And big smiles on their faces in the third and final event of the series, as they have already guaranteed a ticket to the big dance, the three-tournament HSBC World Rugby Championship.<\/p>\n
The also enter this weekend\u2019s action without any travel dramas, having settled in Sao Paulo on Monday \u2013 a far cry from the previous week when they only arrived in Montevideo halfway through the week, suffering from long haul jetlag and a different time zone.<\/p>\n
That is according to playmaker and pivot Byrhandr\u00e9 Dolf, who is predicting a more fluent start to their tournament than last week against Spain, when the South Africans conceded three tries in seven minutes before they regained composure with two second half tries, which wasn\u2019t enough to prevent a 15-14 defeat.<\/p>\n
The Bok Women will again start against Spain and Dolf is confident of getting their weekend going with a solid performance.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had much more time to do analysis of last weekend\u2019s games and to iron out small gremlins on the training field, something we certainly did not have time for last week,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cEach player had a good look at their individual performances and how the team functioned under pressure, and that made it much easier going into this weekend.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe could also get a good look at our opponents and will be ready for what they bring.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dolf said the confirmed World Championship qualification meant a lot to the team: \u201cWe are stress-free now; we know where we are heading and that was what we worked for.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can also use this weekend to prepare ourselves for the World Championship, where the standards will be higher. Another tournament under the belt also means we will be better as a squad and more cohesive in our performance.\u201d<\/p>\n
For her, the motivation this weekend will be play at the standards they know they are capable of. Much of that will come from Dolf\u2019s guidance, especially on attack.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am growing as a player and the work-ons will never stop,\u201d said Dolf. \u201cI am looking forward to this weekend as this is another opportunity where we can play as a team, we are stronger together, after all.\u201d<\/p>\n
The team\u2019s leading try-scorer, Maria Tshiremba, will not be in action though as she is rested due to a niggle.<\/p>\n
Springbok Women’s Sevens squad for Sao Paulo:
#2 Asisipho Plaatjies
#3 Patience Mokone
#9 Nadine Roos (captain)
#10 Byrhandr\u00e9 Dolf
#12 Liske Lategan
#14 Simamkele Namba
#16 Shiniqwa Lamprecht
#19 Shanidin\u00e9 Bezuidenhout
#20 Catha Jacobs
#23 Ayanda Malinga
#26 Lerato Makua
#27 Maceala Samboya (uncapped)
#28 Shannon-Lee Windvogel<\/p>\n
Springbok Women\u2019s Sevens fixtures (SA times, all matches live on SuperSport): <\/p>\n
Saturday, 28 March
16h06: Spain
19h18: Kenya
22h49: Brazil<\/p>\n
Sunday, 29 March
17h28: Argentina
20h18: China<\/p>\n
HSBC SVNS 2 standings:
1 Argentina \u2013 40 points
2 South Africa \u2013 34
3 Spain \u2013 34
4 China \u2013 28
5 Brazil \u2013 22
6 Kenya \u2013 22<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"And big smiles on their faces in the third and final event of the series, as they have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":567428,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-567427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}