Paul Delport

No matter the sport, any coach will tell you that a successful (international) team depends on a healthy, competitive feeder-program. To this effect, it was comforting to learn that the Springbok Sevens set-up in South Africa made a giant leap towards strengthening their feeder-system with the establishment of the South African Sevens Academy last year. Run under the tutelage of former-BlitzBokke star Marius (Shoes) Schoeman and assisted by Vuyo Zangqa and several other senior...Read Full Story

Related Posts: Stick boost for 7s Boks Boks fit and confident Meyer looking for assistants Blitzbokke keep clean sheet – UPDATED BlitzBokke show great heart to lift Cup The Rugby Sevens World Series is set to expand to include more nations as the sport heads for its first inclusion as an Olympic Sport, taking part in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The number of teams taking part in the tournament will increase from the current 12 core teams to 15 in the 2012/2013 season. The Hong Kong Sevens...Read Full Story

Springbok Sevens veteran Renfred Dazel was today named as replacement for the injured Paul Delport in the Blitzbokke’s only change for the USA Sevens in Las Vegas.Read Full Story

While typing this I am listening to Springbok Sevens stalwart Paul Delport  (pictured below) making yet another guest appearance on The Taxi ‘s ME Sport Show . Paulie is making quite a name for himself on the media-side of the game having appeared on Cape Town TV’s Western Province Club Rugby Show with JP Naude several times. While it IS Rugby World Cup ‘ season ‘ (the Springboks beat Namibia by 87 – 0 a few hours ago) I’m liking the tangent that the show is taking at the moment which is...Read Full Story

Related Posts: Anyone for Sevens? Sharks must move on from Mapoe Sbu and Tera make Blitzbok squad Schoeman returns for IRB 7s series decider Delport Fights Back The SA Sevens team will be arriving on the 8th/9th in India; They will be competing in the Sevens tournament  in the “CWG” and have a fairly good squad to fight for the Gold. Lets have a closer look at the squad. The squad has been in doubt for a while due to many injury concerns, but after all those issues here is the final squad...Read Full Story

The following players were selected for the first three legs of the HSBC Sevens World Series: Bernado Botha, Boom Prinsloo, Branco du Preez, Cecil Afrika Chris Dry, Chase Minnaar, Frankie Horne, Kyle Brown (Captain) Paul Delport, Mark Richards, Renfred Dazel, Robert Ebersohn Steven Hunt, William Small-Smith Management: Paul Treu (head coach) Allan Temple-Jones (biokineticist), Hugh Everson (physiotherapist), Sebastian Prim (analyst/team manager), Vuyo Zangqa (assistant coach)Read Full Story

Related Posts: Sbu and Tera make Blitzbok squad Samoa crowned 09/10 IRB 7s Champions Rugby sevens gets Olympic nod – at a price Aplon is klaar with Sevens Sevens at Olympics The South African Sevens rugby team qualified for the quarter-finals of the Commonwealth Games after they won all three their Pool matches today at the Delhi University grounds. They play Scotland tomorrow for a place in the Cup semi-finals. The Springbok Sevens beat Wales 21-5 in their third and last Pool B match of...Read Full Story

Related Posts: Blitzbokke face Scotland in quarterfinals Aplon is klaar with Sevens Stick boost for 7s Boks Boks fit and confident Sbu and Tera make Blitzbok squad The Springbok Sevens showed great courage and determination to fight back from 5-14 down to beat England 17-14 earlier today and claim the bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. Bernado Botha gave South Africa an explosive start when he scored within the first minute, but England hit back with converted tries from...Read Full Story

Related Posts: NZ vs SA – statistically speaking Marshall’s and the online gambling regulations Steyn joining Boks today? McCaw is Smart, Boks are Idiots Aplon a dead cert to start at 15 We will be trying to bring you all the latest news and results from the Sevens tournament as it happens. Results so far: Preliminaries: South Africa 29, Tonga 0 South Africa: 27 (17) Tries: Tshotsho Mbovane, Paul Delport (2), Cecil Afrika, Neil Powell. Conversions: Afrika (1) Tonga: 0 South Africa...Read Full Story

Related Posts: Nothing found Frankie Horne, a key member of the Springbok Sevens team, has been ruled out of the Commonwealth Games later this year because of injury Horne, who was named South Africa’s Sevens Player of the Year in 2009, broke a bone in his left hand during the Middlesex Sevens tournament, which was held in London on Saturday. He will undergo an operation tomorrow and will be out of action for approximately 12 weeks.  “Frankie played in the Middlesex tournament along...Read Full Story