It took them just over 30 hours to get from Cape Town to Vancouver, but for the Springbok Sevens it is all part of the job and will not deter their winning ambitions in Canada this weekend.
The Springbok Women's Sevens squad will be looking to carry their form into the HSBC SVNS Vancouver next week.
Shona-Leah Weston returns to the Springbok Women's Seven squad this weekend to take on Australia, Canada, and Great Britain in the HSBC SVNS Perth.
The Blitzboks and Springbok Women's Sevens will kick off their HSBC SVNS Cape Town campaigns with two tricky matches before 11h00 on Saturday morning at the DHL Stadium.
The performance of the Springbok Women forwards against Canada last Saturday brought smiles to the faces of their coaching staff.
Canada scored a comprehensive 66-7 victory over the Springbok Women in Madrid on Saturday, with the South Africans reduced to 14 players for more than 70 minutes upon their return to Test action for the first time since last year's Rugby World Cup.