Assistant coach Philip Snyman hit the Blitzboks some onerous truths following their disappointing defeat towards Samoa within the Cup semi-finals of the Cape Town Sevens.
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The Blitzboks had only ever gained the Cape Town Sevens as soon as, the maiden World Rugby Sevens Series event within the metropolis in 2015. Every yr since, they’ve crashed out in spectacular trend and this time was now completely different. They slumped to a shock loss in essentially the most agonising manner towards the Pacific Islanders, to depart the group reeling.
Everything that would presumably go improper within the elimination match, did go improper and it was not a reasonably sight.
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Blitzboks should take accountability for personal downfall on the Cape Town Sevens
In the rapid aftermath of their elimination, when feelings have been nonetheless operating excessive, Snyman positioned the blame squarely on the Blitzboks’ shoulders.
“We only have ourselves to blame for what happened against Samoa and we need to take a hard look at ourselves. We made crucial mistakes in critical areas of the game, like not converting opportunities into points, a couple of knock ons and a passes that flew out the window. So maybe it was because of a lack of concentration in critical moments,” Snyman stated.
“We would have liked to be in the final. We started [the tournament] off well and then in the last game against Samoa, we had all the opportunities in the world, but couldn’t convert that into points.”
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Snyman too subtly hinted that the Blitzboks gamers caved beneath the pressures and expectations of taking part in in entrance of their house crowd.
“We have to see where we can put the guys under more pressure in training, if needs be. We have to make sure the players comeback stronger from this loss.”
Overall, Snyman defined that they’re proud of how this comparatively younger facet has carried out from Friday up to the semi-final towards Samoa, including that they need to shut out the Cape Town Sevens on a excessive within the third-place bronze medal match.
“We’re really disappointed with the result, but we also can’t fault the boys on the effort they showed throughout the whole weekend. Unfortunately, we are out of contention for the Cup, but there is still one more game to go and we want to make our people proud and we want to restore some pride in the Blitzboks jersey in the last match.”
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The Blitzboks squad for Cape Town Sevens:
Impi Visser – 23 tournaments, 118 matches, 125 factors (25 tries)
Zain Davids – 34 tournaments, 170 matches, 160 factors (32 tries)
Ryan Oosthuizen – 34 tournaments, 163 matches, 165 factors (33 tries)
James Murphy – 10 tournaments, 46 matches, 50 factors (10 tries)
JC Pretorius – 22 tournaments, 116 matches, 245 factors (49 tries)
Masande Mtshali – 1 event, 1 match
Branco du Preez – 84 tournaments, 426 matches, 1442 factors (101 tries, 466 conversions, 1 drop objective)
Ricardo Duarrtee – 1 event, 6 matches, 30 factors (4 tries, 5 conversions)
Darren Adonis – 8 tournaments, 33 matches, 54 factors (10 tries, 2 conversions)
Muller Du Plessis – 21 tournaments, 98 matches, 325 factors (65 tries)
Shilton van Wyk – 6 tournaments, 34 matches, 50 factors (10 tries)
Dalvon Blood – 2 tournaments, 10 matches, 25 factors (5 tries)
Siviwe Soyizwapi (captain) – 42 tournaments, 221 matches, 690 factors (138 tries)
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