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JOHANNESBURG -- Rugby sevens will also be missing a global star on its return to the Olympics next month, although its got nothing to do with Zika.Bryan Habana, the World Cup-winning South African wing who set his sights on adding an Olympic medal to a career bursting with titles and honors in the 15-a-side game, failed Thursday to make South Africas final squad for the Rio de Janeiro Games.Habana set aside his commitments with South Africas main Springboks team this season to return to sevens, which he hadnt played at the top level for more than a decade, in the hope of going to Rio. He appeared in the world sevens series and was on an initial Blitzboks training squad named for the Olympics.My appreciation and gratitude for getting the opportunity to have been a part of the (at)blitzboks (hash)RoadToRio far outweighs the disappointment of not making the final squad, Habana wrote on Instagram.Rugby -- this time in the seven-a-side form -- will return to the Olympics next month for the first time since 1924.Habana joins another big name in the 15-man game, Australias Quade Cooper, in missing out on selection for his countrys Olympic team.Habana has won a World Cup and a southern hemisphere title with the Springboks, and also southern hemisphere and European club titles. He was the world player of the year in 2007.One 15-a-side international, Juan de Jongh, did make South Africas 12-man squad while another, Francois Hougaard, is one of two traveling reserves.South Africa is among the favorites for gold in the Olympic rugby sevens alongside other traditional sevens powers Fiji and New Zealand.Jerome Brown Jersey . -- Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson asked his players a simple question during Fridays morning shootaround: How many of them had ever been on a team 14 games over . Wilbert Montgomery Womens Jersey . PETERSBURG, Fla. http://www.theeaglesshoponline.com/Youth-Ron-Jaworski-Eagles-Jersey/ . And when it opened, every player was at his stall. Thats a sure sign that a team is in a slump and is searching for answers. "Its embarrassing to be at home and play the way we did," said defenceman Josh Gorges. Mike Quick Womens Jersey . 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The culture that is good enough for us to win here.It really comes down to the mindset, Davie said.Its even more `out work, out hit, out discipline, he said of the Lobos mantra. Its even more, the (grade-point average), going to class, doing the right things. Getting every ounce out of every kid we can get in this program. Its more of that. Its not like, `OK, maybe theres a little more ability. Maybe theres a little bit more talent. Lets deviate and do a little more. Its just back to even more of just relentlessness on doing the things that can separate us from the teams we play.RUNNING GAME REDUX: Since Davie took over the program the running game has been a staple of the offense. But top back Jhurell Pressley has graduated, leaving Teryion Gipson (848 yards, six touchdowns) as the top back. 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