Brown to carry SA flag at Games
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:03
A true leader of men: Kyle Brown. (c) Gallo
Kyle Brown will captain the Springbok Sevens team that will participate at the Commonwealth Games in India in October.
Springbok coach Paul Treu recently met with representatives from the South African Sports Commission and Olympic Confederation (SASCOC) to finalise the team that will travel to Delhi for the Sevens competition, which takes place on October 11 and 12.
In all, seven experienced SARU contracted players were named in the final squad of 12.
Four players will be making their Sevens debut for South Africa. The new players in the squad are Free State's Boom Prinsloo, who shone for Shimlas in this year's Varsity Cup, Bernardo Botha (Lions) and Lubabalo Mtembu and Sibusiso Sithole (both of whom hail from the Sharks).
"With the injury to Frankie Horne, we decided to bring in Boom Prinsloo, who has impressed at our training camp," explained the 'Blitz Boks' coach.
"The three other new players in the squad can all make it to the top in Sevens and we see this as a superb opportunity to give them necessary experience."
Looking at the rest of his playing party, Treu added: "The core of our squad is very experienced.
"Kyle Brown, Chase Minnaar, Renfred Dazel, Ryno Benjamin and MJ Mentz were all part of the squad that won the IRB Sevens World Series in 2008/09, while Cecil Afrika, Chris Dry and Branco du Preez all featured for us in the 2009/10 season.
"We are going to India to win gold, but it won't be easy, as most of the top nations will be there.
"Our first aim is to finish at the top of our pool and make it into the quarterfinals on the second day."
South Africa, bronze medalists in 2002, head Pool B in India.
Current IRB Rugby World Cup Sevens champions Wales, a resurgent Tonga team and the host nation, India, have been included in this group.
The South African Sevens squad: Boom Prinsloo (Free State), Chris Dry (SARU), Kyle Brown (SARU - captain), Chase Minnaar (SARU), Lubabalo Mtembu (Sharks), Cecil Africa (SARU), Renfred Dazel (SARU), Branco du Preez (Blue Bulls), Ryno Benjamin (SARU), Sibusiso Sithole (Sharks), Bernardo Botha (Golden Lions), MJ Mentz (SARU).
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