Paul Roos Gymnasium head coach Hein Kriek is bound to have one of those preferred headaches tomorrow when the process of narrowing down a big pool of talented candidates to just a starting 1st XV starts in earnest with a rugby trial match on Thursday, 27 February.
Starting teams for one of the trial games
Apart from the players listed below, other players will also be involved in trials and will have a fair opportunity to prove themselves worthy of places in the 1st XV. The trials process will run over a few weeks.
| # | Paul XV | WP Elite 2014 | # | Roos XV | WP Elite 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian van Deventer | 1 | Carl Prinsloo | ||
| 2 | Jacques van Zyl | WP ES | 2 | Robert Matthee | |
| 3 | Jerome Korff | WP ES | 3 | Christian Hamann | |
| 4 | Dean van Tonder | WP ES | 4 | Louis Conradie | |
| 5 | Matthys Niewoudt | 5 | Emile Cloete | ||
| 6 | Petrus Nienaber | 6 | Jaques Oosthuizen | ||
| 7 | Mitchell Carstens | WP ES | 7 | Barend Louw | |
| 8 | Michael Meyer | WP ES | 8 | Joa Swart | |
| 9 | Herschel Jantjies | WP ES | 9 | Calvin Nel | |
| 10 | Aidynn Cupido | WP ES | 10 | Reinhardt Fortuin | WP ES |
| 11 | Edwill van der Merwe | WP ES | 11 | Saag Jonker | |
| 12 | Edrich Venter | WP ES | 12 | Sebastian Uys | |
| 13 | Matt Gallow | 13 | Nico Leonard | ||
| 14 | Adrian van Niekerk | 14 | Veranzo Pypers | ||
| 15 | Morne Taljaard | 15 | Joshua Vermeulen |
@beet: thats correct sir! nice little opportunity for Nico(family of Anton Leonard im told) to show what he can offer…..really exciting talent!
@phat55: The team selected is very similar to the original team posted on the blog a few weeks ago. I think the only change is that Nico Leonard partners Edrich Venter ahead of Matt Gallow
I see after yesterday’s trial game a 1st team squad of 23 boys has been selected to face the visiting Argentinian teams.congrats to the boys who have made it thus far,lots more hard work ahead……
@beet: One thing I have to say. It looks like Hein and Brendan are making damn sure they get the teams as close to the right mix as they can. With all the trials and camp they plan.
@beet: It should be close. I hear Hamman might move to loosehead as well. Van Tonder is in the WP squad as a flanker, so yes. There might be different names in the end but like said. It should be close. Wish I can take off to have a watch myself, but someone has to work.
@Koos Roos: Koos I must add the reserves as well but as PRP says there are 4 teams at trials, summer sportsmen missing and the selection process continues for a number of weeks. I think the boys even have a camp for 1sts, 2nds and 3rds in Riversdale during the term break. So far from completed process. But that said, when the team is officially announced for St Johns, I’m sure most players perhaps all will come from these 2 teams listed above.
@Tjoppa: Ek verstaan hy is goeie leier ook. Kom mos van Affies en na 1 jaar in my seun se koshuis, gekies as koshuishoofseun. Nee ons kyk maar Tjoppie. Die 2 wat daar is het net al laasjaar daar roteer. Dalk is Heinie beter.
@PaulRoosPa: Is jy daar vandag? Indien. Sal graag jou indrukke wil hoor. Paar verrassings in die groep wat Beet opgesit het. Een of 2 o 16’s uit B en C spanne laasjaar.
Oulike seun mens kan sien waar is die fondasies gegooi.
Maar as Hein nie beter as derdes haal nie is julle scrummies van hoe gehalte.
There are 90 boys that took part in assessments the last 6 weeks. There are 4 teams playing trials today and on Monday and the boys involved in the T20 cricket finals are excluded from the teams.
@Tjoppa: Heinie is nog besig met krieket. Die 2 skrummies gaan egter maar die aanspraakmakers wees, meen ek.
Mis ‘n paar name. Is die krieketspelers nog besig? Dink aan Heindrich Odendaal op skrumskakel.