Six months ago, the 2024 Olympic Games was the last thing on Siviwe Soyizwapi's mind as he was still recovering from a knee injury and the Springbok Sevens were tumbling out of the automatic qualification spots on the HSBC SVNS log.
Six players with previous Olympic Games experience, including veteran Rosko Specman, have been included in the 14-man Blitzbok squad for the 2024 Olympic Games.
Springbok Women's Sevens head coach Renfred Dazel was a satisfied man as he named his final squad for the Paris Olympics following a two-week preparation camp in Potchefstroom.
Their quest for automatic qualification for the 2024 Olympic Games may be out of their hands, but the Springbok Sevens team will leave no stone unturned.
The gold medal for Rugby Sevens at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris cannot be won in Toulouse in 2023, but don't tell the Springbok Sevens team that.
The Springboks Sevens team has a lot of hard work ahead after conceding valuable ground to their opponents in the race to automatic qualification for the 2024 Olympic Games.