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Blitzbokke suffer Du Preez setback
Springbok Sevens scrumhalf Branco du Preez suffered a hamstring injury during training earlier today and will not play in the Emirates Airline Dubai Sevens, SARU confirmed on Wednesday. Read full article

Cheetahs include Rhule for inaugural sevens tournament
The Cheetahs have included new Springbok call-up Raymond Rhule in their squad for the inaugural NBM Premier 7s Premier League tournament in George next month. Read full article

Blitzbokke make three changes for Dubai
The Springbok Sevens have made three changes to their squad for the next two rounds of the HSBC Sevens World Series in Dubai and Nelson Mandela Bay, Port Elizabeth. Read full article

Sharks crowned Saru Sevens champs
Tournament favourites The Sharks and hosts, Blue Bulls, were crowned champions in the men’s and women’s section respectively at the 2012 SARU Interprovincial Sevens at Loftus in Pretoria on Saturday. Read full article

Philip Snyman signs with Blitzbokke
Philip Snyman, the Toyota Free State Cheetahs outside back, has signed a two-year contract with the Springbok Sevens and will play for the Blitzbokke until 2014. Read full article

Chiefs to try their hand at rugby
Football giants Kaizer Chiefs will try their hand at sevens rugby after entering a team for the inaugural NBM Sevens Premier League tournament in George in December. Read full article

Minor knee surgery for Cecil Afrika
Springbok Sevens playmaker Cecil Afrika underwent minor surgery on Thursday to repair damage to his knee after he sustained an injury at the Gold Coast Sevens last week. Read full article

Fiji win Gold Coast Sevens
Alipate Raitini scored three tries as Fiji overwhelmed defending champions New Zealand 32-14 on Sunday to win the Gold Coast Sevens, the first leg of the International Rugby Board's Sevens World Series. Read full article

Blitzbokke claim third place
The Springbok Sevens put the disappointment of a semifinal loss to eventual champions Fiji behind them to power to a 41-7 win over Kenya to claim third place at the Gold Coast Sevens. Read full article

Blitzbokke whip All Blacks
The Springbok Sevens produced one of their most emphatic performances ever on the HSBC World Series circuit to demolish defending World Champions New Zealand 31-21. Read full article

Fiji looking to defend Gold Coast title
Fiji will field eight debutants when they defend their Gold Coast title in this weekend's first of nine rounds in the IRB Sevens World Series in Australia. Read full article

Blitzbokke aiming for a good start
The Springbok Sevens get their new HSBC Sevens World Series season under way on Saturday morning (SA time) when they run out against Canada in their first Pool A match at the Gold Coast Sevens at Skilled Park. Read full article

Mandela Sevens aims for 80 000
South Africa’s biggest rugby party will be aiming for a new record of 80 000 spectators over two days when the Nelson Mandela Bay SA Sevens tournament takes place from 8-9 December this year. Read full article

Springbok Sevens squad named
The Springbok Sevens squad of 16 players was named on Wednesday for their warm-up tournament in Middelburg starting on Friday. Read full article

Sevens moves to weekend format
The South African leg of the Sevens World series at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium will move to a weekend format, the SA Rugby Union (Saru) announced on Monday. Read full article

Argentina cancels Sevens World Series leg
Argentina has postponed hosting its round of the 2012/13 Sevens World Series because of logistical problems in a year when the senior team debuts in the Rugby Championship. Read full article

Rio inclusion helping rugby to grow globally
The decision to include seven-a-side rugby in the next Olympics is already helping the game to grow in some of the world's most important developing markets. Read full article

World Series expands to Argentina
Argentina is back hosting a leg of the sevens rugby world series for the first time in 10 years. Read full article

Fiji win London title, NZ overall champs
New Zealand were crowned sevens rugby world series champion for the 10th time in 13 years but their closest rivals Fiji imperiously won the London Sevens at Twickenham on Sunday. Read full article

Turner sinks Blitzbokke
South African-born Matt Turner broke the Blitzbokke’s hearts as he scored an injury time try to give England a 19-17 victory in the Plate semifinals of the London Sevens on Sunday. Read full article