Founded | 2007 |
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Region | South Africa |
Number of teams | 16 (per tournament) 256 (total) |
Current champions | Tygerberg High School |
Website | SA Sevens official website |
@lantic Rugby Sevens was the largest seven-a-side school rugby tournament in the world.[1] It consists of a total of 256 teams from different high schools across South Africa and acted as a formal pathway for schoolboys to progress to the South African national sevens team and the 2016 Summer Olympics squad.
@lantic Rugby Sevens was founded in July 2007 after @lantic, a local South African ISP, saw the opportunity to develop talent at a junior level for the national sevens team and decided to invest in the community through sport.[citation needed]
In 2008, the @lantic Rugby Sevens series hosted its first Champion of Champions tournament at Atomic Sport Academy.[2] Harmony Sport Academy from Virginia, Free State, out played fifteen other teams to take the crown as the best schools sevens team in South Africa, that year.[3]
Due to the success of the @lantic Rugby Sevens series, a provincial tournament was born in 2011. This tournament, commonly referred to as the Sevens Craven Week, provides a platform for schoolboys to be selected for the South African national sevens rugby team. The Blue Bulls beat the Cheetahs 43–14 in the cup final to take the title of @lantic Provincial U18 champions in 2011.[4]
The @lantic Provincial U18 tournament took place on 4 and 5 October in 2012.[citation needed]
The followings rules and regulations were enforced during the @lantic Rugby Sevens series tournaments:
The Champion of Champions tournament is a tournament played amongst the champions from each of the 16 tournaments played across the country during the respective year. All 16 teams play to win the title of the best school sevens team in South Africa.
In the past, the best player from every tournament was invited to a training camp where they got the chance to demonstrate their ability and earn a place in the @lantic Invitational Team. The invitational team has played in the international IRB Dubai Sevens twice and once in the Trustco International Tournament hosted in Namibia, winning their division at all 3 events.
Year | Cup Winner | Plate Winner | Bowl Winner | Shield Winner | Venue |
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2008 | Harmony Sport Academy[5] | Hoërskool Voortrekker[5] | Dale College[5] | Hoërskool Monument[5] | Atomic Sport Academy[5] |
2009 | Hoërskool Monument[6] | Harmony Sport Academy[6] | Hoërskool Tygerberg[6] | Hoërskool Diamantveld[6] | Konka Sports Academy[6] |
2010 | Hoërskool Tygerberg[7] | Grey High[7] | Hoërskool Brandwag[7] | Hoërskool Sentraal[7] | Konka Sports Academy[7] |
2011 | Hoërskool Tygerberg[8] | Harmony Monument[8] | Hoërskool Brandwag[8] | Hoërskool Standerton[8] | Konka Sports Academy[8] |
The @lantic Provincial tournament, commonly referred to as the Sevens Craven Week, was a sevens rugby tournament played amongst twenty provincial high school teams, including Namibia and Zimbabwe, and sixteen provincial primary school teams.[9] It was founded in 2011 after the success of the @lantic sevens rugby series and will eventually act as a feeder system for the South African national sevens rugby team.[9] At the conclusion of the tournament a South African schools sevens team is selected.
In 2011, the Blue Bulls and Western Province won the under eighteen and under thirteen divisions, respectively.