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The South African sevens team were one of the standout entertainers at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, highlighted by this compilation video of their best tries. WATCH: Snoop on Dup #ICYMI here’s some of the #BlitsBoks tries during the Paris Olympics 🏉🔥#PoweredByUnity pic.twitter.com/jqzhj58sgL — Springbok Sevens (@Blitzboks) July 30, 2024 Photo: @Blitzboks/Twitter

Rugby sevens needs more big-name fifteens players competing on the Olympic stage, writes SIMON BORCHARDT. Rugby is a team game but an individual can make all the difference. Just ask the France Sevens team, serial underachievers on the World Rugby Sevens Series circuit for 25 years until winning it last season, and now Olympic champions.

World Rugby needs to recalibrate its international calendar to enable more players like Antoine Dupont to switch between sevens and 15s, according to the federation’s CEO, Alan Gilpin. Dupont played a starring role, scoring two second-half tries and setting up another, as France claimed its first gold of the Paris Games by beating two-time defending

World Rugby needs to recalibrate its international calendar to enable more players like Antoine Dupont to switch between sevens and 15s, according to its CEO, Alan Gilpin. Dupont played a starring role, scoring two second-half tries and setting up another, as France claimed its first gold of the Paris Games by beating two-time defending champions

The Blitzboks will take inspiration from a trio of World Cup-winning former Springbok Sevens stars when they tackle hosts France in the Olympic Games semi-finals on Saturday. South Africa has a clear picture in their head of what will be required at the Stade de France Stadium at 3.30pm on Saturday afternoon. That picture, according