Philip Snyman has given the Springbok Sevens the thumbs up because the Blitzboks put together to begin their third consecutive cost at Olympic gold on Wednesday.
The Blitzboks face Eire and New Zealand on the opening day of the competitors at Stade de France on Wednesday and Snyman – a bronze medalist from the 2016 Video games in Rio – stated they’ve finished all the things potential to be at their aggressive finest this week.
“We’re prepared,” stated Snyman. “We had a superb week of preparation since we arrived right here, which included a superb coaching session towards Uruguay two days in the past. That helped us quite a bit, as a match is at all times higher than simply coaching as a squad.
“We noticed totally different footage on assault and defence and needed to adapt accordingly. It was a nicely price train and sharpened us up properly for the matches towards Eire and New Zealand.”
Profitable medals on the largest sporting occasion on the planet has a distinct status, however Snyman stated that didn’t change their mindset and so they they aren’t approaching the match in another way as a result of it’s the Olympics.
“For us, it can simply be one other alternative to signify our nation and to ship our greatest effort for the jersey,” he stated. “Sure, the reward could be totally different, however the recreation stays the identical and that’s the place our focus will probably be tomorrow.”
Additionally they know what to anticipate from Eire and New Zealand, in keeping with the Blitzbok coach: “Each of them are the identical in type and method. They’re greater than us and extra bodily and can assault our breakdown with the intention to gradual us down. We now have actual magic and pace on the surface and groups will attempt to stop us to make use of that.”
Snyman stated their defensive effort will probably be essential in the event that they need to begin on a constructive observe.
“Eire is our primary focus for now, we need to begin nicely and lay a basis for the remainder of the match,” stated Snyman.
“We have to make our tackles and put stress on their attackers. They’re a harmful facet after they have momentum, so we have to cease them for getting going.”
Snyman is assured in regards to the attacking capability of his facet and feels that they might be extra rugby match than the opposite groups, since they performed in a aggressive match not too long ago.
“We’re the one staff to play within the repechage in Monaco and had no break on the finish of the world sequence in Madrid (originally of June), so we’re rugby match and will probably be able to go. That would simply give us an edge on the opposite sides, who haven’t performed match sevens as not too long ago as we did,” added Snyman.
Blitzboks’ pool schedule (SA occasions):
Wednesday 24 July:
5.30pm: Eire
9.30pm: New Zealand
Thursday 25 July
4pm: Japan
Blitzbok squad for the 2024 Olympic Video games:
1) Christie Grobbelaar
2) Ryan Oosthuizen
3) Impi Visser *
4) Zain Davids *
5) Quewin Nortje
6) Tiaan Pretorius
7) Shaun Williams
8) Selvyn Davids * (captain)
9) Tristan Leyds
10) Rosko Specman **
11) Siviwe Soyizwapi *
12) Shilton van Wyk
13) Ronald Brown * (travelling reserve)
14) Katlego Letebele (travelling reserve)
* signifies Tokyo 2021
** signifies Rio 2016
Photograph: Ashley Vlotman/Gallo Photos
