Cecil Afrika

Cecil Afrika
Personal information

Full name	Cecil Sebastian Afrika
Born	(1988-03-03) 3 March 1988 Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	65 kg (10 st 3 lb)
School(s) attended	Hentie Cilliers, Virginia
Club information
Playing position	Fullback
Current club	S.A. Sevens
Youth career
2004–07	Griffons
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Pts)^†
2006–09	Griffons	48	(187)
Representative team(s)^‡
2006	S.A. Schools		()
2008	S.A. Under-20	4	(5)
2009–	S.A. Sevens		()
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 21 March 2015. † Appearances (Points). ‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 21 March 2015.

Cecil Afrika
Medal record

Competitor for South Africa
Men's Rugby sevens
Commonwealth Games
	2014 Glasgow	Team

Cecil Afrika (born 3 March 1988 in Port Elizabeth) is a South African rugby union player. He is currently part of the South African sevens team where he plays at Flyhalf.

Career

Afrika represented the South African Schoolboys in 2006. He was part of the South African under-20 squad in the 2008 IRB Junior World Championship that reached the third place playoffs.

Afrika made his debut for the South African sevens team during the Dubai leg of the 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series. During the Las Vegas leg of the 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series he was carried off the field on a stretcher after he was injured during the Plate Final match against Fiji, South Africa won 12-7. He was part of the sevens team that took Bronze at the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, India in October.

Afrika missed out on the 2011 Wellington Sevens because of a broken jaw he suffered during the South African leg of the IRB Sevens Series.^[1]^[2] He was the top try and point-scorer for the 2010–11 IRB Sevens World Series; He scored 40 tries throughout the series with a total of 385 points.^[3] In 2011 he won the IRB International Sevens Player of the Year award.

In 2013, he was included in the squad for the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens:^[4]

References

↑ http://www.universalsports.com/news-blogs/article/newsid=529054.html
↑ http://www.springboksupporter.co.za/News/SARU/Injured-Afrika-out-for-three-months.aspx
↑ http://www.irbsevens.com/news/newsid=2043059.html#cecil+afrika+tops+sevens+scoring+charts
↑ "Brown to command Springbok Sevens for Mission Moscow". South African Rugby Union. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.

External links

Squads

S.A. Sevens – 2014 Commonwealth Games

Squad	Cecil Afrika Kyle Brown Chris Dry Branco du Preez Justin Geduld Cornal Hendricks Frankie Horne Werner Kok Mark Richards Seabelo Senatla Kwagga Smith Warren Whiteley

Coach	Neil Powell

S.A. Sevens – 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series

Squad	Shaun Adendorff Cecil Afrika Kyle Brown Stephan Dippenaar Chris Dry Branco du Preez Justin Geduld Cornal Hendricks Frankie Horne Steven Hunt Werner Kok Cheslin Kolbe Sampie Mastriet Mark Richards Seabelo Senatla Kwagga Smith Philip Snyman Roscko Speckman WJ Strydom Jamba Ulengo

Coach	Neil Powell

S.A. Sevens – 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens

Squad	Cecil Afrika Rayno Benjamin Kyle Brown Stephan Dippenaar Chris Dry Branco du Preez Cornal Hendricks Cheslin Kolbe Sampie Mastriet Seabelo Senatla S'bura Sithole Philip Snyman

Coach	Paul Treu

S.A. Sevens – 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series

Squad	Cecil Afrika Bernado Botha Kyle Brown Paul Delport Stephan Dippenaar Chris Dry Branco du Preez Pieter Engelbrecht Justin Geduld Cornal Hendricks Frankie Horne Steven Hunt Ruwellyn Isbell Reuben Johannes Werner Kok Cheslin Kolbe Kevin Luiters Tsotsho Mbovane Seabelo Senatla Philip Snyman WJ Strydom Jamba Ulengo Warren Whiteley

Coach	Paul Treu

S.A. Sevens – 2011–12 IRB Sevens World Series

Squad	Cecil Afrika Clayton Blommetjies Bernado Botha Kyle Brown Phillip Burger Paul Delport Dirk Dippenaar Stephan Dippenaar Chris Dry Branco du Preez Robert Ebersohn Pieter Engelbrecht Cornal Hendricks Frankie Horne Steven Hunt Cheslin Kolbe Chase Minnaar Ryan Nell Neil Powell Boom Prinsloo Mark Richards William Small-Smith Jamba Ulengo

Coach	Paul Treu

S.A. Sevens – 2010–11 IRB Sevens World Series

Squad	Cecil Afrika Bernado Botha Kyle Brown Renfred Dazel Chris Dry Branco du Preez Jacques Engelbrecht Pieter Engelbrecht Frankie Horne Steven Hunt Paul Jordaan Tshotsho Mbovane MJ Mentz Tera Mtembu Neil Powell Boom Prinsloo Mark Richards S'bura Sithole William Small-Smith

Coach	Paul Treu

S.A. Sevens – 2010 Commonwealth Games

Squad	Cecil Afrika Rayno Benjamin Bernado Botha Renfred Dazel Paul Delport Okkie Kruger MJ Mentz Chase Minnaar Tera Mtembu Neil Powell Boom Prinsloo S'bura Sithole

Coach	Paul Treu

S.A. Sevens – 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series

Squad	Cecil Afrika Rayno Benjamin Kyle Brown Renfred Dazel Paul Delport Chris Dry Branco du Preez Deon Helberg Frankie Horne Steven Hunt JW Jonker Fabian Juries Hoffmann Maritz Sampie Mastriet Mpho Mbiyozo MJ Mentz Chase Minnaar Neil Powell Marius Schoeman Mzwandile Stick Phillip van der Walt Shaun Venter

Coach	Paul Treu

S.A. Sevens – 2009 World Games

Squad	Cecil Afrika Rayno Benjamin Kyle Brown Renfred Dazel Paul Delport Frankie Horne Mpho Mbiyozo Chase Minnaar Neil Powell Marius Schoeman Philip Snyman Mzwandile Stick

Coach	Paul Treu

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