My favourite sporting event in George is the annual sevens tournament. Not yet on the scale of the Hong Kong sevens tournament it has however grown phenomenally since it moved to George from Durban 4 years ago. This year I had received an invite to the George and Wilderness hospitality area which gives me an excellent view of the players as they move from the player’s enclosure to the field. If tournaments are won by focus alone I can already tip the New Zealand team as the winners this year.

From the image you can see they move as a focused single entity and you can see the steely determination in their eyes. So today will tell if they emerge the winners or not. Australia by contrast seem to be in deep trouble drawing to the Tunisia and losing to Scotland and so are eliminated from the race for the cup. South Africa looked in form against a strong Argentinean side and qualified easily for the quarter finals beating Wales 31 -0.

  Two surprises in the Quarter finals. USA ran in a surprise victory over France and Kenya shocked England to qualify.

The quarter final line up below

\nNew Zealand – USA
\nSamoa – Argentina
\nSouth Africa – Scotland
\nFiji – Kenya
\nBetween Samoa and Argentina should be interesting but as for the rest it should be fairly predictable but who knows perhaps Kenya or USA can provide another surprise but I doubt it.
Personally I am looking forward to a day in the sun with a beer in the hand and the wonderful atmosphere that the sevens format provides.

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