The versatile Snyman, who has scored 206 points (35 tries, 15 conversions) in the Blitzbok jersey since his debut for the team in Dubai in 2008, is playing in his fifth Hong Kong tournament and said the 35 tournament marker is a significant one for him.
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This is especially so as the Australians have built up momentum ahead of the upcoming Asian legs of the World Rugby Sevens Series in Hong Kong this weekend and Singapore on April 16-17.
“We’re aspiring to have hips that can move like that”. We have to get by the first Olympics first though.
Coach Gordon Tietjens was non-committal about that theory but he added that Williams had been training hard before the problem flared.
France notched three wins from three starts in pool A to lock in a semi-final berth, while Kazakhstan and South Africa will fight it out for the other spot. We put up a really good show against New Zealand and then absolutely took United States of America to the cleaners in the Plate final so to beat teams and match teams of the like I’ve just mentioned has obviously just given the boys a little bit of belief in themselves and in what they’re doing.
They are under no illusions about the task confronting them as the world’s top women’s sevens teams make history in August when they become the first to play for an Olympic medal.
“Rugby will look back in a few years’ time and know that the Olympic seal of approval was a big step forward in terms of the development of the game worldwide”. She’ll be right, [I’m] keen to get amongst it. The stadium last time I was there was bloody intense and they reckon it’s got bigger since then.
With Joe Webber and Ben Lam dropping out because of injury, Sione Molia returns to the selection as well, after impressing in the North American tournaments, as well as Pita Ahki, a veteran of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games and the 2013 World Series.
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“The fact that the repechage is taking place on home soil in UCD is really great and we’d hope to see lots of Irish supporters there to cheer us on”.
