Bryan Habana says South Africa will have to go back to their core rules to bring to qualify for the lads’s rugby sevens match at this hour’s Olympic Video games.

Kenya beat the Blitzboks to a place in Paris in African qualifying, however the reigning Commonwealth champions have every other probability to secure their park by the use of a 12-team match in Monaco this weekend.

On the other hand, best the winners of the development can be heading to the French capital after age.

Rugby Global Cup winner Habana used to be a part of the South Africa sevens set-up earlier than the game made its debut on the 2016 Olympics, however didn’t form the overall squad which took bronze in Rio de Janeiro.

“It’s been a strange old season for the Blitzboks,” Habana, 41, informed BBC Game Africa.

“There’s been a change of management, and it’s always difficult in any transition period to try and keep the consistency of success.

“If they play to the best of their abilities, given the talent, skill, leadership and coaching that we have within that group, they’re more than capable enough to qualify for the Olympics.”

South Africa’s males have been a number of the maximum constant performers at the global sevens circuit, with 3 titles and 6 second-placed finishes between 2012-13 and 2021-22.

But the resignation of long-serving professor Neil Powell on the finish of 2022 ended in a drop-off in effects.

Philip Snyman changed Sandile Ngcobo as professor in March, and the Blitzboks ended the SVNS excursion in 7th park for the second one successive season – with their sole form win in the latest marketing campaign coming in Dubai latter December.

“Neil Powell laid an incredible foundation with his team for the better part of 10-12 years,” Habana mentioned.

“I think when you lose someone like that, if you really just look at Manchester United and what’s happened post Alex Ferguson, it’s really difficult to make sure that that transition is as good as possible.

“A lot of the players who were instrumental in winning Commonwealth gold have since moved on into the 15s format of the game.”