Blitzboks coach Neil Powell is banking on the new arrivals in his squad to lift them to greater heights in Paris this weekend.
Cecil Afrika, Dewald Human and Mfundo Ndhlovu all joined the squad as injury replacements, with Stedman Gans, Kurt-Lee Arendse and Selvyn Davids all ruled out.
And Powell says: “We needed their arrival to bring that energy, as we are hard on ourselves and a bit down following London.
“They came smiling and believing, so we are all back to deliver a determined effort.”
Straight from the airport to the training ground but who minds when you get a welcome like this. Dewald Human joined the team in Paris this afternoon after being called up late Monday afternoon @CastleFreeSA @FNBSA @ASICSRugby @ASICS_ZA pic.twitter.com/VL72fYbNji
— Springbok Sevens (@Blitzboks) May 28, 2019
Veteran Werner Kok, meanwhile, adds that they will take a good look at themselves after bowing out of last week’s London Sevens at the quarterfinal stage.
He explains: “We all had a good look at ourselves and what we did on the weekend.
“The stats were not that bad, to be honest, but we did let ourselves down at crucial times.
“Our decision-making was not that great and we did not play directly enough at times.”