Germany’s national women’s sevens rugby team ended Delta Drone Tuks’s incredible unbeaten streak on Saturday by beating them 27-12 in the München Oktoberfest-final.

It was the first time in three years that any team has managed to beat Tuks in München. Still, the team has got nothing to be ashamed of as they started their campaign where they left off last year. That is by scoring try after try.

Tuks outplayed the British Army’s team in their first game to win 45-0. In the second game against Freiburg, the score was 59-0. During the quarterfinal clash, Tuks thrashed Stutsan 73-0.

At that stage, it meant that since 2017 Tuks had won 13 games on the trot without conceding a point at this prestigious tournament.

The teams head coach, Riaan van der Merwe, predicted that his team will be in for a real challenge if they get to play the Tabisuro Angels (a combined Scandanavian squad).

The two teams clashed during last year’s final when Tuks ran out being the winners scoring eight tries.

This time around the Angels meant business. Tuks were made to work for each of their four tries. The Scandanavians also had the distinction of being the first team to cross Tuks’s try line. The final score was 28-12.

Van der Merwe admits to Germany being the better team in the final.

The former French national sevens player and captain, Johanna Barde, who is now playing for Tuks, received the award as player of the tournament. She had hoped to further her physiotherapy studies at Tuks, but unfortunately, she could not do so. Still, she considers wearing the “Coveted Striped-jersey” as a huge honour. She scored seven tries for Tuks.

Libbie Janse van Rensburg (captain) was also outstanding. She scored ten tries and hardly missed any conversions.

Van der Merwe also singled out Megan Phillips as being outstanding – not only for the 11 tries she scored, but also for her fearless performance on defence.

The Delta Drone Tuks-team is already back in South Africa and they are ready to participate in the USSA sevens Tournament.

– The Springbok Sevens men’s team won the men’s tournament at the Oktoberfest 7s in Munich.

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