Niggling injuries to regular stalwarts Cecil Afrika and Branco du Preez have forced the hand of Springboks Sevens coach Paul Treu in his final selection of the squad to travel to Glasgow and London for the last two rounds of the HSBC Sevens World Series. Afrika and Du Preez both played incisive roles in Tokyo, where the South Africans won the tournament to move up to the second place in the HSBC World Series standings behind New Zealand. [More]

South Africa won the Tokyo Sevens on Sunday morning when they beat New Zealand 24-19 in the Cup final of round seven of the HSBC Sevens World Series. It was a repeat of the USA final, which South Africa also won in February. The result moves the Springbok Sevens rugby team onto 100 World Series points and up to second spot on the log, 32 behind New Zealand and two ahead of Fiji. [More]

Former Proteas cricketer Makhaya Ntini was named manager of Kaizer Chiefs sevens rugby team, competition promoter Willem Strauss said. Ntini's team will play in the inaugural NBM 7sPL tournament at Outeniqua Park in George on December 14th and 15th. Ntini's appointment followed the decision by Kaizer Chiefs [More]

The Springbok Sevens team topped pool A of the Cell C Nelson Mandela Bay Sevens in Port Elizabeth on Saturday after defeating Samoa, France and Australia and will face the USA in the Cup quarterfinals on Sunday. The South African Blitzbokke were undefeated, one of only two teams on the day that did not have their [More]

The final squads have been declared by all 16 teams set to compete in today's third round of the HSBC Sevens World Series, the Cell C Nelson Mandela Bay Sevens, with South Africa, Kenya and England all recalling star names and Series leaders New Zealand making a late change. More...

South Africa will have to navigate a tough pool assignment on Friday on match day one of the Emirates Airline Dubai Sevens, where they will face England, Samoa and Portugal in Pool C. The Springbok Sevens start their campaign tomorrow morning against defending tournament More...

Mat Turner's try seconds after the final hooter gave England a dramatic 19-17 victory over South Africa in their Plate semi-final clash of the Marriot London Sevens at Twickenham on Sunday.Turner, one of three nominees for the HSBC Sevens World Series Player of the Year, is a More...

Paul Treu's Blitzbokke suffered a crushing 36-0 defeat at the hands of New Zealand in their HSBC Sevens World Series quarterfinal clash on Sunday in London, after leading  19-0 at halftime. The blitzless Bokke won the London title last year but this time they were completely More...

South Africa, the defending London Sevens champions, won two of their three pool matches on Saturday to book themselves a Cup quarterfinal clash against New Zealand on Sunday at Twickenham. South Africa scored two good victories over Portugal More...

The Injury-hit South African Sevens side narrowly lost the Tokyo Plate Final 14-10 against Fiji on Sunday morning. Earlier, they lost their Cup quarter-final against England and got the better of Wales in their Plate semi-finals. The Blitzbokke remain in third place in the HSBC Sevens World More...