Experienced playmaker Selvyn Davids will lead the Springbok Sevens team for the 2024 HSBC SVNS series, starting in Dubai next weekend.
Springbok Sevens head coach Sandile Ngcobo will not travel with the team to Dubai for the 2024 HSBC SVNS opener due to medical reasons, with assistant coach Philip Snyman set to step in.
A decade ago, a number of 20-year-olds joined the SA Rugby Sevens Academy – as it was known at the time – and not too long after joining the set-up in Stellenbosch, engrained their names in the history books of the Springbok Sevens.
Ryan Oosthuizen has embraced his role as a senior player as the Springbok Sevens aim to bounce back from the disappointments of last season.
The Springbok Sevens missed a second opportunity to qualify for next year's Olympic Games after suffering a 17-12 defeat to Kenya in the final of the Rugby Africa Olympic Games qualifiers on Sunday.
The Springbok Sevens team will play Nigeria in the quarter-finals of the Rugby Africa Olympic Games qualifiers in Zimbabwe on Sunday morning.