Western Province has named a squad of 66 under-18 players for trials teams to play against Boland at Bellville High School on Wednesday 21 May 2014 as part of final Craven Week / Academy Week trials.
| # | NAME | WINELANDS | S/SUB | N/SUB & OTHER |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wikus Groenewald | HJS Paarl BH | ||
| 1 | Leo Kruger | HJS Paarl BH | ||
| 1 | Muammir Salie | Paul Roos | ||
| 1 | Bertus Smith | Boland Landbou | ||
| 1 | Gavin van den Berg | Paarl Gim | ||
| 2 | Shane Farmer | Tygerberg | ||
| 2 | Colwyn Manchest | Kasselvlei | ||
| 2 | Marco Mostert | Paarl Gim | ||
| 2 | Jacques van Zyl | Paul Roos | ||
| 2 | Hugo Vlok | Boland Landbou | ||
| 3 | Jerome Korff | Paul Roos | ||
| 3 | Derrick Marais | HJS Paarl BH | ||
| 3 | Carlu Sadie | Bellville | ||
| 3 | JP Smith | Bishops | ||
| 4/5 | Heinrich Basson | k | Jan van Riebeeck | |
| 4/5 | Emile Cloete | Paul Roos | ||
| 4/5 | Louis Conradie | Paul Roos | ||
| 4/5 | Ruben de Villiers | HJS Paarl BH | ||
| 4/5 | Gerhard du Toit | Boland Landbou | ||
| 4/5 | Sam Mitchell | Bishops | ||
| 4/5 | Nicolaas Reuvers | Strand | ||
| 4/5 | Waldo van Rensburg | Stellenberg | ||
| 4/5 | Jaco Willemse | Paarl Gim | ||
| 6 | Mervano da Silva | Bishops | ||
| 6 | Dieter Leicher | Paarl Gim | ||
| 6 | Jacques Oosthuizen | Paul Roos | ||
| 6 | Johan Visser | Paarl Gim | ||
| 7 | Mitchell Carstens | Paul Roos | ||
| 7 | Zain Davids | Rondebosch | ||
| 7 | Joel Paarwater | Bishops | ||
| 7 | Dean van Tonder | Paul Roos | ||
| 8 | Saud Abrahams | Bishops | ||
| 8 | HJ Luus | Paarl Gim | ||
| 8 | Michael Meyer | Paul Roos | ||
| 8 | Keagan Timm | Wynberg | ||
| 9 | Zandré de Koker | Paarl Gim | ||
| 9 | Graham Hendricks | Hottentots-Holland | ||
| 9 | Herschell Jantjies | Paul Roos | ||
| 9 | Calvin Nel | Paul Roos | ||
| 9 | Johndré Williams | Boland Landbou | ||
| 10 | Aidynn Cupido | Paul Roos | ||
| 10 | Reinhardt Fortuin | Paul Roos | ||
| 10 | Jez McIntyre | Bishops | ||
| 10 | Danrich Visagie | Boland Landbou | ||
| 12 | C Damons | Excelsior | ||
| 12 | Carlton Fortune | Boland Landbou | ||
| 12 | Cornel Smit | Bishops | ||
| 12 | Jihaad Smith | Wynberg | ||
| 12 | Edrich Venter | Paul Roos | ||
| 13 | Ciaran Dayaram | SACS | ||
| 13 | Justin Heunis | Bishops | ||
| 13 | Taigh Schoor | Paarl Gim | ||
| 13 | M van der Hoven | Rangers | ||
| 11/14 | Leaviel Gouws | Paarl Gim | ||
| 11/14 | Tyrone Jacobs | Kasselvlei | ||
| 11/14 | Nico Leonard | Paul Roos | ||
| 11/14 | André Manuel | Bishops | ||
| 11/14 | Duncan Saal | Kasselvlei | ||
| 11/14 | Edwill van der Merwe | Paul Roos | ||
| 11/14 | Lourens van Dyk | Boland Landbou | ||
| 11/14 | Joshua Vermeulen | Paul Roos | ||
| 11/14 | K. Wessels | Zandvliet | ||
| 15 | Rayhann Lombaard | HJS Paarl BH | ||
| 15 | Ryan Muller | Bellville | ||
| 15 | Gerard Pieterse | Bishops | ||
| 15 | Tiaan Swanepoel | Stellenberg |
@beet, the decision to penalize Vd Berg every single time made no sense. Be that as it may, neither of our locks played against PRG and that contributed to our poor strumming.
