{"id":8410,"date":"2018-09-26T06:51:13","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T06:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rugby.supersportschools.com\/potchefstroom-to-host-action-packed-u17-sevens\/"},"modified":"2018-09-26T06:51:13","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T06:51:13","slug":"potchefstroom-to-host-action-packed-u17-sevens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=8410","title":{"rendered":"Potchefstroom to host action-packed U17 Sevens"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NewsGCampoWillemse\"The Fanie du Toit Sports Grounds in Potchefstroom will host the top schools sevens players in the country on Friday and Saturday in the SA Rugby U17 Interprovincial Sevens, where a total of 44 action-packed matches will play out.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 16 participating teams will feature in 24 matches on the opening day, while 20 games will be played on Saturday in an exciting showpiece of junior rugby action.<\/span><\/p>\n

Western Province, who took top honours in the tournament last year, will kick off the competition against the SA LSEN (Learners with Special Education Needs) team at 08h30, which will trigger non-stop rugby until the opening ceremony at 15h50, with the last two matches following after 16h00.<\/span><\/p>\n

Each team will play three matches on Friday, while the seeding matches will be played on Saturday, and will conclude with the Shield, Bowl, Plate and Cup Finals.<\/span><\/p>\n

A number of big match-ups will play out on the opening day, which will see hosts, the Leopards, taking on their neighbours, the Golden Lions, in their opening match, before lining up against the Free State and Griquas, while Western Province will meet the Blue Bulls in the big north-south derby, the Golden Lions will meet Free State, and 2017 runners up, the Sharks, take on SWD.<\/span><\/p>\n

SA Rugby U17 Interprovincial Sevens day one fixtures (Friday, 28 September):<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

08h30 \u2013 Western Province v SA LSEN<\/span>
\n08h50 \u2013 Pumas v Blue Bulls<\/span>
\n09h10 \u2013 Sharks v Limpopo<\/span>
\n09h30 \u2013 Eastern Province v SWD<\/span>
\n09h50 \u2013 Boland v Border<\/span>
\n10h10 \u2013 Valke v Griffons<\/span>
\n10h30 \u2013 Golden Lions v Leopards<\/span>
\n10h50 \u2013 Griquas v Free State<\/span>
\n11h10 \u2013 Western Province v Pumas<\/span>
\n11h30 \u2013 Blue Bulls v SA LSEN<\/span>
\n11h50 \u2013 Sharks v Eastern Province<\/span>
\n12h10 \u2013 SWD v Limpopo<\/span>
\n12h30 \u2013 Boland v Valke<\/span>
\n12h50 \u2013 Griffons v Border<\/span>
\n13h10 \u2013 Golden Lions v Griquas<\/span>
\n13h30 \u2013 Free State v Leopards<\/span>
\n13h50 \u2013 Western Province v Blue Bulls<\/span>
\n14h10 \u2013 Pumas v SA LSEN<\/span>
\n14h30 \u2013 Sharks v SWD<\/span>
\n14h50 \u2013 Eastern Province v Limpopo<\/span>
\n15h10 \u2013 Boland v Griffons<\/span>
\n15h30 \u2013 Valke v Border<\/span>
\n16h10 \u2013 Golden Lions v Free State<\/span>
\n16h30 \u2013 Leopards v Griquas\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Issued by SA Rugby Communications<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Fanie du Toit Sports Grounds in Potchefstroom will host the top schools sevens players in the country on Friday and Saturday in the SA Rugby U17 Interprovincial Sevens, where a total of 44 action-packed matches will play out. The 16 participating teams will feature in 24 matches on the opening day, while 20 games […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8272,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8410\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}