Four of the six best sevens rugby teams in the world, including the chart toppings Springboks will participate in the inaugural Trustco Namibia Sevens tournament in Windhoek’, Namibia to be played on September 25th and 26th.
South Africa, Samoa, Fiji and Argentina are front runners in the International Rugby Board’s World Series and will be joined by Portugal and Tunisia as teams who participated in the Rugby Sevens World Cup earlier this year.
Five more teams from the continent will give the tournament, to the played at the Heine Geingob Stadium, an African flavor.
Uganda, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and hosts Namibia will add to the festival which received official backing from the IRB.
Spain will complete the line-up, although official confirmation on their participation was not yet confirmed.
World sevens series winning coach Paul Treu attended the launch of the event in Windhoek on Tuesday and expressed his gratitude to the Namibian Rugby Union for the invitation to participate.

“We have just assembled our squad back home to start preparing for the defence of our IRB crown and this tournament will give us an early indication on the effort needed. I am sure the likes of Fiji, Samoa and Argentina feel the same way,” Treu said.
The vice president of the Namibian Rugby Union, Sarel Losper, thanked Trustco for the opportunity to host an international event of this kind.
“We would also like to thank the IRB for sanctioning the event as it enabled us to invite top sides.”
Trutsco’s managing director, Quinton van Rooyen said of the R3 million annual deal that his company has people who can make instant decisions and can think on their feet. “This is why we can associate with sevens rugby, as they need to do the same.”
Tournament promoter, Willem Strauss, said this will be a great vehicle for the developing rugby nations to improve their standards.
“It also gives the professional teams the ideal opportunity to start preparing for the World Series. The schools component will ensure the sustainability of the event,” Straus said.
Eight provincial sides from South Africa and Namibia will also participate and a schools tournament with 20 schools from South Africa and Namibia will run concurrently, making this one of the biggest sevens tournaments in Africa.

Participating Club teams:
@lantic 1, @lantic 2, Tshwane University of Technology (Blue Bulls), Police (Griquas), Helderberg (WP), Executive Management (Eastern Cape), Namibia Invitation 1 and Nambiba 2.

Participating School teams:
Volkskool Heidelberg, HS Merensky 1, HS Merensky 2, HS Merensky 3, HS Waterkloof 1, HS Waterkloof 2, Ben Vorster, HS Pionier, HS Overkruin, HS Wonderboom HS Excelsior, Mango Invitation (East Rand), Windhoek HS 1, Windhoek HS 2, Academia, Augustineum, Elnatan, HTS Windhoek, Windhoek Gymnasium and DHPS.