Spot the differences between the first two images! ;-)
Did anyone say "snake"?
Vamos Los Cheetah!
Island style.
A selfie with a difference...
The eagle has landed!
Sssserpent!
No snakes in New Zealand!
What a magnificent beast!
Nervous?
The captains of the 16 men's and 12 women's teams for the HSBC Cape Town Sevens were treated to a proper African experience when they arrived at the Cape Town Stadium on Tuesday afternoon - check out these great pics, all courtesy of Gallo Images.
Spot the differences between the first two images! ;-)
Did anyone say "snake"?
Vamos Los Cheetah!
Island style.
A selfie with a difference...
The eagle has landed!
Sssserpent!
No snakes in New Zealand!
What a magnificent beast!
Nervous?
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The HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series – as competitive as it is right now – is all about grabbing that one opportunity and the Springbok Sevens team would love nothing more than doing just that.
A total of 28 teams - 16 men's and 12 women's - will be in action at the Cape Town Stadium this weekend. Check out all the fixtures below!
The triumphant Blitzboks – fresh from victory in Dubai – will be in action on Friday in their opening pool match of the HSBC Cape Town Sevens on the first day of one of arguably South Africa’s most unmissable sports event of the year.
Hacjivah Dayimani plans well for most things in life, so it was not that unexpected when his phone rang and he received the message to join the Blitzbok squad for the HSBC Cape Town Sevens, but when it became reality, the Emirates Lions looseforward went blank.
Isuzu Southern Kings Director of Rugby, Robbie Kempson, will continue in his role as the franchise’s head coach until the end of the current Guinness PRO14 season as the search continues to find a full-time replacement.
The Springbok trio of Pieter-Steph du Toit, Herschel Jantjies and Dillyn Leyds walked away with the top accolades at the WPRFU awards evening held at Kelvin Grove in Newlands on Tuesday.
Cape Town is abuzz with sevens rugby action this week in the build-up to the highly-anticipated fifth instalment of the popular HSBC Cape Town Sevens, the second tournament on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series.
Springbok Women’s Sevens coach Paul Delport confirmed six debutants in his tournament squad of 12 players for the inaugural women’s leg of the HSBC Cape Town Sevens, from 13-15 December at Cape Town Stadium.
In 2016, Justin Geduld missed a crucial conversion in the final of the HSBC Cape Town Sevens and left the field close to tears, but despite this, the Blitzbok playmaker can’t wait to get back onto the pitch at the Cape Town Stadium on Friday.
Aimee Barrett-Theron will officiate the opening match of the Women’s Six Nations for the third year in a row when France hosts England in Pau in February, while Jaco Peyper has also been tasked with holding the whistle in the men’s Six Nations.
The HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series – as competitive as it is right now – is all about grabbing that one opportunity and the Springbok Sevens team would love nothing more than doing just that.
The Springbok trio of Pieter-Steph du Toit, Herschel Jantjies and Dillyn Leyds walked away with the top accolades at the WPRFU awards evening held at Kelvin Grove in Newlands on Tuesday.
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