Rodwell to become England's most capped player

He will surpass Ben Gollings' 70 tournament appearances.

The squad remains unchanged from the opening round of the Sevens World Series where England were bronze medallists in Dubai.

Dan Norton scored an impressive four tries in the 38-10 third-place victory over Wales, taking his tournament total to nine and overall figure to 219.

Just two tries in Cape Town would create another England Sevens' record with Norton becoming the highest try scorer of all time, once again breaking a title currently held by Gollings.

Rodwell moves into third in the list of World Series' most capped players, behind Samoa's Uale Mai and New Zealand's DJ Forbes, while Norton is currently fourth in the try count, 16 off Collins Injera's leading 235.

"It could be a double record-breaking weekend for England Sevens with outstanding achievements for both James and potentially Dan," coach Simon Amor said.

"After he reached a world record 69 consecutive appearances last season, this is another landmark for James.

"His influence is so valuable in helping the team achieve its goals this season as well as supporting the development of the young players involved in the programme.

"We are fortunate to have James and Dan with their talent, professionalism and experience."

England finished top of their pool in Dubai with strong performances against Samoa, Russia and New Zealand and have once again been drawn with the All Blacks Sevens as well as Canada and Argentina for round two of the series.

Amor added: "Recovery between tournaments is critical and that needs to be physical as well as mental. Quite often you can carry the mental highs or lows of the previous event so we need to recognise that third was ok but we want to be finishing higher.

"There is a lot that we still need to work on and some of our decision making needs improving. Dubai was a promising start but we know we can and want to be better."

Charlton Kerr and Callum Sirker have travelled with the squad to Cape Town with Sirker being named as the squad's 13th man.

Still just 19, the two England Sevens Academy players were part of The Royals' squad who won the Dubai international invitational tournament last weekend, beating South Africa Development Sevens in the Final.

Amor said: "We have senior players setting new England Sevens' records and two guys with us who, four months ago were still at school. The progress of these young players has been fantastic and they have been brilliantly coached by Warren Abrahams in their last few tournaments.

"The opportunity for them to be integrated with the seniors and see them prepare and play is very important and helps with their transition onto the World Series. Callum and Charlton have a lot of potential and this week is a valuable experience as we consider the bright futures they could have in sevens."

England: Dan Bibby, Tom Bowen, Phil Burgess, Alex Davis, Richard de Carpentier, Ollie Lindsay-Hague, Charlie Hayter, Ruaridh McConnochie, Tom Mitchell (captain), Dan Norton, James Rodwell, Ethan Waddleton.