The Blitzboks Effect: How the Springboks are crafting World Champions | The Report

After the Springboks became back-to-back Rugby World Cup winners, Ireland legend Harry McNulty looks into how South Africa use the Blitzboks to craft World Champions.

The Report this week examines how and why South Africa view the crossover between formats as a path to success while other countries like to keep it separate.

He speaks to Blitzboks head coach Phillip Snyman, journalist Finn Morton and England Sevens legend Rob Vickerman to investigate why the likes of Cheslin Kolbe and Kwagga Smith became better players after playing sevens and why Rassie Erasmus spends a lot of time identifying talent from the HSBC SVNS Series.

Ahead of Cape Town SVNS, Harry also asks if South Africa can break their home curse and win on South African soil for the first time since 2015!

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[canadiancontent]

Their toughness and physical dedication is unmatched

[backstabbath]

The real secret sauce is the school rugby in South Africa

[lungabiyela]

You guys make it sound like we've got a constant conveyer belt where players regularly move from the Blitzboks to the Springboks. Just three Blitzboks have gone on to play regularly for the Springboks, while Specmagic had one cap.

[greggalant]

South Africans love rugby, you look at school games like Greys vs Paarl gym, it's packed out, week in week out and it goes right across the country. Kids and parents really enjoy rugby. Every kid wants to play for the Boks, the number of talented kids is unreal. SA will be strong for years to come, the talent is too much, the coaching will determine how far we go

[hopeaguero]

Is knowing the meaning of Springboks jersey and commitment plus discipline and that’s mentality of respect to your duty.🇿🇦🇿🇦

[merlin]

We were forced to play rugby from age 6-7 by fathers who were never good enough to become springboks. Hated it until high school, then one day you realise you are actually good at it. By the time you start liking rugby you’ve already been playing 5-6 years.

[daveharris]

Rassie is the world’s best coach by a country mile.. no matter what World Rugby thinks😉

[mthokozisimyende]

It starts from SCHOOL BOY RUGBY, very big in South Africa🇿🇦❤️🏆

[KizitoLugano]

Harry with the Kenyan passport on his wrist totally unnoticed done made my day

[louisgraham]

Touch rugby is what sets us apart. We play it a few times a day growing up..

[jacqloock]

The best wing pair in Bok history both spent years on the 7s circuit.

[FloatLikeABee]

Dead wrong. You missed the most important thing. I'll say even its the only reason why we deliver such athletes - its our school rugby.

[greenplasticgun]

This is interesting stuff. Wish the Blitzboks were winning a bit more these days though, but one feels like the sacrifice they make to the 15 man game (Losing the likes of Kolbe, Senatla, Kwagga, Kok, KLA, Davids, Nel and others, really does take it's toll on the team. A pity we can't have it both ways.

[canadiancontent]

7s used to be seen as a pathway. No reason it can't be again.

Kolbe, Kwagga, Isigro, keenan, Ardie, Caleb, countless Fijians. No reason why more can't do the same

[RozWentworth]

Hoya Blitz Boks...Hoya AmabokBokke...Hoya South Africa🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[traversharty]

Watching this after the Cape Town 7's 2024. 🇿🇦🎉

[sabataking]

World rugby should release blitzboks games like the way they do to new Zealand games

[Tlhakxza]

The dominance starts from Primary School level...then the High School where Beasts come off age and then those Varsity Warriors...by the time these kids get to BOK LEVEL, it's no longer about them, it's now about SOUTH AFRICA 🇿🇦 as a country, that's why you see them shed tears come the National Anthem time, those guys go to war for their beloved country, with that passion, it only makes sense that real success ensues.

[yannisleroux]

Funny New Zealand also used to do the same and were praised for it but not as much these days it seems

[GoTrologics]

It all comes from school rugby 🤓😇 I remember it was a school tradition to play rugby for the school and the local municipal.
We only becoming better and better trust me we got more new youngest coming in 🎉🎉🎉