Philip Snyman had nothing but praise for his Springbok Men’s Sevens team after their victory at Vancouver SVNS.
The result means that with one HSBC SVNS Series stop to come in New York this weekend, his team are level with Fiji at the top of the overall standings.
South Africa beat Spain 38-12 in the Cup final to claim their third tournament win of the season. Fiji’s third-place finish at BC Place Stadium means that both teams have 86 points ahead of this weekend’s event.
Snyman said: “We really improved game by game and in the final, the guys were very clinical and delivered one of the best performances I have seen by the Springbok Sevens in a long time.
“Our search for consistency is very important in our vision to become the best sevens system in the world and that starts at home. We aim to bring consistency into our training sessions as well, because that will flow over to tournaments and I am happy to see that happened here in Vancouver.
“We are not perfect yet, but that is okay. I told the players they should not be scared to make mistakes, as long as it is aggressive mistakes and this weekend, I cannot fault the effort or performance the players put on the field.”
For New York the Blitzboks have been named in Pool A with Australia, France and Japan.
World Champions a year ago, South Africa have refined their status as one of the best HSBC SVNS Series teams in the world and blooded a host of new talent across the season.
Snyman continued: “We laid out some aims at the start of the season. We wanted to play in every semi-final and then improve on that by consistently making finals and winning them.
“Going back-to-back this weekend, with six changes to the squad that won in Perth, shows that we are getting there. The depth in the squad is very pleasing.
“The players will enjoy this win, but the job is not done as we are tied with Fiji on 86 points and with the final tournament of the series this coming weekend in New York, we have it all to do.”