No Blitzboks in Hong Kong Dream Team

Cape Town - No Blitzboks made the cut for the Dream Team announced after this past weekend's Hong Kong Sevens.

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The Springbok Sevens side lost 21-12 to the USA in the Hong Kong Cup quarter-finals, before also going down 19-17 to Argentina in the semi-final for 5th place.

Fiji, who won their fifth Hong Kong Sevens title in a row, have two players in the Dream Team in Meli Derenalagi and Jerry Tuwai, while the rest of the team consists of Samoan duo Tofatu Solia and Johnny Vaili, French pair Tavite Veredamu and Gabin Villiere, and Carlin Isles from the USA.

The @HSBC_Sport Dream Team for #HK7s is:

Tofatu Solia ????
Tavite Veredamu ????
Meli Derenalagi ????
Jerry Tuwai ????
Gabin Villiere ????
Carlin Isles ????
Johnny Vaili ???? pic.twitter.com/BVKN9mS4is

— World Rugby Sevens (@WorldRugby7s) April 7, 2019

The USA currently lead the overall World Rugby Sevens Series standings with 131 points, ahead of Fiji by sevens points.

New Zealand are third on 118 points, with South Africa fourth on 99.

The 2019 #HSBC7s series standings look like this with three events to go!

Remember, top four get automatic qualification to #Tokyo2020 @Olympics pic.twitter.com/B0hnqp6dF8

— World Rugby Sevens (@WorldRugby7s) April 7, 2019