60 players were invited to attend the KZN trials today. The list was sent out before Saturday’s KZN Sevens tournament at Glenwood, which the hosts won. As a result they will be KZN’s representatives at the Champion of Champions tounament for all the winners of the various regional tounaments that are being staged around the country.
Runners-up were last year’s champions Maritzburg College, with Michaelhouse finishing third and Die Anker from the Valke region claiming fourth spot.
At this stage it’s unclear whether or not more players were invited to attend trials but here is the initial list.
Players for trials
| # | NAME | SCHOOL | # | NAME | SCHOOL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nell | Clifton | 31 | Reece-Edwards | Kearsney |
| 2 | Cele | Clifton | 32 | Cremer | Kearsney |
| 3 | Leitcherd | Crawford | 33 | Lines | Kearsney |
| 4 | Webster | DHS | 34 | Tedder | Kearsney |
| 5 | Van Zyl | DHS | 35 | Tedder | Kearsney |
| 6 | Peter | DHS | 36 | Mofokeng | Linpark |
| 7 | Nkomo | George Campbell | 37 | Booysen | Maritzburg College |
| 8 | Ngubane | George Campbell | 38 | Mcgobo | Maritzburg College |
| 9 | Nzimande | George Campbell | 39 | Ngewenya | Maritzburg College |
| 10 | Nela | Glenwood | 40 | Coetzee | Maritzburg College |
| 11 | Ncuma | Glenwood | 41 | Elder | Maritzburg College |
| 12 | Vermaak | Glenwood | 42 | K Manungi | Maritzburg College |
| 13 | Mazibuko | Glenwood | 43 | M Kriel | Maritzburg College |
| 14 | Vidima | Glenwood | 44 | L Thamahane | Maritzburg College |
| 15 | Muller | Glenwood | 45 | Schoeman | Michaelhouse |
| 16 | Jonas | Glenwood | 46 | Walker | Michaelhouse |
| 17 | Matiwane | Glenwood | 47 | Bader Pretorius | Michaelhouse |
| 18 | Ngcobo | Glenwood | 48 | V Voster | Michaelhouse |
| 19 | Joubert | Glenwood | 49 | Murran | Northwood |
| 20 | M Palvie | Glenwood | 50 | Sobathle | Northwood |
| 21 | J Morgan | Glenwood | 51 | Makhanye | Northwood |
| 22 | N Xaba | Glenwood | 52 | Terblanche | Port Natal |
| 23 | D Du Randt | Glenwood | 53 | Pretorius | Richards Bay |
| 24 | I Mukendi | Glenwood | 54 | Heunis | Richards Bay |
| 25 | Cele | Greytown | 55 | Mingue | St Charles |
| 26 | Gunn | Hilton | 56 | Luyke | Voortrekker |
| 27 | Maseko | Hilton | 57 | Ellse | Westville |
| 28 | Blewitt | Hilton | 58 | McHardy | Westville |
| 29 | M Dahl | Hilton | 59 | Pieters | Westville |
| 30 | Schram | Kearsney | 60 | K Smit | Westville |
I see in a Westville news letter that Ellse made the team for the second time. It would be nice to see the final KZN team and who else
made the cut.
no pionier players?
Pionier won St Charles 31-0
Pionier lost Glenwood 5-12
Pionier won Kearsney 12-5
Pionier won Westville 21-5
at recent tournament.
@Tarpeys: Good question. College have withdrawn from Pioneer tournament due to matrics and Grade 11’s not being available. With U19’s playing that made U16’s unavailable as well.
Some good talent in this squad.
I see a lot f u16s on this list. Do the boksmart rules not apply for 7s?
Some quality players in the mix – if the correct squad is picked, we could have a very decent team here