Ruhan Nel also makes a return while Christi Grobbelaar‚ who's an SA Rugby Sevens Academy product‚ will make his debut if he's picked.
The 10-leg tournament will form part of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic preparations and the 2019/20 World Sevens Series season starts on December 5 in Dubai with the next leg in Cape Town in the following week. Soyizwapi will be taking part in his 29th tournament and will lead a strong side containing the likes Rosko Specman‚ Chris Dry‚ Dylan Sage‚ Justin Geduld and Seabelo Senatla.
Blitzbokke coach Neil Powell said they need to start better in Dubai as compared to last year when they exited in the quarterfinals and could only manage a sixth-place finish."We can’t promise anything this time around‚ but I am pretty sure the effort will be there and if that is the case‚ we will be very competitive‚” Powell said.”
The Academy side is a strong one with the likes of Werner Kok‚ Branco du Preez‚ Cecil Afrika and Stedman Gans all making appearances.
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