There are basically three reasons why it is important that the Blitzbokke must win the Commonwealth Games Sevens competition. Those are –
* the Fact they are the defending champions;
* they sent the Academy side to play in the Hong Kong Sevens amd even though the youngsters did very well in the competition they must reward all of us by doing better than the Bronze medal won by the Academy kids.
* they can take SA to third on the medal table
Insofar as the Hong Kong Sevens is concerned there are two players who showed signs of being top class in future – Gans and the 17 year-old Miller du Plessis. Those two guys scored the same number of tries and was jointly in number 1 position on the try-scoring list.
Insofar as the gold medal position is concerned the situation is that India (11 golds) are in the number 3 and SA (10 golds) and there are still three possible gold medals in the -
* 800 meter females - absolute certainty that Casper will win;
* 200 meter men - where there are two SA athletes in the final; and
* the Commonwealth Sevens
So lets hope for the best.
