The Blitzboks will be looking to bounce back from a poor showing at the Los Angeles Sevens when they turn their attention to the next World Sevens Series event in Canada this weekend. READ | Stick, Kolisi explain why Rassie is keen to appoint referee coach for Boks Siviwe Soyizwapi says that come Friday, his team must look to turn around their fortunes in a season which had started with promise but has stuttered along recently. "We disappointed everyone, and it was hard to accept that we lacked so much and offered so little in a jersey that represents the very best of our country," the captain said this week after they managed only one win, against Canada, amid defeats to Ireland, Uruguay, Fiji and Samoa in the United States. "The players realised that we are the only ones who can get ourselves out of this hole.
We have to, as we are the ones who dug ourselves into it."For Soyizwapi, the inability to adapt to the playing conditions was a red flag, with the Blitzboks' match against Uruguay postponed twice because of lightning during torrid weather in Los Angeles last weekend."We are professional players, and we need to be better in those conditions," he said."We have another opportunity in Vancouver this weekend, and there is no debate about this.
We need to show who and what we are, and we can only do so by playing to the standards we treasure and pride ourselves on."Blitzbok stalwart Impi Visser was equally blunt in his assessment and as positive in his approach, and he feels the Canadian tournament offers them a chance at redemption."We played against ourselves [last weekend]," said Visser."We made poor tactical decisions like playing the wrong areas of the field.