Fixtures for the 2023 Interprovincial Sevens tournament in Bloemfontein
The annual inter-provincial sevens tournament kicks off next week on Monday in Bloemfontein where 16 provincial teams gather at Grey College to determine which region will wear the sevens crown in 2023.
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The Eastern Province will be looking to defend their title from last year.
The EP boys knocked out the reigning champs from KZN, the Sharks, in the quarter-finals last year in an epic 21-19 sevens showcase before running 17 unanswered points past the SWD team to book a spot in the final where they saw away with the hot stepping Boland team by 25-14 to claim the trophy.
Judging by the performances of the schools in the various sevens tournaments leading up to this event, we are set for some amazing sevens action this weekend again.
The Western Province boys will not be participating at this year’s event, which removes one of the definite favourites early on, seeing as Paul Roos has won two major tournaments, namely the NWU Prestige Schools Sevens tournament in Potchefstroom and the Marius Schoeman tournament in Paarl already this season.
They beat Grey College in the finals on both occasions and would have been bolstered by the addition of players from Boland Landbou, Paarl Gimnasium and Paarl Boys’ High, who have also been performing well.
The teams from the Noordvaal will count themselves among the top contenders for the title next week.
Noordheuwel gave the Noordvaal Sevens trophy a new home last weekend at the tournament at Monument and many of those boys will be in action again this weekend for the Lions.
The Free State teams, with their major share of Grey College players who will be playing on their home field, are also in with a good chance.
The Grey College sevens team have been unstoppable this year, with the two losses in the finals being their only defeats thus far, a record no other team at the large tournaments has been able to replicate, not even the champions.
A full list of the players selected to represent the provinces will be released shortly.
The playoffs will commence on Tuesday and the game to determine this year’s champion will kick off at 14:30.
The Groups
Pool A: Eastern Province, Leopards, Golden Lions, Namibia.
Pool B: Boland, Sharks, Griffons Invitational, Limpopo.
Pool C: SWD, Falcons, Griffons, Free State Invitational.
Pool D: Blue Bulls, Free State, Pumas, Griquas.
The fixtures
Monday: 08:00 – Eastern Province vs Leopards; 08:20 – Golden Lions vs Namibia; 08:40 – Boland vs Sharks; 09:00 – Griffons Invitational vs Limpopo; 09:20 – SWD vs Falcons; 09:40 – Griffons vs Limpopo; 10:00 – Blue Bulls vs Free State; 10:20 – Pumas vs Griquas; 10:40 – Eastern Province vs Golden Lions; 11:00 – Leopards vs Namibia; 11:20 – Boland vs Griffons Invitational; 11:40 – Sharks vs Limpopo; 12:00 – SWD vs Griffons; 12:20 – Falcons vs Free State Invitational; 12:40 – Blue Bulls vs Pumas; 13:00 – Free State vs Griquas; 13:20 – Eastern Province vs Namibia; 13:40 – Leopards vs Golden Lions; 14:00 – Boland vs Limpopo; 14:20 – Sharks vs Griffons Invitational; 14:40 – SWD vs Free State Invitational; 15:00 – Falcons vs Griffons; 15:20 – Blue Bulls vs Griquas; 15:40 – Free State vs Pumas.
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