The Cape Town Sevens is back, and it’s set to be another festive occasion at the DHL Stadium as the Blitzboks hunt for victory in front of their passionate home fans.
A new format will be utilised in Cape Town, and so there will be no room for error as each team will play only two pool matches on Saturday, with the four pool winners progressing directly to the semi-finals.
In contrast to the conventional format, where the top two teams in each pool advance to the quarter-finals, the format change places a premium on every pool match as teams that lose will be unlikely to advance to the Cup playoffs on Sunday.
Blitzboks Pool C fixtures (Saturday):
11:44: Ireland
18.41: Argentina
In team news, Mfundo Ndhlovu makes a welcome return to the Springbok Sevens squad in Cape Town this weekend, while the uncapped Zander Reynders has also cracked the nod.
Their inclusion is the only change from the squad that played in the season opener in Dubai last weekend, where both Ryan Oosthuizen and Christie Grobbelaar picked up injuries which ruled them out of the home leg of the world series.
The Blitzboks squad for Cape Town Sevens:
#3 Impi Visser (co-captain)– 40 tournaments, 205 points (41 tries)
#4 Zain Davids (co-captain) – 48 tournaments, 210 points (42 tries)
#5 Ricardo Duarttee – 13 tournaments, 221 points (16 tries, 69 conversions, 1 penalty goal)
#9 Shaun Williams – 18 tournaments, 157 points (25 tries, 16 conversions)
#10 Dewald Human – 26 tournaments, 291 points (25 tries, 83 conversions)
#11 Siviwe Soyizwapi – 54 tournaments, 780 points (152 tries)
#12 Shilton van Wyk – 21 tournaments, 185 points (37 tries)
#13 Mfundo Ndhlovu – 17 tournaments, 115 points (23 tries)
#14 Quewin Nortje – 7 tournaments, 105 points (21 tries)
#15 Donavan Don – 4 tournaments, 35 points (7 tries)
#19 David Brits – 4 tournaments, 25 points (5 tries)
#21 Zander Reynders – uncapped
#24 Tristan Leyds – 6 tournaments, 97 points (13 tries, 16 conversions)
Full set of men’s fixtures on Saturday:
10h38: France v USA
11h00: Australia v Kenya
11h22: Great Britain v Uruguay
11h44: South Africa v Ireland
13h54: New Zealand v USA
14h16: Spain v Kenya
14h38: Fiji v Uruguay
15h00: Argentina v Ireland
17h35: New Zealand v France
17h57: Spain v Australia
18h19: Fiji v Great Britain
18h41: Argentina v South Africa
Women:
09h00: USA v Fiji
09h22: Ireland v Spain
09h44: Japan v China
10h06: Canada v Brazil
12h16: Great Britian v Fiji
12h38: France v Spain
13h00: New Zealand v China
13h22: Australia v Brazil
15h42: Great Britain v USA
16h04: France v Ireland
16h26: New Zealand v Japan
16h48: Australia v Canada
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