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Springbok Sevens coach Paul Treu has confirmed that  Fabian Juries, Mzwandile Stick and Neil Powell will return to his squad for the season’s last two tournaments of the 09/10 IRB Sevens World Series in London (22-23 May) and Edinburgh (29-30 May).

Juries, Stick and Powell replace JW Jonker and the SA U20-duo of Sampie Mastriet and Branco du Preez, with the latter two due to represent South Africa at the IRB World Junior Championships in June in Argentina.

Stick and Powell have both recovered from injuries while the Vodacom Western Province agreed to release Juries.

Juries lies third in the overall IRB Sevens try-scoring log with 173 scores in 42 tournament appearances. He was seen in Boks sevens shirt at Murrayfield in 2008.

Although Paul Delport and Renfred Dazel both returned to training recently after suffering long-term injuries, team management decided that they still need to work on their match-fitness.

The return of the three stalwarts give Paul Treu’s team a more familiar look though, after injuries and several call-ups to Super Rugby have made a number of last season’s Series-winning combination unavailable for selection.

Despite their inexperience, Mastriet and Du Preez made an immediate impact and they quickly established themselves as key players in a youthful-looking Springbok Sevens outfit.

Treu travels to London on Thursday where he will attend an IRB Sevens Workshop over the weekend. The team will meet up with him in London next Tuesday.

The SA Sevens coach said his team will be aiming to end a disappointing season on a high note.

“I’m delighted to have some of the familiar faces back. I want the team to play better as a unit and to use the possession so much better. If we can achieve that then I’m sure we will progress much further than we have in previous tournaments,” said Treu.

South Africa sqaud for London and Edinburgh:
Mpho Mbiyozo, Chase Minnaar, Frankie Horne, Cecil Afrika, Neil Powell, Kyle Brown, Fabian Juries, Ryno Benjamin, Chris Dry, Mzwandile Stick, Hoffman Maritz, MJ Mentz.