Leyds grateful for international recognition

Winning the HSBC SVNS World Championship back to back – on top of the HSBC SVNS Series title – were goals that the Springbok Sevens set for themselves, so Tristan Leyds was already emotional when they achieved that on Saturday evening, but when the Blitzbok playmaker was told he was voted the world's best sevens player, more tears of relief and unexpected joy rolled down his face.