The Blitzboks needed to accept a ninth-place end on the newest Singapore sevens match after two victories on Sunday morning (SA time), first by two factors in opposition to the USA earlier than ending the match in model in opposition to Australia.
The Blitzboks truly ended up with three victories of their 4 video games, which included an important win over world sequence leaders Argentina on Saturday, however sadly an enormous defeat of their pool opener in opposition to Nice Britain meant the South Africans had been condemned to the minor placings.
When now trying on the newest world rugby sevens sequence rankings, the Blitzboks stay fourth within the standings (on 70 factors), however they’re now as many as 34 factors adrift of first-placed Argentina.
Spain are in third place on 88 factors, whereas Fiji have a tally of 96 in second.
The Blitzboks must make up misplaced floor within the sevens standings
SA coach Philip Snyman mentioned the weekend was “bittersweet” and that the performances left him with blended feelings.
“That first recreation in opposition to GB actually put us on the backfoot, first with the early purple card after which enjoying with solely 5 gamers in a while after a yellow card,” mentioned Snyman.
“We have to tackle our self-discipline because it wasn’t as much as customary with too many playing cards and too many penalties.
“After that recreation, we determined we’re going to evaluate ourselves on our final three matches. We put up an enormous struggle in opposition to Argentina, the world’s primary group, and this morning, regardless of beating the USA, we weren’t at our greatest and never scientific, which might be the story of our season – too up and down and never constant sufficient.
“Then we delivered one in every of our greatest and most scientific performances in opposition to Australia, so whereas I’ve some blended feelings, I’m very proud of the best way by which we completed the match.”
Snyman mentioned the dearth of consistency is irritating: “I imagine on this squad and the programme, however we have to be extra constant, which is why we’re not amongst the highest three. We nonetheless made an enormous step up from final season although.
“We’ve overwhelmed Argentina twice and we performed in two finals, however on the Asian leg within the final two weeks we got here up brief, which we have to tackle.
“We’re going to proceed to work very onerous and make a psychological shift to see how we will me extra scientific and constant, as a result of this group have proven they will beat every other group.”
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