@beet: luckily I didnt get hear his commentary then,as I was at the field that day.It just looked as if he were given a scrummaging lesson.Korff had his number the entire time he was on the field.
@Ploegskaar: @BuffelsCM:
Any chance you guys might take Phat55 up on that offer to predict a team.
@phat55: vd Berg was on the receiving end of penalties during that PRG game. The ref seemed to ID him as the culprit each time.
I also cant say I liked Gareth Wrights commentary too much that day. He seemed overcritical and painted a very negative picture. Sounded like he had got out of bed on the wrong side that morning. He really climbed into vd Berg for one thing.
I like the idea of the younger players in the academy side to gain the experience. I wasnt at all impressed with vd berg the looshead from gim when prg played them recently,but hey maybe he had an off day.im a big fan of Wikus,hope he gets a shot.
@BuffelsCM:The player that I referred to in the last paragraph is Marais – he started in the C team against Boland on Wednesday.
Bertus Smit and JP Smith started at 1 and 3 respectively for the B side with Sadie replacing JP in the 2nd half. It seems that the younger players have the inside track for the Academy side which makes sense to me. By doing that they will be more experienced next year.
@beet: CF du Toit will be the 8, provided his rehab goes to plan. Otherwise it has to be between Luus and Abrahams.
@beet: Well, Korf started at 3 in the A team against Boland with Wikus Groenewald playing off the bench in the 2nd half at 3. IMO Marais will not make the Craven side. Groenewald can play at 1 as well and that will make him the ideal replacement for either Van den Berg or Korf at Craven Week.
The week before last week, the 2 players from Boishaai played against each other (after their return from Japan) and IMO the younger one did the best of the two in question.
It is interesting to note that he played in the C team against Boland. It seems the selectors have made their selections.
@Andre T: he is under 21 and bouncing at the Killarney Hotel.
@beet: Tight head that impressed at the trials was JP Smith, but none of the other 3’s impressed me this year. vd Berg is the only quality loose head in this squad, the less said about the rest the better.
@phat55: I’m interested to see who gets named at no.8.
Also the no.3 between Korf and Marais
Anyway I hope they pick a nice small pack so that if KZN beats SWD we wont have too many hassles with WP size factor up front
Any predictions before the squads get announced tomorrow??
Did anyone watch these trials yesterday? If so, any standout players?
Ja waar is daai KIng outjie wat voorspeler van die jaar was en vlugtig n paar klasse in Durban bygewoon het?
@phat55: Dis ook waar!
@bhkgpa: I think it’d be a fair comparison IF wynberg played almost ALL the top teams around SA & ended up unbeaten & with the no1 ranking in SA, then maybe yes.
Only one name from Jab van Riebeek, and not the one we might have expected. What’s up there?
@bhkgpa: I agree with you. We are all human, and humans are in general subjective beings.
@Deon Pitzer: last year a PR supporter had a major problem with the WPu16 team wrt the fact that so little PR players made the team. My comment then was that maybe they are better as a team and a PR supporter told me in no uncertain terms that they dont agree with the comment. Funny now that the exact same comment is made by PR supporter wrt to the very good Wynberg team
@Grasshopper: Perhaps they are better as a team than individually. I think you may be too quick to make assumptions.
Wynberg only 2! My gosh people think their is bias in KZN! Wynberg have a great team this year, surely they can get more than 2 in the trials team?
Wow!!!!! Almost the whole PRG team. Feel sorry for Mat Gallow. GL to all the boys.
hope all the boys have an awesome game at the final trials next week,moreso the PRG boys