After winning gold twice and silver twice in Vancouver in earlier versions of the Canadian leg of HSBC SVNS, the Springbok Sevens squad are well aware of their underwhelming performances in recent seasons.
The Springbok Sevens team arrived in Perth on Sunday with a positive mindset and determined to raise the bar they set in South Africa last month, when they won the HSBC SVNS Cape Town.
Springbok Sevens co-captain Impi Visser feels a change to the tournament format at the HSBC SVNS Cape Town will make it more difficult for the title contenders at the DHL Stadium.