Another title for Tuks women’s sevens in Germany
The Tuks women’s sevens team last week won the Munchen Oktoberfest sevens tournament for the second consecutive year.
If anyone would have bet on the Delta Drone TuksWomensRugby7’s team to concede a try during the Munchen Oktoberfest Tournament, they were bound to have gone thirsty last week.
Not only did the team won the tournament for the second consecutive year, but they again did not concede a single point.
From a statistics perspective, the odds of doing so is highly unlikely. Tuks’s women scored 270 points in five games. During last year’s tournament, they scored 285 points.
In the final Tuks outplayed the Tabisuro Angels to win 40-0.
The Springbok Nadine Roos impressed by scoring 11 tries during the tournament and succeeding with 75% of the conversions. It led to her getting the Player of the Tournament award.
According to the Tuks team’s coach Riaan van der Merwe, Meghan Phillips was also brilliant with ball in hand. In one game she scored four tries.
It has sort of became the norm for Kemi Baloyi to do the hard work for the team. She did not disappoint. In all five games, she was in the thick of things, putting her body on the line and going for the big tackles on countless occasions. She also mastered the art of making turnovers.
The Tuks team is undoubtedly one of the best club teams in the world. Of the six international tournaments they contested so far this year they won two, was twice runners-up and once finished third.
What is remarkable is that Tuks are able to beat international teams like Wales, who is considered to be one of the top women’s seven sides.
The team’s last tournament will be in November when they are competing in Dubai. There is a real chance that Tuks could face-off against the Springbok women’s side. If it happens it could be a humdinger as at stake will be the bragging rights as to who is South Africa’s best.
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