Articles Tagged “India”

  • India Games Images

    India Games Images

    It happens after every tournament… people sending me or allowing me to share their images of the BlitzBokke at that event. After the Springboks’ medal-winning performance at the recently concluded Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India,…

  • Games Day 1: BlitzBokke shine

    Games Day 1: BlitzBokke shine

    The South African Sevens side, except for a clumsy second half from both SA and Wales in the final pool game, showed that they have indeed overcome their injury woes and that the new Boys…

  • Nerve-settling start for BlitzBokke (updates)

    Nerve-settling start for BlitzBokke (updates)

    The Springbok Sevens side, sporting a few new faces due to forced injury changes has made a nerve-settling start in the first match of the Commonwealth Games rugby tournament. The South Africans ran in a…

  • Delport: BlitzBokke embracing the Games

    Delport: BlitzBokke embracing the Games

    The Springbok Sevens rugby team has put their injury woes behind them and plans to launch a serious challenge for the medals on offer at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, according to captain, Paul…

  • Playing schedule for Games Sevens

    Playing schedule for Games Sevens

    I have had so many enquiries for the schedule for next week’s Commonwealth Games Sevens tournament, I cannot believe that I haven’t posted about it before. My bad. Here goes: All matches will be played…

  • India: Schoeman OUT, Powell IN

    India: Schoeman OUT, Powell IN

    Who was it who said bad things happen in threes? I’d like to tell that poor sod to have a look at the BlitzBokke, because it just happened to us for the umpteenth time. SARU…

  • Preparing for the Games

    Preparing for the Games

    After a series of intense preparatory tournaments in Rustenburg where they suffered even more injuries to add to an already depleted side, the Springboks Sevens side departed for Dubai on Sunday 3 October. The team…

  • gods finally smile on Delhi Games

    gods finally smile on Delhi Games

    After a chaotic couple of weeks, the weather-gods seemed to be impressed with the shake-up at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi that they promptly stayed away as Prince Charles arrived at the impressive Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium to…

  • BlitzBokke don’t want Delhi belly

    BlitzBokke don’t want Delhi belly

    The Springbok Sevens squad travel to Dubai on Sunday evening for a week long preparation camp ahead of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India. Injuries to several players have disrupted the preparations of the squad,…

  • No more Games for Chris Dry

    No more Games for Chris Dry

    The Springbok Sevens side has suffered another setback with the withdrawal of Chris Dry from the team for the Delhi Commonwealth Games. The Free State Cheetahs Under-21 player will not travel with the Springbok Sevens…

  • Messam called up to NZ Games Team

    Messam called up to NZ Games Team

    The Springbok Sevens team is not the only top side undergoing injury-forced changes to their line-ups less than a week before the 2010 Commonwealth Games in India. All Blacks loose forward and New Zealand Maori…

  • Mapoe blocked from Games

    Mapoe blocked from Games

    SuperSport.com recently revealed that coach Paul Treu had accredited former Sevens Springbok Lionel Mapoe on request of his agent and the national selectors to be part of the South African team for the Commonwealth Games in Delhi,…