Blitzboks fixtures, squad news for Cape Town Sevens

The Blitzboks and Springbok Women’s Sevens sides will kick off their HSBC SVNS Cape Town campaigns with matches on Saturday morning at the Cape Town Stadium.

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Springbok Sevens head coach Sandile Ngcobo named Tiaan Pretorius as the only new player in his squad for this weekend’s HSBC SVNS Cape Town tournament, with the former SA Schools centre replacing the injured Christie Grobbelaar from the squad that won the Dubai tournament last weekend.

Grobbelaar injured his ankle in Dubai and was ruled out, with Pretorius, who has played in five HSBC SVNS tournaments, making a first appearance in Cape Town. Pretorius, who was schooled at Paul Roos Gymnasium and represented Western Province and SA Schools at centre, made his Blitzbok debut in Dubai in 2022.

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BLITZBOKS FIXTURES – SATURDAY (UPDATED):

10h50: Great Britain
14h18: USA
19h40: Ireland

SPRINGBOK SEVENS SQUAD FOR HSBC SVNS CAPE TOWN:

Forwards:
Tiaan Pretorius – 5 tournaments, 10 points
Ryan Oosthuizen – 44 tournaments, 200 points
Impi Visser – 33 tournaments, 165 points
Zain Davids – 41 tournaments, 190 points
Katlego Letebele – 1 tournament, 0 points
Masande Mtshali – 6 tournaments, 10 points

Backs:
Ronald Brown – 14 tournaments, 352 points
Selvyn Davids (captain) – 30 tournaments, 591 points
Dewald Human – 23 tournaments, 253 points
Justin Geduld – 55 tournaments, 1098 points
Shilton van Wyk – 14 tournaments, 150 points
Rosko Specman – 31 tournaments, 426 points
Quewin Nortje – 1 tournament, 20 points

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SA WOMEN’S TEAMS’ POOL OPPONENTS ON SATURDAY, 9 DECEMBER

Women
France – 09:44
Canada – 11:56
USA – 16:38

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When it comes to the action on Sunday, it’s worth noting that the women’s final will take place at 6:45pm, while the men’s Cup final will conclude the weekend’s action at 7:23pm.

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