Back to drawing board for blitzed Boks
Paul Treu’s Springbok team will have to go back to the drawing board after being handed one of their biggest defeats in history at the Glasgow leg of the IRB Sevens World Series at the weekend.
Samoa delivered a powerful performance to blitz a hopelessly outclassed South Africa 47-0 in the Plate semifinal.
Paul Treu’s team must now regroup for the final World Series tournament next weekend in England.
“I’m hugely disappointed because, apart from the second half against England, we seldom got going today [Sunday],” Treu said of a team that fell well short of the moniker of BlitzBokke.
“We missed a lot of players through injury and that had a major effect on us, plus we gave debuts to Ryan Nell, Jamba Ulengo and Clayton Blommetjies,” the Bok mentor said.
Stephan Dippenaar also received a knock on his ankle while Okkie Kruger (hamstring) failed his fitness test.
“With Kyle and Dippies both injured we are currently without a hooker.
“We might have to call on Neil Powell to help us out in that department, but will confirm that in a day or so,” said Treu.
The Springbok Sevens coach added: “We now have to go back to the drawing board and it will be my job to lift them and get them in the right frame of mind for next week.
“We learned some hard lessons in Glasgow but I am confident we will bounce back with a much better performance at Twickenham.”
Before the weekend the Bokke occupied third place on the log, but they slipped down the table as England (who lost to New Zealand in the Cup final) overtook them.
