Namibia’s top rugby clubs will battle it out in the quarter-finals of the Namibian Rugby Sevens competition which takes place at the Hage Geingob Stadium tonight.
With pool matches completed in four groups, the top teams have progressed to the quarter-finals of the Cup and the Bowl competitions which take place tonight. Reho Falcon I was a comfortable winner of Pool A, winning all four of its matches and scoring 136 points in the process.Rehoboth II came second and will join Reho Falcon in the Cup knockout stages, while Jaguars and United II go through to the Bowl knockout stages.United I won Pool B, notching up 90 points in three matches and will be joined by second-placed Windhoek Rugby Club in the Cup quarter-finals.Unam II and Cats go through to the Bowl quarter-finals.Rehoboth I surprised Wanderers I by winning Pool C.Both qualify for the Cup quarter-while Western Suburbs II and Swans go through to the Plate quarter-finals.Pool D was tightly contested with Western Suburbs, Reho Falcon II and Unam all finishing on seven points.Suburbs and Reho Falcon however progress to the Cup quarter-finals on a better points aggregate, while Unam I and Wanderers II go through to the Plate quarter-finals.The matches serve as preparation for the African Sevens qualifying tournament later this year, where the top four African teams will qualify for the 2009 Sevens World Cup.Meanwhile, a Sevens Tournament scheduled for this weekend has been cancelled due to a lack of interest by the clubs.Ashanti Damens of the NRU however said that national trials had to take place since it was the only available weekend to do so and called on clubs to enter up to seven players for the trials.The programme for tonight’s matches is as follows: Bowl competition quarter-finals: 18h00: Jaguars v CATS 18h20: United II v Unam II 18h40: Western Suburbs II v Wanderers II 19h00: Swans v Unam I Cup competition quarter-finals: 19h20: Reho Falcons I v Windhoek 19h40: Rehoboth ii v United I 20h00: Rehoboth I v Reho Falcon II 20h20: Wanderers 1 v Western Suburbs 1Reho Falcon I was a comfortable winner of Pool A, winning all four of its matches and scoring 136 points in the process.Rehoboth II came second and will join Reho Falcon in the Cup knockout stages, while Jaguars and United II go through to the Bowl knockout stages.United I won Pool B, notching up 90 points in three matches and will be joined by second-placed Windhoek Rugby Club in the Cup quarter-finals.Unam II and Cats go through to the Bowl quarter-finals.Rehoboth I surprised Wanderers I by winning Pool C.Both qualify for the Cup quarter-while Western Suburbs II and Swans go through to the Plate quarter-finals.Pool D was tightly contested with Western Suburbs, Reho Falcon II and Unam all finishing on seven points.Suburbs and Reho Falcon however progress to the Cup quarter-finals on a better points aggregate, while Unam I and Wanderers II go through to the Plate quarter-finals.The matches serve as preparation for the African Sevens qualifying tournament later this year, where the top four African teams will qualify for the 2009 Sevens World Cup.Meanwhile, a Sevens Tournament scheduled for this weekend has been cancelled due to a lack of interest by the clubs.Ashanti Damens of the NRU however said that national trials had to take place since it was the only available weekend to do so and called on clubs to enter up to seven players for the trials.The programme for tonight’s matches is as follows: Bowl competition quarter-finals: 18h00: Jaguars v CATS 18h20: United II v Unam II 18h40: Western Suburbs II v Wanderers II 19h00: Swans v Unam I Cup competition quarter-finals: 19h20: Reho Falcons I v Windhoek 19h40: Rehoboth ii v United I 20h00: Rehoboth I v Reho Falcon II 20h20: Wanderers 1 v Western Suburbs 1
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