No Boks in Dubai Dream Team
Champions Fiji dominate the Dream Team announced for the Dubai Sevens tournament, while no South Africans made the cut.
Fiji beat England 28-17 in the Cup Final on Saturday to claim the first title of the 2015/16 World Rugby Sevens Series.
The Blitzboks were eliminated from the Cup competition when they lost 21-19 to the USA in the quarter-finals.
The South Africans redeemed themselves when they won the Plate competition, beating Australia 19-14 in the final following a Francois Hougaard try in extra time.
Blitzbok duo Seabelo Senatla and Justin Geduld scored seven and five tries respectively but it was not enough to see them make the Dream Team in Dubai.
Not surprisingly, three Fijians - Pio Tuwai, Vatemo Ravouvou and Jerry Tuwai - made the Dubai Dream Team.
Two Englishmen - Phil Burgess and Tom Mitchell - were included, while American speedster Perry Baker and New Zealand's Sam Dickson also made the team.
The series now moves to Cape Town, where the Blitzboks are paired in the same pool as Dubai runners-up England, Kenya and Zimbabwe.
The Cape Town Sevens draw for Saturday, 12 December:
Pool A: Fiji, Argentina, Scotland, Russia
Pool B: England, South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe
Pool C: USA, Australia, Wales, Portugal
Pool D: New Zealand, Samoa, France, Canada
Rosko Specman and the uncapped Dylan Sage have been added to the Springbok Sevens squad as injury cover for Werner Kok and Cecil Afrika.
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