The Blitzboks have recalled several experienced players for the tournament in Singapore, including 32-year-old Dylan Sage.
The SA Sevens team will be desperate to end the 2023/24 season with a bang and there is hope they will still qualify for the Olympics.He may be 32 years old and have been out of Sevens rugby for four years butcoach Philip Snyman believes Dylan Sage can still offer his team something after recalling him to the squad for the World Rugby Sevens Series tournament in Singapore next weekend.
Sage, who has been playing XV-man rugby at the Bulls and at Montauban in France, is not the only new face in the squad for the trip to Singapore. Former captain Siviwe Soyizwapi is also back in the squad for the first time this season, after missing five months of action with a knee injury. Also back in the mix are Tiaan Pretorius, Tristan Leyds and Rosko Specman. The Blitzboks will face France, Spain and Samoa in Pool B at the tournament.“We selected the squad with several things in mind. We still have to put ourselves in a position to make the top four in every tournament and to do that, we want to top our pool and then win our quarter-final,” said Snyman on Wednesday.
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