On Tuesday 29 September 2015, a squad of 23 youngsters drawn from 43 teams participating at the 2015 Tony Stoops Rugby Festival will leave Cape Town for a three match tour of Ireland.
The most heartwarming aspect of the squad is that, as is the case with the Best of the Fest team, the criteria for selection did not include the players forming an elite group. They are individuals selected to take the TSRF organizers’ “Everybody’s welcome at our festival” outlook to a whole new level.
The following squad will be managed by very popular figure in local schools rugby and currently Sports Organizer at Tygerberg Stokkies Truter and coached by another local legend, Kuyper Albertyn of De Kuilen. Louis van Straaten of Tygerberg will travel as a third team official.
| # | POS | NAME | SCHOOL | PROVINCE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Gershrick Didloff | Parow | WP |
| 2 | 1 | Jan-Daniel le Roux | Piketberg | Boland |
| 3 | 1 | Fayyaadh Ebrahim | Sutherland | Bulls |
| 4 | 2 | Andries de Roock | De Kuilen | WP |
| 5 | 2 | Boland Esterhuizen | Tygerberg | WP |
| 6 | 3 | Didi le Roux | Tygerberg | WP |
| 7 | 3 | Arno van Deventer | Piketberg | Boland |
| 8 | 3 | Jarred Johnston | Parow | WP |
| 9 | 4 | Ethan Adams | Stellenberg | WP |
| 10 | 4 | Cornelius Skondo | Barrydale | SWD |
| 11 | 5 | Abrie van Wyk | Table View | WP |
| 12 | 6 | Marcel Roux | De Kuilen | WP |
| 13 | 7 | Pieter-Steyl Swanepoel | Nico Malan | EP |
| 14 | 8 | Benna van der Westhuizen | Piketberg | Boland |
| 15 | 8 | Secona Macala | Victoria Park | EP |
| 16 | 9 | Keenan Dreyer | De Kuilen | WP |
| 17 | 9 | Aiden Bonze | Tygerberg | WP |
| 18 | 10 | Dewald Kirsten | Piketberg | Boland |
| 19 | 11 | Christo van Heerden | Parow | WP |
| 20 | 12 | Byron Qupa | New Orleans | Boland |
| 21 | 13 | Wesley Carolissen | De Kuilen | WP |
| 22 | 14 | Keagan Kearns | De Kuilen | WP |
| 23 | 15 | Delan Jongkind | Jan Kriel | WP |
The group lands in Dublin on Wednesday, 30 September. On 1 October they will play Leinster RFC at 4pm, having spent the earlier part of the day exploring the city.
On 2 October the squad visits Malahide Castle and goes on a tour of the Aviva Stadium.
The second game is scheduled for 2pm on Sunday 4 October against Roscrea College in Tipperary. The third and final fixture takes place at 7.30pm on Thursday 6 October sees them face Naas RFC back in Dublin.
– See more at: http://www.stoopstats.co.za/articles/tsrf-rhinos-set-to-visit-ireland/#sthash.cTrqTg7f.dpuf
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