The National’s Sport cover for the Thursday, November 5 issue, featuring Bryan Habana as he joins South Africa’s sevens side ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Habana is the latest star to adopt the short format with its inclusion in the Summer Olympics programme. Paul Radley writes about the development:
“Sevens will make its debut in Rio de Janeiro next year, and the prospect of a medal is clearly proving enticing.
“Liam Messam and Sonny Bill Williams were the two biggest name All Blacks to make themselves available for sevens duty earlier this year. Both have subsequently become World Cup winners in the XVs game.
“This week, the announcement of Quade Cooper’s move from Queensland’s Reds to Toulon in France was delayed by contractual negotiations over his desire to make the Australia squad for Rio.
“And on Wednesday Bryan Habana, the joint leading try-scorer in the history of World Cups, was announced as part of the South Africa sevens training squad.”
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