Hosts Dallen Stanford & Robin MacDowell are joined by legend Cecil Afrika for #RugbyHive Episode 25.
Afrika is the all-time top points scorer for South Africa on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, with 1,462 Points. He represented the Blitzboks a record 345 times from 2009 to 2020, scoring a remarkable 179 tries.
He was part of the South African 7s team that won Gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. Afrika is also an Olympic Games Bronze Medalist with Team South Africa, taking part in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro event in Brazil.
Since retiring from 7s, Afrika has joined the San Diego Legion, playing in the Major League Rugby competition in America.
In todays episode we talk about Afrika's inspiring journey in the sport, how he overcame obstacles through rugby, and the evolution of the Sevens Series. We put him in the hot seat selecting his best South African 7s squad he has played alongside, plus his favorite players he has ever faced, and life in America via Major League Rugby.
Here is one of 7s greats, Cecil Afrika!
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