{"id":29281,"date":"2022-04-18T12:31:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T12:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/we-had-hot-and-cold-moments-positive-finish-in-vancouver-eases-some-pain-for-powell"},"modified":"2022-04-18T12:44:30","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T12:44:30","slug":"we-had-hot-and-cold-moments-positive-finish-in-vancouver-eases-some-pain-for-powell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/we-had-hot-and-cold-moments-positive-finish-in-vancouver-eases-some-pain-for-powell","title":{"rendered":"‘We had hot and cold moments’ – Positive finish in Vancouver eases some pain for Powell"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Six tries against France and a victory over<\/p>\n

New Zealand in their last two matches at the HSBC Canada Sevens in Vancouver,<\/p>\n

as well as an improved finish than in Singapore a week before, pointed to a<\/p>\n

positive ending for the Blitzboks at the end of their trip to Asia and North<\/p>\n

America, but the overall performances were below par and can’t be sugar-coated.<\/p>\n

That was the frank assessment of Blitzboks Sevens coach, Neil Powell, at the completion of the fifth and sixth legs of the World Rugby Sevens Series in Singapore and Vancouver, where the Blitzboks<\/p>\n

saw an erosion of their overall lead on the standings to Argentina and<\/p>\n

Australia.<\/p>\n

South Africa now lead the World Series by<\/p>\n

only six points on 111, with Argentina (105) and Australia (100) closing in.<\/p>\n

The Blitzboks could only harvest 23 league points in the last two tournaments,<\/p>\n

while Argentina gathered 35 and Australia 34 points over the same period.<\/p>\n

Three tournaments remain, in Toulouse and<\/p>\n

London at the end of May and in Los Angeles late in August.<\/p>\n

Powell was not looking at the standings<\/p>\n

only in his assessment of the Blitzboks’ performances \u2013 after winning all three<\/p>\n

of their pool matches on the first day in Vancouver, the South Africans lost to<\/p>\n

Samoa in the Cup quarter-final before rebounding with wins against France and<\/p>\n

New Zealand to finish the tournament in fifth place overall.<\/p>\n

“It was a tough two weeks and not something<\/p>\n

that we are happy about as a team,” said Powell.<\/p>\n

“We will have to ask tough questions to<\/p>\n

ourselves on what happened and what areas we need to improve on.<\/p>\n

“As<\/p>\n

individuals, we will have a serious conversation on our performances, but also<\/p>\n

as a team, where we did not function as we should have.<\/p>\n

“The way we finished in those last two matches<\/p>\n

remains a positive; we really turned it around. But that does not detract from<\/p>\n

those weak moments, and we need to hard on ourselves to make sure it does not<\/p>\n

happen in the next two tournaments.”<\/p>\n

The squad did not show their usual<\/p>\n

consistency in performances, and Powell said it would need to be addressed: “We<\/p>\n

had hot and cold moments, and sadly those cold ones proved crucial and very<\/p>\n

costly. It is something we need to look at \u2013 the players and the coaching staff<\/p>\n

alike \u2013 to see how and why it happened and what can be done to prevent that.”<\/p>\n

Powell pointed to the mental readiness of<\/p>\n

the squad as well: \u201cThis is a physical and well as a mental game and at times<\/p>\n

we did not mentally respond the way we used to.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the disappointments, there were<\/p>\n

some positives for Powell too, which included the return of Fiji, Samoa and New<\/p>\n

Zealand to the World Series after missing out in the early rounds due to the<\/p>\n

pandemic.<\/p>\n

“They do test you in different ways and<\/p>\n

areas and some of the young guys in the team needed to learn and experience<\/p>\n

what those were,” he said.<\/p>\n

“You can tell them what to expect, but they<\/p>\n

might not believe you until they experienced it themselves, especially the<\/p>\n

physicality in contact areas. We needed to play against them and although we<\/p>\n

lost two (Fiji and Samoa) and won the one (New Zealand) we can be successful<\/p>\n

against them if we implement correctly.”<\/p>\n

There were mixed feelings for James Murphy,<\/p>\n

who scored the winning try against New Zealand, but he was proud of the<\/p>\n

comeback effort.<\/p>\n

“From an individual point of view, this was<\/p>\n

about grabbing opportunities presented, and I am pleased with the way I<\/p>\n

reacted,” said Murphy, who didn\u2019t feature in Singapore and only joined the<\/p>\n

squad in Vancouver as an injury replacement.<\/p>\n

“It is always great to finish off a try<\/p>\n

like that where the whole team did their bit.”<\/p>\n

Murphy feels a better start to their<\/p>\n

matches will be crucial for the Blitzboks: “We lost to Samoa \u2013 and credit to<\/p>\n

them \u2013 by playing against ourselves as well.<\/p>\n

“That first half was horrible. We conceded<\/p>\n

penalties, we gave the ball away and allowed them too much of a lead. We need<\/p>\n

to cut out those errors because when we did against France and New Zealand, we<\/p>\n

could stay in the game.”<\/p>\n

South Africa will face Samoa, Ireland and<\/p>\n

Spain in Pool D in Toulouse, to be played on 20-22 May.<\/p>\n

Argentina, who won in Vancouver, will<\/p>\n

travel to France as top seeds and will face England, Canada and Japan in Pool A.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Fiji, France, Wales and Kenya<\/p>\n

will contest Pool B. Australia, New Zealand, Scotland, and USA will be in a<\/p>\n

very competitive Pool C.<\/p>\n

Selected 2022 season stats for the<\/p>\n

Blitzboks:<\/p>\n

Most points:<\/b><\/p>\n

141: Ronald Brown<\/p>\n

138: Selvyn Davids<\/p>\n

105: Siviwe Soyizwapi<\/p>\n

70: JC Pretorius<\/p>\n

Most tries:<\/b><\/p>\n

24: Selvyn Davids<\/p>\n

21: Siviwe Soyizwapi<\/p>\n

14: JC Pretorius<\/p>\n

13: Ronald Brown<\/p>\n

10: Zain Davids<\/p>\n

Most tackles made:<\/b><\/p>\n

68: Zain Davids<\/p>\n

55: Christie Grobbelaar<\/p>\n

51: JC Pretorius<\/p>\n

50: Selvyn Davids<\/p>\n

49: Impi Visser<\/p>\n

HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series
\n<\/b>
\nstandings:<\/p>\n

111: South Africa<\/p>\n

105: Argentina<\/p>\n

100: Australia<\/p>\n

70: USA<\/p>\n

69: Ireland<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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