Blitzboks to go into new season without head coach

According to a report, Sandile Ngcobo will not travel with the Blitzboks to Dubai for the opening tournament of the upcoming sevens season.

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SPRINGBOK SEVENS SIDE LOSES COACH

In the rebranded SVNS Series, the two-day tournament in the desert marks the start of the new season, and South Africa have been drawn in Pool A alongside Samoa, New Zealand, and Canada.

The Springbok Sevens team launches its Dubai sevens title defence against Samoa on 2 December, before a clash against last season’s overall champions, New Zealand.

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As reported by Netwerk24, Blitzbok head coach Sandile Ngcobo had heel surgery this week which will probably prevent him from travelling to Dubai.

Ngcobo, who it is understood fell during a training session, underwent an operation on Wednesday afternoon and one of his assistants — Philip Snyman — is expected to take charge in his injury-enforced absence.

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ALL GROUPS FOR DUBAI SVNS:

A) New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, Samoa.
B) Australia, Ireland, Argentina, Spain.
C) France, Fiji, Britain, USA.

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BLITZBOKS’ FIXTURES AND KICK-OFF TIMES:

vs Samoa, 8:50am
vs Canada, 12:58pm
vs New Zealand, 6:44pm

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THE BLITZBOKS IN A TEAM HUDDLE