Baloyi will not only celebrate her 27th birthday on the final day of the second World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger 2025 tournament, but she is also hoping to crown the afternoon with some silverware with her team.
"What a wonderful way to celebrate one's birthday," the former University of Pretoria student said with a smile on Wednesday.
"I will be playing for my country alongside these wonderful teammates and if all goes according to plan, I can celebrate us winning the tournament as well. And if that is in front of a good crowd to spur us on, so much the better."
According to Baloyi, winning will be the big challenge and drive in the lead-up to the weekend's action, with the team's focus and preparations into week two stepping up a notch.
"Our goal remains to finish top," she said. "We are much better prepared as we could look at our mistakes from last week and what needed to be sorted out or improved.
"The reviews were honest and open, and everyone is determined to deliver performances that can win us the tournament and put us in a good position leading up to the final tournament in Krakow in a couple of weeks."
The opponents for Friday's pool matches, Samoa and Poland, will provide a physical challenge, but they will be ready: "What happened last weekend is water under the bridge. We know what we did wrong where and this week is all about rectifying those mistakes.
"We will go into that first game well prepared. We are expecting them to be physical, but the focus for us will be our game plan and execution thereof," said Baloyi.
The Springbok Women's Sevens team had an up-and-down start in their first two pool games of the HSBC SVNS Play-offs in Los Angeles on Saturday, beating Ireland by 12-7 before going down to China 26-12 in their second game.
Maria Tshiremba's second half brace set up a convincing 29-10 victory for the Springbok Women's Sevens against Poland in Krakow in their opening match of the final World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger tournament on Friday.
Springbok Women's Sevens coach Renfred Dazel said they are still on track for their 2025 goal of qualifying for next season's HSBC SVNS.
The Springbok Women's Sevens claimed third place in the first leg of the World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger 2025 at Athlone Stadium in Cape Town on Sunday.
