The South African Womens Sevens Rugby team is excited to be representing the country at the Olympic Games for the very first time. This is the third time the team has qualified, but the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC), excluded Womens Sevens from previous teams for the Games.
The team has been in camp in Potchefstroom for the past two weeks where the final team was selected.
Coach Renfred Dazel was part of the team when they qualified for the first time, but he was not there when they made it the second time.
Now, its third time lucky for him.
I think what changed now is where womens sport is currently in the world. It has exposure on the biggest stages and even with the hockey that never got an opportunity before, I was part of the first one when we qualified in Kempton Park but not with the second one. But here I am standing two weeks ago taking the team to the Olympics.
