Rewind: Blitzboks the kings of Dubai dust-up

The South Africans go into this weekend as three-time defending tournament champions and have won five of the last six tournaments in Dubai, stretching back to 2016.

Rivals New Zealand come closest to matching the Springbok Sevens’ success in the UAE, winning the tournament six times and finishing as runners-up five times.This bodes well as the Blitzboks after a tough start to the season under new head coach Sandile Ngcobo saw South Africa knocked out in the quarter-finals in Hong Kong. Beaten again in the fifth-place semi-finals, the Blitzboks earned just 10 points in the season-opening tournament and trail series leaders Australia by 12 points.

“Preparations have been going well for us,” said captain Siviwe Soyizwapi. “We can take a lot of confidence from the camp back at home and the past two days in Dubai have been great as well, being out on the field in the heat so it’s been good. “We enjoy playing in Dubai. It gets hot this time of the year in Cape Town, so I think it’s always good preparation for us coming into Dubai. There’s a lot of confidence that we can take from the previous years, however I think we always have to start all over again with each tournament. So, we’ll take it a step at a time, and I will take this as a brand-new tool.

“It’s really exciting to have our new coaches in the frame with new ideas that are coming through and I think you will see something new this coming weekend with two new debutantes as well which brings something different that they can add to the squad, so I’m really excited to see it.”2008: beat England 19-12

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