The South African Rugby Union (SARU) will be fielding a South African U18 Sevens team. The team will compete in the African Youth Games on 22 – 31 May 2014 in Gabarone, Botswana.
A complete list of players identified for possible selection has been released on Thursday 06 February 2014.
| # | NAME | SCHOOL | PROVINCE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eduan Keyter | Affies | Blue Bulls |
| 2 | Tiaan Schulian | Affies | Blue Bulls |
| 3 | PJ Toerien | Garsfontein | Blue Bulls |
| 4 | Franco Naude | Garsfontein | Blue Bulls |
| 5 | Luigy Van Jaarsveld | Marlow | Eastern Province CD |
| 6 | Curwin Bosch | Grey HS | Eastern Province |
| 7 | Michael Andrade | Grey College | Free State |
| 8 | Alex Jonker | Grey College | Free State |
| 9 | Luwellyn Hein | Free State | |
| 10 | Gerhard Holtzhausen | Noord-Kaap | Griqualand-West |
| 11 | Jaco Coetzee | Glenwood | KwaZulu-Natal |
| 12 | Morne Joubert | Glenwood | KwaZulu-Natal |
| 13 | Xolisa Guma | Maritzburg College | KwaZulu-Natal |
| 14 | Willem Massyn | Monument | Golden Lions |
| 15 | Cyprian Nkomo | Middelburg | Pumas |
| 16 | Marco Janse Van Vuuren | Transvalia | Valke |
| 17 | Herschel Jantjies | Paul Roos | WP |
| 18 | Edwil Van Der Merwe | Paul Roos | WP |
| 19 | Edrich Venter | Paul Roos | WP |
| 20 | Keenan Abrahams | Paarl Gim | WP |
| 21 | Grant Williams | Paarl Gim | WP |
| 22 | Ivan Kunz | Tygerberg | WP |
| 23 | Wynand Maclachlan | Tygerberg | WP |
| 24 | Adriaan Louw | WP |
Photo: Wynand Maclachlan – Tygerberg
@beet: Do you see the boy at the top of the list?
Wish they were all rugby players. Lots of water polo players. I see College play Westville in 2nd round of night league and there is water polo the next day. Will have to do without I guess.
@ All Black- very good. At least we know that College boys can jump. Should be useful in the lineouts.
Hmm. College ranked top in the country for Basketball and top ranked KZN cricket side so far. Good start to the year.
@beet: Nope, they won’t, not unless they start paying the bills which College would never allow anyway.
The school will decide, with the boy, what is in his best interests. 2 years ago Jesse Kriel was left out of a school match or two when requested by the SA Schools selectors, it was decided it was in Jesse’s interests. A couple of other KZN SA Schools players did not heed the request the same weekends though …
@Gungets Tuft: Not so sure. Glenwood is already extracting maximum marketing benefit from their boys being on the list so I assume they will be encouraged to go if selected.
Reunion Day is a special day for all College boys but this is a unique case! Perhaps the Bulls will have final influence on that decision.
24/05/2014 Glenwood vs Maritzburg College
31/05/2014 Maritzburg College vs Hilton (Reunion Day)
Some interesting decisions daarso ….
1 Jaco Coetzee – Glenwood
12 Morne Joubert – Glenwood
13 Xolisa Guma – Maritzburg College
Okay so here is the complete list. Not all these players will be chosen and it will also be interesting to see which schools and/or players opt to represent SA at Sevens ahead of playing 1st XV matches for their respective schools