National Sevens Team
South Africa also occupies an important place in the sevens version of the sport. The country hosts one of the eight events in the annual IRB Sevens World Series. From 2001 through 2010, it was held at Outeniqua Park in George, a community along the Garden Route in the Western Cape. Starting in 2011, the tournament will move to the Eastern Cape and the much larger Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth. South Africa's national team, known as Springbok Sevens and also nicknamed "Blitzbokke", have become one of the sport's top national sides, as evidenced by their victory in the 2008–09 IRB Sevens World Series.
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