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.
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.
South Africa has huge talent to untap. That’s why I interpret Siya Kolisi’s message to us as being that freedom to excel in sport is a social justice issue.