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.
It was not the result they had hoped for, but the Springbok Sevens will take away valuable lessons from Madrid this weekend after they finished sixth in the HSBC SVNS Grand Finale in Spain.
Ryan Oosthuizen will represent the Springbok Sevens for the 50th time in the HSBC SVNS in Spain next weekend, the final tournament of the 2024 season.
The regular HSBC SVNS season concluded in Singapore as Argentina were crowned SVNS League Winners 2024 and New Zealand edged Ireland 17-14 to clinch the Singapore title.
Argentina, playing for the HSBC SVNS league title, came back hard in the second half of their fifth-place playoff to edge the Springbok Sevens by 14-10 in the teams' final clash in Singapore this weekend.
One try was enough for the Springbok Women's Sevens team as they finished the HSBC SVNS Singapore on a winning note and secured ninth position with their second victory of the weekend over the USA.