SA’s leading sevens points scorer Cecil Afrika has been included in the Blitzbok squad for the North American leg of the HSBC World Sevens Series after an injury lay-off. Afrika missed tournaments in Wellington and Sydney‚ both won by the Blitzboks‚ due to a knee injury. It is a timely return for the wily veteran‚ who has a career total of 1,167 points‚ with star wing Seabelo Senatla out of the team due to Super Rugby commitments. The series moves to Las Vegas next week for the fifth round‚ which marks the halfway point in the season‚ and the following week, it travels to Vancouver for round six. Las Vegas might be a place where dreams are regularly shattered at its wide array of casinos, but for the Blitzboks, it is a charmed city. They have won three titles in Vegas since 2010 and after winning three of the opening four rounds of the series so far‚ they are odds on to win again. But they will also be without key forward Kwagga Smith‚ who has returned to the Lions for Super Rugby d...
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