The Bok Women’s Sevens lost the match 19-14 before losing 12-17 to Fiji and 17-5 to Great Britain in their pool matches on Saturday.At first glance, three losses from three matches might seem a poor return, but South Africa were a few bounces of the ball away from winning all three of those mat.
When I was growing up, rugby was emblematic in many ways of hard, tough masculinities. Playing rugby was part of the rites of passage from boyhood to manhood – and it’s no accident in South Africa that rugby is a very rough sport. When I was growing up, rugby was emblematic in many ways of hard.
Those tight victories over France, England and the All Blacks in Saint-Denis were the result of an unbreakable, never-give-in attitude developed over six years and executed by the right players.