Seasoned 15-a-side rugby player Daphne Scheepers, of Grahamstown, has been included in a 12-member South African Select Team to participate in the International Sevens Invitational tournament in Dubai from 28 to 30 November.
Seasoned 15-a-side rugby player Daphne Scheepers, of Grahamstown, has been included in a 12-member South African Select Team to participate in the International Sevens Invitational tournament in Dubai from 28 to 30 November.
Springbok Sevens coach Renfred Dazel announced the team earlier this week.
Scheepers, who featured in the Springbok Women’s 2014 Rugby World Cup qualifier against Uganda in East London in August, is one of seven players to earn their first call-ups to the Sevens squad.
The team will face Belgium, the West Coast Vikings, Tuks Ladies and the Moscow Region teams in the round-robin stages on 29 November. The Cup and Plate semifinals and finals are set to take place on 30 November.
The squad has been based in Port Elizabeth for the past two months to prepare under the guidance of newly-appointed coach Dazel. They will depart for Dubai on 24 November.
Dazel said the tournament was important to groom the players for the qualifying stages of the 2016 Olympic Games.
