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The Citizen
|February 06, 2026
PERTH: BLITZBOK FLYHALF HAS FOND MEMORIES FROM HIS SEVENS DEBUT
TRISTAN LEYDS
(Picture: Gallo Images)
The Australian Sevens Series stop, and particularly HBF Park in Perth, will always have a special place in the heart of Springbok Sevens flyhalf Tristan Leyds, and come this weekend for the fourth tournament of the 2026 season, it will be no different.
There will be an added bounce in the step for Leyds though. He made his Blitzbok debut in Perth in 2024, which was rather fitting, as older brother Dillyn Leyds moved to Western Australia a decade earlier to kickstart his senior international career.
“I was happy with my debut; it was a good place to run out for my country and represent them and I thought it went well,” said Leyds as the Blitzboks prepared for a bite at Aussie gold. “Sadly, I missed out last year due to injury, but I am ready to go and give it my all this weekend again.”
This story is from the February 06, 2026 edition of The Citizen.
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