Cecil Afrika
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cecil Sebastian Afrika | ||
| Born | 3 March 1988 Port Elizabeth, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 65 kg (10 st 3 lb) | ||
| School(s) attended | Hentie Cilliers, Virginia | ||
| Club information | |||
| Playing position | Fullback | ||
| Current club | S.A. Sevens | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–07 | Griffons | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Pts)† |
| 2006–09 | Griffons | 48 | (187) |
| Representative team(s)‡ | |||
| 2006 | S.A. Schools | () | |
| 2008 | S.A. Under-20 | 4 | (5) |
| 2009– | S.A. Sevens | () | |
| * Senior club appearances and points correct as of 21 March 2015. † Appearances (Points). | |||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Competitor for  South Africa
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| Men's Rugby sevens | ||
| Commonwealth Games | ||
| Gold | 2014 Glasgow | Team |
Cecil Afrika (born 3 March 1988 in Port Elizabeth) is a South African rugby union player. He is currently part of the South African sevens team where he plays at Flyhalf.
Career
Afrika represented the South African Schoolboys in 2006. He was part of the South African under-20 squad in the 2008 IRB Junior World Championship that reached the third place playoffs.
Afrika made his debut for the South African sevens team during the Dubai leg of the 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series. During the Las Vegas leg of the 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series he was carried off the field on a stretcher after he was injured during the Plate Final match against Fiji, South Africa won 12-7. He was part of the sevens team that took Bronze at the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, India in October.
Afrika missed out on the 2011 Wellington Sevens because of a broken jaw he suffered during the South African leg of the IRB Sevens Series.[1][2] He was the top try and point-scorer for the 2010–11 IRB Sevens World Series; He scored 40 tries throughout the series with a total of 385 points.[3] In 2011 he won the IRB International Sevens Player of the Year award.
In 2013, he was included in the squad for the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens:[4]
References
- ↑ http://www.universalsports.com/news-blogs/article/newsid=529054.html
- ↑ http://www.springboksupporter.co.za/News/SARU/Injured-Afrika-out-for-three-months.aspx
- ↑ http://www.irbsevens.com/news/newsid=2043059.html#cecil+afrika+tops+sevens+scoring+charts
- ↑ "Brown to command Springbok Sevens for Mission Moscow". South African Rugby Union. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.