Giant WP lock Moerat leads SA Schools
Salmaan Moerat, captain of the DHL Western Province U18 Coca-Cola Craven Week side, will lead the SA Schools team in the U19 International Series in August, while Enrista Blue Bulls centre Louritz Van der Schyff has been selected to lead the SA Schools A team.
The SA Schools and SA Schools A teams will take on their counterparts from England, Wales, France and Italy from 12 to 20 August in Cape Town and Paarl, with the teams set to battle it out in three rounds of matches.
The squads, which consist of 26 players each and are sponsored by Coca-Cola, were selected by a panel of national and SA Schools selectors following the conclusion of the Under-18 Coca-Cola Craven and Academy Weeks in Durban.
Moerat, who led DHL Western Province to a 27-20 victory against the Bidvest Golden Lions in the final match of the Coca-Cola Craven Week last Saturday, is one of seven players in the SA Schools squad that featured in the tournament last season, while Enrista Blue Bulls fullback Abner van Reenen retains his place in the SA Schools A team.
The other players who were selected for the SA Schools team for the second successive season, or promoted from the SA Schools A team, are centre Manual Rass, flyhalf Damian Willemse, loose forward Khanya Ncusane (all from DHL Western Province), utility forward PJ Steenkamp (Enrista Blue Bulls), centre Wandisile Simelane (Bidvest Golden Lions) and Khwezi Mafu (Eastern Province).
The coaching staff and management teams of the SA Schools and SA Schools A teams, meanwhile, will be named in due course.
The first round of matches in the U19 International Series will be hosted at City Park in Crawford, Cape Town, on Friday 12 August. Then follows the second round of matches, at the fields of the Diocesan College (Bishops) in Rondebosch, on Tuesday 16 August, while the final round of action will take place at the fields of Paarl Boys’ High on Saturday, 20 August.
The two SA Schools squads will assemble at Newlands in Cape Town on Sunday, 7 August and will begin their on-field preparations for the tournament the following day.
SA Schools (in alphabetical order):
Name
Position
Province
School
Emilio Adonis
Wing
Enrista Blue Bulls
Garsfontein
Reece Bezuidenhout
Prop
DHL Western Province
Paarl Boys
PJ Botha
Hooker
Bidvest Golden Lions
Monument
Ruan de Swardt
Flyhalf
Enrista Blue Bulls
Affies
Ben-Jason Dixon
Lock
DHL Western Province
Paul Roos
Muller du Plessis
Wing
DHL Western Province
Paarl Gym
Richman Gora
Scrumhalf
Thepa Trading Griffons
Welkom Gymnasium
Daniel Jooste
Hooker
DHL Western Province
Paarl Boys
Rewan Kruger
Scrumhalf
Bizhub Free State
Grey College, Bloem
Gianni Lombard
Fullback
DHL Western Province
Paarl Boys
Khwezi Mafu
No 8
Eastern Province
Grey High, PE
Mike Mavovana
Wing
DHL Western Province
Rondebosch Boys
Nathan McBeth
Prop
Bidvest Golden Lions
Monument
Salmaan Moerat (captain)
Lock
DHL Western Province
Paarl Boys
Khanya Ncusane
No 8/ Flank
DHL Western Province
Paarl Boys
Johan Neethling
Prop
DHL Western Province
Paarl Boys
Sihle Njezula
Utility back
Eastern Province
Grey High, PE
JC Pretorius
Flank
Pumas
HTS Middelburg
Rikus Pretorius
Centre
Bizhub Free State
Grey College, Bloem
Manuel Rass
Centre
DHL Western Province
Paarl Boys
Sazi Sandi
Prop
Eastern Province CD
St Andrews College
Charl Serdyn
Flank
DHL Western Province
Paarl Boys
Wandisile Simelane
Centre
Bidvest Golden Lions
Jeppe
PJ Steenkamp
Lock/Flank
Enrista Blue Bulls
Garsfontein
Muller Uys
Flank
DHL Western Province
Paarl Gym
Damian Willemse
Flyhalf
DHL Western Province
Paul Roos
SA Schools A (in alphabetical order):
Name
Position
Province
School
Zinedine Booysen
Scrumhalf
SWD Eagles
Oakdale
Austin Davids
Utility Back
Enrista Blue Bulls
Garsfontein
Lubabalo Dobela
Flyhalf
Eastern Province
Grey High, PE
Cabous Eloff
Prop
Enrista Blue Bulls
Affies
Schalk Erasmus
Hooker
Enrista Blue Bulls
Affies
Keagan Glade
Prop
Bidvest Golden Lions
KES
Tyrone Green
Flyhalf
Bidvest Golden Lions
Jeppe
Gugu Nelani
Prop
Sharks
Northwood
Christopher Havenga
Lock
Bidvest Golden Lions
Monument
Janco van Heyningen
Wing
Bizhub Free State
Grey College, Bloem
Cameron Hufke
Utility Back
GWK Griquas
Noord-Kaap
Jessie Johnson
Flank
DHL Western Province
Paul Roos
Athi Magwala
Flank
DHL Western Province
Boland Landbou
Tadendaishe Mujawo
Right wing
Bidvest Golden Lions
St Benedict’s
Sanele Nohamba
Scrumhalf
Sharks
DHS
Ayabonga Oliphant
Utility Back
Eastern Province
Grey High, PE
Ryno Pieterse
Lock/Flank
Enrista Blue Bulls
Garsfontein
Dylan Richardson
Hooker
Sharks
Kearsney College
Dian Schoonees
No 8
Bizhub Free State
Grey College, Bloem
Mornay Smith
Prop
Enrista Blue Bulls
Eldoraigne
Mark Snyman
Flank
Bidvest Golden Lions
Helpmekaar
Sicelo Tole
Centre
Eastern Province
Muir College
Louritz Van der Schyff (captain)
Centre
Enrista Blue Bulls
Affies
Abner van Reenen
Fullback
Enrista Blue Bulls
Garsfontein
Jaco van Tonder
Lock
Bizhub Free State
Grey College, Bloem
Juan van der Mescht
Lock
Sharks
Glenwood
U19 International Series fixtures:
Friday, 12 August (City Park Stadium – Crawford, Cape Town):
13h00 – France vs England
14h30 – SA Schools A vs Italy
16h00 – SA Schools vs Wales
Tuesday, 16 August (Bishops, Diocesan College – Rondebosch, Cape Town)
13h00 – Wales vs Italy
14h30 – SA Schools A vs England
16h00 – SA Schools vs France
Saturday, 20 August (Paarl Boys High – Paarl)
13h00 – France vs Italy
14h30 – SA Schools A vs Wales
16h00 – SA Schools vs England