It's Getting Wild In Cape Town
It's Getting Wild In Cape Town
The captains from the 26 teams at the Cape Town 7s gathered Tuesday for a group photo and a few others crashed the party.
Two cheetahs, an eagle, a hawk, and a python also posed, although the cheetahs actually look like they’d rather be somewhere else.
This is a very rough tournament to play in because Dubai is exhausting in its own right and then the teams fly over 7,000 miles to South Africa. There’s a lot of work to be done to recover for winners and losers alike.
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Above, all 28 captains are joined on the pitch by animals from local wildlife rescue and rehabilitation centers: (First row left to right: Argentina- Santiago Alvarez, Fiji- Raijieli Daveua, Australia- Lewis Holland, Russia- Alena Mikhaltsova, England- Phil Burgess, Canada- Ghislaine Landry, New Zealand- Tim Mikkelson, New Zealand- Tyla Nathan-Wong, USA- Kris Thomas, South Africa- Siviwe Soyizwapi, Australia- Sharni Williams, Samoa- Tomasi Alosio, France- Fanny Horta, France- Jean Pascal Barraque, Spain- Barbara Pla, USA- Madison Hughes. Second row left to right: Wales- Luke Treharne, Scotland- Robbie Fergusson, Ireland- Billy Dardis, Canada- Nathan Hirayama, South Africa- Zontle Mpupha, England- Abbie Brown, Ireland- Katie Fitzhenry, Brazil- Raquel Kochhann, Fiji- Paula Dranisinukula, Spain- Francisco Hernandez, Kenya- Andrew Amonde, Japan- Chihito Matsui). Photo credit: Mike Lee - KLC fotos for World Rugby
