Zain Davids and Kurt-Lee Arendse have been called up to the Springbok Sevens team to do duty in Vancouver, Canada, this weekend as the Blitzboks start their preparations for round six of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series.
Capetonian Davids will replace injured Ryan Oosthuizen in the forwards, while the uncapped Arendse joins the squad due to an injury to Mfundo Ndhlovu.
South Africa finished in a disappointing joint-seventh place in Las Vegas at the weekend.
Having been eliminated from the Cup competition by the USA on Saturday, the Blitzboks went down 14-12 in their fifth-place semifinal against Fiji on Sunday.
Coach Neil Powell said the result was frustrating, but he could not fault the effort of the players.
TEAM: Kurt-Lee Arendse will also be part of the team. PHOTO: Phando Jikelo/ANA
“They gave it all out there and I am pleased with the effort,” he said.
“We made some errors on attack, but I told the guys before the match that we should finish it knowing we executed and gave our all.”
With the USA thumping Samoa 27-0 in the final, the Americans head the standings on 98 points with New Zealand next best on 93.
The Blitzbokke are in 5th spot on 67 points.
SA Sevens squad for Vancouver:
Zain Davids, Philip Snyman, Impi Visser, Sako Makata, Werner Kok, JC Pretorius, Branco du Preez, Selvyn Davids, Justin Geduld, Stedman Gans, Siviwe Soyizwapi, Muller du Plessis, Kurt-Lee Arendse.
African News Agency