BlitzBokke don't have the momentum

 

The BlitzBokke began the World Series with a fourth place finish on the Gold Coast in Australia when they lost 19-0 to England in the third and fourth play off.

 

Brown and his team managed to bounce back last week when they claimed the title in the Dubai desert with an emphatic 33-7 victory over Australia in the Cup Final.

 

Although the BlitzBokke are improving as the Series progresses, the captain is cautious about riding the momentum stating that it is almost like starting anew.

 

"I don't want to say that we have to start exactly from scratch, but Sevens is one of those games where we are not going to be able to use the momentum from last week in Dubai," Brown said in preparation for South Africa's home leg in Port Elizabeth.

 

"Last week was a tournament on its own and this week in Port Elizabeth is going to be a tournament on its own that we are going to have to go to the very end."

 

The BlitzBokke are defending champions in PE and Brown is not wanting that pressure, coupled with the new found pressure of being recent Cup winners to distract his charges.

 

"You don't want to apply too much pressure on the guys, just that they go out and enjoy their time at home. 

 

"It is the one opportunity they get to play at home on the circuit," he added.

 

However, this does not mean that the Sevens team will be taking things easy as they prepare for the quick one week turn around.

 

"These days everybody does video analysis and of course we have some chinks in our armour so they [the opposition] will be doing their analysis on us and we will be doing ours on them," he said.

 

"We have got to make sure we sharpen up this weekend so that everything goes well.

 

One thing the BlitzBokke will be able to carry through with them from the desert is good lessons learnt at this early stage in the Series.

 

"After the weekend we had in Dubai, to get home and make sure that we make this weekend count is going to be very important for us.