Springbok Girls’s Sevens Head Coach, Renfred Dazel, expressed satisfaction on the finish of their two-week Olympic Video games camp in Potchefstroom and mentioned all deliberate aims had been met on the conclusion of the train on Saturday.
Dazel additionally finalised the fourteen-player roster for his or her first ever look on the Olympics, the place their Rugby Sevens participation will begin the day after the opening ceremony.
Workforce South Africa will play defending champions Australia of their opening recreation on 27 July and also will tackle Nice Britain and Eire in Pool B of the competitors.
“I’m very pleased with what we bought out of the two-week camp with the one unlucky half having to inform some gamers that they weren’t within the remaining group. That’s at all times a tricky dialog, however in the long run I’m pleased with the squad chosen,” Dazel mentioned.
The camp additionally gave the teaching workers time to additional combine the likes of Sizophila Solontsi, Veroeshka Grain, Byrhandre Dolf, who just lately performed within the XVs code in addition to Libbie Janse van Rensburg, who solely returned to motion final month within the remaining HSBC SVNS occasion in Madrid, following a prolonged damage restoration.
Dazel named 12 gamers within the official squad and two extras that may journey with the workforce to France as standby reserves.
Common co-captains, Mathrin Simmers and Zintle Mpupha are each included as Dazel caught to the group used throughout the 2024 SVNS Sequence. There’s a return for Marlize de Bruin additionally, who missed the final three tournaments of the common season.
Kemitsetso Baloyi, Nadine Roos, Ayanda Malinga, Liske Lategan and Maria Tshiremba are different regulars that bought the nod.
Dazel praised the angle of the squad throughout two robust weeks.
“We wished to coach at altitude, on agency surfaces and in good climate. We bought all of that in Potchefstroom, with their Sports activities Village and Excessive-Efficiency amenities answering all our wants. It was a tricky two weeks and I can solely congratulate the squad on the way in which they responded to the challenges we offered to them.”
The workforce will now get pleasure from a brief break earlier than they assemble in Cape City on 7 July. They’ll depart to Montpellier in France on 12 July. They’ll spend per week within the south of France coaching in opposition to Australia and Brazil earlier than becoming a member of the world showpiece on the Olympic Village in Paris on 20 July.
The Workforce SA squad for Paris 2024:
1. Mathrin Simmers
2. Zintle Mpupha
3. Sizophila Solontsi
4. Veroeshka Grain
5. Kemisetso Baloyi
6. Nadine Roos
7. Liske Lategan
8. Byrhandre Dolf
9. Ayanda Malinga
10. Libbie Janse van Rensburg
11. Marlize de Bruin
12. Maria Tshiremba
13. Shona-Leah Weston (travelling reserve)
14. Shiniqwa Lamprecht (travelling reserve)
Issued by SA Rugby Communications
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