South Africa

Olympic Sevens preview: Pool A

Pool A features the current World Rugby Sevens Series champions Fiji, the USA, Argentina and Brazil.

Top seeds progress to semis

Australia, Canada, Great Britain and New Zealand will contest the semi-finals of the Women's Sevens in Rio on Monday.

Aussies, Kiwis reach women’s final

Australia beat Canada 17-5 and New Zealand thumped Great Britain 25-7 in semi-finals of the Women’s Sevens at the Deodoro Stadium in Rio on Monday.

Matera makes first impact

Pablo Matera has the potential to become a legendary loose forward for the Pumas, writes FRANKIE DEGES.

Senatla’s born to run

Blitzboks speedster Seabelo Senatla is set to realise his Olympic dream, writes JON CARDINELLI.

Springboks’ message to SA Olympic heroes

Trevor Nyakane trying his hand at artistic gymnastics? Lood de Jager taking to table tennis? Coenie Oosthuizen doing a Usain Bolt? Damian de Allende shot putting?

BlitzBoks hope to avoid Olympic pitfalls

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Neil Powell was in a positive frame of mind a day before the start of the South African team's campaign at the Olympic Sevens tournament in Rio de Janeiro.

Boks will be strong, but not Lions

Springbok coach Allister Coetzee reiterated his desire to play a strong brand of rugby, but that did not mean the Boks would virtually copy the Emirates Lions recipe for success.

Springboks send their message of support to Rio athletes

# IOLYMPICS - Senatla: Special moments can clinch gold for Blitzboks

At the heart of the Blitzboks’ bid for Olympic gold will be Seabelo Senatla, who scored 66 tries in last season’s World Series.