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The Springboks were drawn against HSBC Sevens World Series champions Samoa, hosts USA and Japan in Pool D for the 2011 USA Sevens which the IRB announced earlier today, which will once again surely lead to a cracking day of International rugby.

The fourth event in this year’s World Series will be played in Las Vegas on February 12-13, a week after the New Zealand Sevens in Wellington.

The South Africans are currently preparing for the two tournaments at their base camp in Stellenbosch. Paul Treu, the Springbok Sevens coach, will name his twelve man squad on Friday.

Top seeds England won the first event of the season in Dubai and on day one at the USA Sevens they face Argentina, France and Caribbean qualifiers Guyana in Pool A.

Eight-time World Series winners New Zealand won the second event in George, South Africa and line up as second seeds in Pool B with opening matches against Wales, Kenya and South American qualifiers, Uruguay.Samoa and Fiji currently lie in third and fourth position respectively in the World Series standings.

Fiji face Australia, Scotland and Canada in Pool C, while defending USA Sevens champions Samoa face a mouth-watering tie against hosts USA as well as South Africa and Japan in Pool D.

After the first two events in Dubai and South Africa, England leads the HSBC Sevens World Series with 44 points. New Zealand are second (40), Samoa third (36), Fiji fourth (32) and South Africa fifth (24).

The third leg of the World Series will be played in Wellington, New Zealand on February 4-5, after which the teams will travel on to Las Vegas for the USA Sevens.