BREAKING: Blitzboks qualify for Paris Olympics 2024

The Blitzboks have qualified for this year’s Paris Olympics after beating Great Britain in the final of the World Rugby Sevens Repechage event in Monaco on Sunday.

The Springbok Sevens side won 14-5.

The rugby sevens tournaments at the 2024 Olympics in Paris are scheduled to run from 24 to 30 July at Stade de France.

Twenty four teams (12 each for men and women) will compete against each other in their respective tournaments.

South Africa will have two teams at Paris Olympics

For the first time, the rugby sevens matches will commence two days before the opening ceremony with the men’s preliminary and quarter-final stages.

The competition will then take a break for the opening ceremony on 26 July before the medal-winning teams are officially unveiled a day later.

The women’s tournament will be held between 28 and 30 July, culminating with the gold and bronze medal matches.

The 12 men’s teams to have qualified are Argentina, Australia, Fiji, France, Ireland, Japan, Kenya, New Zealand, Samoa, South Africa, USA and Uruguay.

South Africa will also have a women’s team contest the women’s rugby sevens at the Paris Olympics.