South Africa national rugby sevens team


The South African national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, the Rugby World Cup Sevens, the Summer Olympic Games and the Commonwealth Games.

History

After readmission to international sport, the team played their first sevens series in the 1993 Hong Kong Sevens and also participated in the 1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens. They also played in the Hong Kong Sevens for the next two seasons. In 1996, they also took part in the Punta Del Este Sevens in Uruguay and the Dubai Sevens.
They participated in the 1997 Rugby World Cup Sevens the following year and in 1998, they played three South American tournaments – the Mar Del Plata Sevens in Argentina, the Punta Del Este Sevens and the Viña del Mar Sevens in Chile.
1999 saw them participate in the Mar Del Plata Sevens, the Santiago Sevens in Chile, the Fiji Sevens, the Hong Kong Sevens, the Japan Sevens and the Paris Sevens.
At the end of 1999, the first World Rugby Sevens Series started and the team have been participating in that series ever since.
In addition to the Sevens Series, they also played in the Rugby World Cup Sevens, the Commonwealth Games, the World Games and, from 2016 onwards, the Olympic Games.
The team's nickname, "Blitzboks", is derived from "blitz" an Afrikaans word meaning lightning, and the derivative of Springbok, the official emblem of the South African rugby team.

Honours

Summer Olympics

Rugby World Cup Sevens

Commonwealth Games

World Games

World Rugby Sevens Series

Series wins

South Africa won the following editions on the Sevens World Series since its inception in 1999–2000:
SeasonPointsRunner-upTournament wins
2008–09132Fiji 3
2016–17192England 5
2017–18182Fiji 2

Series tournament wins

South Africa won the following tournaments on the Sevens World Series since its inception in 1999–2000:
SeasonTournamentFinal opponentScore
2001–022002 Wellington SevensSamoa17–14
2002–032003 Cardiff SevensArgentina35–17
2003–042003 Dubai SevensNew Zealand33–26
2003–042004 Singapore SevensArgentina24–19
2004–052005 London SevensEngland21–12
2005–062006 Paris SevensSamoa33–12
2006–072006 Dubai SevensNew Zealand31–12
2007–082008 Adelaide SevensNew Zealand15–7
2008–092008 Dubai SevensEngland19–12
2008–092008 South Africa SevensNew Zealand12–7
2008–092009 Adelaide SevensKenya26–7
2010–112011 USA SevensFiji24–14
2010–112011 London SevensFiji24–14
2010–112011 Edinburgh SevensAustralia36–35
2012–132013 USA SevensNew Zealand40–21
2012–132013 Japan SevensNew Zealand24–19
2012–132013 Scotland SevensNew Zealand28–21
2013–142013 South Africa SevensNew Zealand17–14
2013–142014 USA SevensNew Zealand14–7
2014–152014 Dubai SevensAustralia33–7
2014–152014 South Africa SevensNew Zealand26–17
2015–162015 South Africa SevensArgentina29–14
2016–172016 Dubai SevensFiji26–14
2016–172017 Wellington SevensFiji26–5
2016–172017 Sydney SevensEngland29–14
2016–172017 USA SevensFiji19–12
2016–172017 Paris SevensScotland15–5
2017–182017 Dubai SevensNew Zealand24–12
2017–182018 Paris SevensEngland24–14

Current season

Players

Current squad

The following players featured in the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series:

Previous squads

The previous South African Sevens squads are as follows:

Player records

The following shows leading career South Africa players based on statistics from the World Rugby Sevens Series. Players in bold are still active.
No.PlayerTries
1'230
2'179
3179
4'111
5'109