Youth Sevens in Samoa
There are men's and women's Sevens at the games which will be played in Apia, the Samoan capital. The players taking part must be born in 1997 or 1998.
South Africa has one of the eight teams in the men's Sevens. The teams taking part are Australia, England, Fiji, Kenya, Samoa, Singapore, South Africa and the Cayman Islands. (No New Zealand)
There are six countries taking part in the women's Sevens – Canada, Scotland, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Cook Islands and Samoa.
There are 12 players in each Sevens team.
The South African team is Heino Bezuidenhout (Daniël Pienaar & Eastern Province), Curwin Bosch (Grey & Eastern Province), Hacjivah Dayimani (Jeppe & Golden Lions), Donovan du Randt (Glenwood & KwaZulu-Natal), Nico Leonard (Paul Roos & Western Province), Manie Libbok (Outeniqua & South Western Districts), Khanya Ncusane (Paarl Boys' High & Western Province), Mfundo Ndlovu (Standerton & Pumas), Embrose Papier (Garsfontein & Blue Bulls), JC Pretorius (HTS Middelburg & Pumas), Johan Visser (Paarl Gim & Western Province) and Damian Willemse (Paul Roos & Western Province).
Of the team Curwin Bosch, Embrose Papier and Heino Bezuidenhout have played for SA Schools for two years in a row. Others who played SA Schools in 2015 are Hacjivah Dayimani, Nico Leonard, Manie Libbok, Khanya Ncusane, Johan Visser and Damian Willemse.
Marius Schoeman said: “This group is the result of an identification process that started two years ago at the Under-16 Coca-Cola Grant Khomo Week. We have monitored their progress ever since, and they all came through a rigorous training camp hosted in April and last December."
The team is now in Samoa.
