Who will wear the crown at the Western Cape leg of the Frogfoot Sevens series this weekend at Swartland?
The Frogfoot Sevens series reaches the penultimate qualifying rounds this weekend when Swartland hosts the Western Cape leg of the prestigious competition.
Along with the bragging rights, the winners this weekend will qualify to compete at the Championship Tournament in Pretoria on the 14th of October.
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Paul Roos Gimnasium have proven themselves to be the foremost u17 sevens team in the country at the moment, after two consecutive victories in major tournaments over the last couple of weeks.
What makes this achievement even more special for the proud boys from Stellenbosch is the fact that they beat their fiercest rivals, Grey College, in the final of both tournaments.
Paul Roos was crowned champions at the inaugural NWU Prestige Schools Sevens tournament in Potchefstroom two weeks ago, when they beat Grey by 22-19 after a massive second-half comeback.
They then repeated the trick at the prestigious Marius Schoeman Sevens festival at Paarl Gimnasium last weekend, this time seeing away with the boys from Bloemfontein with a comprehensive 33-10 victory.
The Maroon Machine will be competing at another tournament making its debut this weekend when they travel to Wellington to participate in the Cape Schools Sevens festival, so an invitational team will be representing them at the Frogfoot tournament.
The likes of Strand, Worcester Gimnasium and Milnerton will see this as a golden opportunity to upset the giants from the Winelands, especially since the quicker format of the game makes it possible for some of the smaller teams to cause big upsets.
With only seven men to defend, and only fourteen minutes to play, the smaller teams tend to find the playing field much more equal and we can expect some exhilarating action this weekend as the speedsters in the Western Cape lock horns.
The groups are:
Pool A – Swartland, Strand, Melkbosstrad, Dirkie Uys, Hexvallei.
Pool B – HTS Drostdy, Montagu, Schoonspruit, Vredendal, Vooruitsig.
Pool C – Paul Roos Invitational, Boland Wynland, Jakes Gerwal, Vredenburg, Ashton.
Pool D – Hoërskool Stellenbosch, Milnerton, Punt, Worcester Gimnasium, Wesbank.
The fixtures:
Friday
Pitch 1: 14:00 – Strand vs Melkbosstrand; 14:20 – Dirkie Uys vs Hexvallei; 14:40 – Montagu vs Schoonspruit; 15:00 – Vredendal vs Vooruitsig; 15:20 – Paul Roos Invitational vs Ashton; 15:40 – Jakes Gerwal vs Vredenburg; 16:00 – Hoërskool Stellenbosch vs Wesbank; 16:20 – Punt vs Worcester Gimnasium; 16:40 – Swartland vs Dirkie Uys; 17:00 – Strand vs Hexvallei; 17:20 – HTS Drostdy vs Vredendal; 17:40 – Montagu vs Vooruitsig; 18:20 – Paul Roos Invitational vs Vredenburg; 18:40 – Boland Wynland vs Ashton; 19:00 – Hoërskool Stellenbosch vs Worcester Gimnasium; 19:20 – Milnerton vs Wesbank; 19:40 – Swartland vs Strand; 20:00 – Melkbosstrand vs Hexvallei; 20:20 – HTS Drostdy vs Montagu; 20:40 – Schoonspruit vs Vooruitsig.
Pitch 2: 14:00 – Boland Wynland vs Jakes Gerwal; 14:20 – Vredenburg vs Ashton; 14:40 – Milnerton vs Punt; 15:00 – Worcester Gimnasium vs Wesbank; 15:20 – Swartland vs Hexvallei; 15:40 – Melkbosstrand vs Dirkie Uys; 16:00 – HTS Drostdy vs Vooruitsig; 16:20 – Schoonspruit vs Vredendal.
Saturday
Pitch 1: 08:00 – Paul Roos Invitational vs Boland Wynland; 08:20 – Jakes Gerwal vs Ashton; 08:40 – Hoërskool Stellenbosch vs Milnerton; 09:00 – Punt vs Wesbank; 09:20 – Swartland vs Melkbosstrand; – 09:40 – Strand vs Dirkie Uys; 10:00 – HTS Drostdy vs Schoonspruit; 10:20 – Montagu vs Vredendal; 10:40 – Paul Roos Gimnasium vs Jakes Gerwal; 11:00 – Boland Wynland vs Vredenburg; 11:20 – Hoërskool Stellenbosch vs Punt; 11:40 – Milnerton vs Worcester Gimnasium.
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