 teams across the men’s and women’s competitions vying for crucial league points ahead of the three-tournament Championship later this year. Team captains arrived at the National Stadium today to launch the tournament ahead of what promises to be an action-packed weekend of sevens rugby. Fans can look forward to a vibrant festival atmosphere, complete with family-frie

It remains a massive privilege and something very special to represent South Africa on the HSBC SVNS series and this weekend in Singapore will be no different for Blitzbok captain Siviwe Soyizwapi. Although he could become the record holder for most tries ever in the National Stadium in his ninth appearance at the venue, Soyizwapi is not planning to chase that milestone but would rather make sure the Springbok Sevens are in tune with the game plan and execution. Soyizwapi mak

The normal challenges at the HSBC SVNS Singapore are well documented – and accepted – by the Springbok Sevens side as they arrived in the Asian city on Tuesday but according to Blitzbok assistant coach Renfred Dazel, success will be determined by their ability to handle the unexpected hurdles in the Singapore National Stadium. The Blitzboks landed in humid Singapore in hot form, having won the previous HSBC SVNS tournament (in Cape Town in December) and topping the log after

They had the absolute high of winning their home tournament in Cape Town last month but that ship has sailed and for the Springbok Sevens team this weekend’s HSBC SVNS Singapore will represent a fresh challenge. And they will be ready for it. That was the view of Blitzbok forward Zander Reynders, who departed with the rest of the squad from Cape Town earlier on Monday for the long haul to Asia. The Blitzboks will face Great Britain, Spain and Fiji in pool play in the National

Two uncapped players and the return of their most experienced squad member highlight the travelling group of 14 players named by the Springbok Sevens head coach Philip Snyman for next weekend’s HSBC SVNS Singapore. Luan Giliomee and Ronaldo Young could earn first caps in the Singapore National Stadium, while Sebastiaan Jobb is back in the squad, having last played for the Blitzboks in Singapore in April last year. Siviwe Soyizwapi will make a welcome return to the squad, havi

The Springbok Women's Sevens were crowned champions of the inaugural HSBC SVNS 3 tournament in Dubai on Sunday after they beat Argentina by 12-5 in a tightly contested final. The victory also underlined their undefeated status at the Sevens Stadium, where the South Africans won all five their matches this weekend. Victory in their semi-final over Poland earlier on Sunday also meant the Bok Women qualified for the HSBC SVNS 2 series, which will be played in Nairobi (14-15 Febr

The Springbok Women’s Sevens are one victory away from their HSBC SVNS 3 objective at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai after winning all three their Pool A matches on Saturday in a commanding display of attacking rugby. By doing so, they qualified for the tournament semi-finals to be played on Sunday and they will face Poland at 9.28am (SA time), with a win over the Europeans securing not only a place in the finals but qualification for the HSBS SVNS 2 series to be played in the n

As if the pressure of making it into the final of the HSBC SVNS 3 tournament at in Dubai this weekend is not enough, the Springbok Women’s Sevens team will also face three opponents with very different approaches to the game in Pool A on Saturday. But for SA coach Cecil Afrika, that added challenge is something they prepared for and apart from looking at what their opponents will do, their focus will also be inward to execute their style of play. “It is going to be an interes

HSBC SVNS 3 brings sevens rugby back to Dubai less than two months after the top-tier HSBC SVNS Series kicked off at the Sevens Stadium. This weekend, eight men’s and eight women’s teams will take to the field, aiming to make their mark and move closer to the HSBC SVNS Championship later this year. Women’s teams from Argentina, Colombia, Czechia, Mexico, Poland, Samoa, South Africa and Thailand, and men’s teams from Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Hong Kong China, Italy, Madagasca

The confirmation of the squad of 12 to travel to Dubai was a tough decision for Cecil Afrika but the Springbok Women’s Sevens coach is confident that all the boxes have been ticked for this weekend’s HSBC SVNS 3 tournament at the Sevens Stadium. The South Africans depart for the Middle East on Monday evening knowing that they need to reach the final of this standalone tournament in the World Rugby Challenger Series on 17 and 18 January to qualify for SVNS 2, the next hurdle f