Bax and SA Varsity Sevens at World Student Games

Ikeys center Tiger Bax was part of a strong SA Varsity Sevens side that competed in the University Games at Kazan in Russia.

The 12-man squad was captained by NMMU fullback Jarryd Buys and includes former Springbok Sevens international Ryan Nell, Bradley Moolman who represented the SA Under-20 team in 2011 and Tiger Bax who has played Super Rugby for the Stormers.

The South Africans played three training matches in Kazan – against France, Canada and Italy before starting their pools fixtures on 14 July. They beat Namibia and then Latvia on the opening day and finished their pools commitments with a win against Japan.

The SA Students beat Belgium 26:12 in the quarterfinals with Bax scoring one of the tries at Kazan.

The team faced hosts Russia in the semi finals – a team that featured seven of the countries senior Sevens players that played at the recent Sevens World Cup in Moscow. Despite a late rally the South Africans lost 14:17 and had to contend with the 3rd place playoff which they lost to Great Britain Students team by 31:14. 

The SA Students Sevens squad: Timothy Agaba, Jarryd Buys captain (Both FNB NMMU), Robert van Schalkwyk (FNB UFS-Shimlas), Bradley Moolman (FNB UJ), Frederick Muller (FNB UWC), Garth van Rayner (FNB Fort Hare), Liam Bax (FNB UCT), Clearance Khumalo, Pieter de Villiers, Josh Bassingwaithe, Ryan Nell, Nicholas de Jager (all FNB Maties) Team Management: Ian Campbell-McGeachy (Coach, Maties), Colin Mintoor (Manager, Walter Sisulu Univ.), Michael Dick (USSA representative, UJ)
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