Ricardo Duarttee has never been shy to speak his mind, and he was at it again yesterday ahead of this weekends Cape Town Sevens.
The Blitzboks battle ship first got stuck into the new format for the Cape event, which will see teams play just two pool games instead of three on Saturday, with the four pool winners going straight into Sundays semi-finals.
This has been adopted in order to assist the players in coping with tournaments on consecutive weekends, following the Blitzboks sixth-place finish at last weekends Dubai Sevens.
I will honestly say that I am not crazy about it. I want to play as much as possible, and now we are only going to play four games this weekend, Tricky Ricky said yesterday after the team re-gathered at their hotel after a day off.
I know some guys might think that it may be good for the body, but as an athlete, I am actually waiting for that sixth game, so that you can take teams on with the fatigue.
