SA Students Rugby Sevens aiming for medal finish
The South African Students Rugby Sevens Men and Women’s teams are aiming for a strong start and an even stronger finish at the 30th Summer Universiade Games, to be be played in Naples, Italy from July 5-7.
The South African men’s team will be defending the gold medal they won last year in Swakopmund, Namibia, while the SA Women’s team will be determined to end the weekend with gold medals around their necks after losing in the semi-finals in 2018.
The men’s team, captained by Lungelo Gosa, are boosted by the presence of Kurt-Lee Arendse, who made his Springbok Sevens debut during the 2018/19 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series.
Apart from Gosa, Pieter van der Bergh (coach) also has Johann Kritzinger, Eugene Hare and Diedrik Oberholzer available again, after they formed part of last year’s gold medal effort.
They face Argentina and Romania in pool play on Friday and Russia on Saturday. The knock-out stages are played on Sunday.
The SA Women’s side have been strenghtened by several players from the Springbok Women’s Sevens team.
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