Three Pumas teams will compete in the  Sevens tournament at Mbombela Stadium this weekend.
Thirty-four men’s and women’s teams will play 92 matches to decide the various champions.

The top South African men’s and women’s sevens players will look to make their presence felt in a thrilling spectacle of rugby.

The provincial showdown will feature 16 men’s teams and 18 women’s teams, with the sides going head to head on Friday and Saturday for the title of Saru Interprovincial champions.

The men’s division will feature the 14 South African provincial unions, a Pumas Lowveld team and the Limpopo Blue Bulls, while the women’s division will include teams from the 14 provincial unions, a Blue Bulls Invitational side, the Limpopo Blue Bulls, SA Students and South African National Defence Force (SANDF). The Blue Bulls men and Border women will enter the competition as defending champions.

The participating players will have extra motivation to stamp their authority as Springbok Women’s Sevens coach Renfred Dazel and SA Sevens Academy coach Paul Delport, and manager Marius Schoeman will attend the tournament to scout out players. Dazel and his scouting team will select 24 players to be invited to a three-day training camp in Stellenbosch.

The top teams in each division at the end of the opening day’s play will meet in the Cup quarter-finals on Saturday, while the lower-ranked team’s will battle it out in the Bowl Quarter-finals before the teams play for the Cup, Plate, Bowl and Shield later in the day.

Steval Pumas 7s
1. Deon Helberg; 2. Brian Shabangu; 3. Frank Herne; 4. Tyler Fisher;
5. Reuben Johannes; 6. Hoffmann Maritz; 7. Emile Temperman;
8. Reynier van Rooyen; 9. Heinrich Steyl; 10. Johan Herbst; 11. Bernado Botha; 12. Ruwellyn Isbell; 3. Dylan Peterson; 14. Marnus Schoeman.
Lowveld Pumas 7s
1. Christiaan Els; 2. Theunis Kruger;
3. Louis Roos; 4. Henk van Tonder;
5. Gerhard Munro; 6. Damien Jansen van Rensburg; 7. Abednego Mamushi; 8. Benni Mashabane; 9. PJ Kruger;
10. Steven Jacobs, 11. Richard Prinsloo; 12. Ian Truter.
Pumas Women’s 7s
1. Mbali Sacolo; 2. Precious Vilakazi; 3. Nhlanhla Mhlanga; 4. Thandeka Mnisi; 5. Elly Mokoena; 6. Hanna Shiluma; 7. Fikile Tsotesti; 8. Lina Sibiloane; 9. Nonhlanhla Mntambo;
10. Hleziphi Mpofu. 11. Zama Vilakazi; 12. Penelope Mhlanga
Mpumalanga teams in action today:
• 09:40: Lowveld vs Limpopo BB;
• 10:20: Pumas vs Boland
(both A field).
• 09:00: Pumas women vs Boland
(B field).