Western Province have their fair share of exciting young talent but manager Bobby Joubert is looking to Earl Rose for that added quality at the World Club 7’s.
Rose is the experienced head among Joubert’s charges, who head to Twickenham this weekend seeking to improve on their showing at the 2013 tournament.
The 30-year-old is a veteran of Currie Cup and Super Rugby and was selected in the Springboks squad for the British & Irish Lions tour of South Africa in 2009.
worldclub7srugby
He has also spent time in the South Africa Sevens setup and Joubert is hoping to see the Western Province veteran guide his junior teammates through the tournament.
And he is enjoying the early signs ahead of the Twickenham showpiece after Rose impressed in last weekend’s Limerick Sevens competition.
“Earl Rose is an important player for us as he gives us much needed experience and moves well in all situations,” said Joubert.
“In moist and wet conditions, like in Limerick, he has got a good boot on him to get us out of trouble and his decision making is fantastic.”
“We are also looking forward to how Jason Kriel, who has moved down to Cape Town to continue his development, and Frederick Miller will perform. They are very exciting youngsters to watch.”
Western Province endured a difficult time in last year’s World Club 7’s – the inaugural edition – eventually clinching an 11th-place finish with victory over Northampton Saints.
However, the results did not diminish Western Province’s experience at Rugby HQ and Joubert is relishing a return to Twickenham and upping their performances.
“The World Club 7’s is a very well organised tournament – everything is in place and the facilities are perfect,” he added. “We are looking forward to the competition and it would mean a lot to win the overall.”
“We have taken our 7’s rugby up a notch and have started using it as a development process in the Western Cape. After doing well in Limerick we need to do well in London.”
Fixtures
DAY 1 – POOLS
Match |
Time |
Pool |
Teams |
|||
|
1 |
11:30 |
A |
RC Enisei v New York | |||
|
2 |
11:53 |
A |
Harlequins v DHL Western Province | |||
|
3 |
12:16 |
B |
Gloucester Rugby v Vodacom Blue Bulls | |||
|
4 |
12:39 |
B |
Cardiff Blues v Buenos Aires | |||
|
5 |
13:02 |
C |
Kuban Krasnodar v Auckland | |||
|
6 |
13:25 |
C |
NSW Waratahs v Seattle | |||
|
ENT |
13:50 |
Army v Rugby For Heroes – Services Challenge | ||||
|
7 |
14:15 |
A |
RC Enisei v Harlequins | |||
|
8 |
14:38 |
A |
New York v DHL Western Province | |||
|
9 |
15:05 |
B |
Gloucester Rugby v Cardiff Blues | |||
|
10 |
15:28 |
B |
Vodacom Blue Bulls v Buenos Aires | |||
|
11 |
15:51 |
C |
Kuban Krasnodar v NSW Waratahs | |||
|
12 |
16:14 |
C |
Auckland v Seattle | |||
|
13 |
16:37 |
A |
RC Enisei v DHL Western Province | |||
|
14 |
17:00 |
A |
New York v Harlequins | |||
|
15 |
17:23 |
B |
Gloucester Rugby v Buenos Aires | |||
|
16 |
17:46 |
B |
Vodacom Blue Bulls v Cardiff Blues | |||
|
17 |
18:09 |
C |
Kuban Krasnodar v Seattle | |||
|
18 |
18:32 |
C |
Auckland v NSW Waratahs | |||
DAY 2 – Knockout matches
- Seeds 1 to 12 based on performance in Day 1 pools.
- Top 8 into Cup quarter-Finals
- Top 8 = 1 & 2 from each pool & best two 3rd placed teams
- Bottom 4 (seeds 9 – 12) in Shield KO
|
Match |
Time |
Teams | |||
|
19 |
11:30 |
10th Place v 11th Place | |||
|
20 |
11:52 |
9th Place v 12th Place | |||
|
21 |
12:15 |
QF1 (1st Seed v 8th Seed) | Cup Quarter-Finals | ||
|
22 |
12:38 |
QF2 (4th Seed v 5th Seed) | Cup Quarter-Finals | ||
|
23 |
13:01 |
QF3 (2nd Seed v 7th Seed) | Cup Quarter-Finals | ||
|
24 |
13:24 |
QF4 (3rd Seed v 6th Seed) | Cup Quarter-Finals | ||
|
25 |
13:47 |
Loser Match 19 v Loser Match 20 | 11th v 12th Match | ||
|
26 |
14:10 |
Winner Match 19 v Winner Match 20 | Shield Final | ||
|
ENT |
14:33 |
All Star Women’s Match for The Supporters Club Trophy | |||
|
27 |
14:56 |
Loser Match 21 v Loser Match 22 | Plate Semi-Finals | ||
|
28 |
15:19 |
Loser Match 23 v Loser Match 24 | Plate Semi-Finals | ||
|
29 |
15:42 |
Winner Match 21 v Winner Match 22 | Cup Semi-Finals | ||
|
30 |
16:05 |
Winner Match 23 v Winner Match 24 | Cup Semi-Finals | ||
|
31 |
16:28 |
Loser Match 27 v Loser Match 28 | 7th/8th Match | ||
|
32 |
16:51 |
Winner Match 27 v Winner Match 28 | Plate Final | ||
|
33 |
17:14 |
Loser Match 29 v Loser Match 30 | 3rd/4th Match | ||
|
34 |
17:37 |
Winner Match 29 v Winner Match 30 | Cup Final | ||
Oh dear is our nightmare weekend against WP going to continue, see the Blue Bulls and WP have been drawn to meet in Cup Quarter Final at the 7s today in London.
From the play I saw yesterday WP should be favourites to beat Blue Bulls, hopefully not. Although WP did spend a lot of their games on defence and then got many tries on the counter attack so maybe we can exploit this, only thing is it is a young and not very physical Blue Bulls team so potentially vulnerable to strong running at them.
WP vs Blue Bulls set for 13.24 kick off, so I guess that is 14.24 SA time, says the 7s will be broadcast on Supersport but not sure what channel. Will not be able to follow this like yesterday afternoon, pity. GO BLUE BULLS!
Users Online
Total 110 users including 0 member, 110 guests, 0 bot online
Most users ever online were 3735, on 31 August 2022 @ 6:23 pm