This is quite interesting. Of the 50 players picked for the SA under-16 High Performance in 2010, 11 were selected three years late to play for the SA under-20 team (Baby Boks) at the Junior World Championships.
Also interesting is that the highly talented matric class of 2013 (SA HP under-16 in 2011) has in it’s first year out of school already produced 9 SA under-20 players in 2014. Remember that the bulk of players who finished school in 2013 will still qualify to play SA under-20 in 2015.
Sorry some of the “School” data in the table below still needs to be filled in.
| SA HP u16 2010 to SA u20 in 2014 | u16 PROV | SCHOOL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rohan Jv Rensburg | Bulls | Waterkloof |
| 2 | Thabo Mabuza | Bulls | Florida |
| 3 | Nicolaas Jv Rensburg | Bulls | Affies |
| 4 | Pierre Schoeman | Bulls | Affies |
| 5 | Duncan Matthews | Boland | Swartland |
| 6 | Dayan vd Westhuizen | Boland | Centurion |
| 7 | Sergeal Petersen | EP | Grey HS |
| 8 | Malcolm Marx | Lions | KES |
| 9 | Andre Esterhuizen | Leopards | Klerksdorp |
| 10 | Handre Pollard | WP | Paarl Gim |
| 11 | Wilco Louw | Boland | Drostdy |
| SA HP u16 2010 | u16 PROV | SCHOOL | |
| 1 | Marcus Kleinbooi | Bulls | Affies |
| 2 | Caswell Khoza | Bulls | |
| 3 | Ryno Eksteen | Bulls | Affies |
| 4 | Louis Venter | Bulls | Affies |
| 5 | Gerhard Cloete | Boland | Overberg |
| 6 | Malwande Mhamhe | Border | Dale |
| 7 | Maliviwe Simanga | Border | Dale |
| 8 | Mtsika Nyalambisa | Border CD | |
| 9 | Selwyn Davids | EP | Nico Malan |
| 10 | Siphesihle Mhlom | EP | |
| 11 | Lyle Lombard | EP | |
| 12 | Christiaan Meyer | Valke | EG Jansen |
| 13 | Junius Deysel | Valke | |
| 14 | Deon Botes | Valke | |
| 15 | Kwena Moremi | Valke | |
| 16 | Pieter Jordaan | Free State | Grey College |
| 17 | Edward Schmidt | Free State | Grey College |
| 18 | Daniel Piek | Free State | |
| 19 | Allistair McQuire | Lions | |
| 20 | Che-Ree Stevens | Lions | |
| 21 | Kgotso Ngubeni | Lions | |
| 22 | Siyabonga Tom | KZN | Glenwood |
| 23 | Chris de Beer | KZN | Hilton |
| 24 | Siphesihle Ndlovu | KZN | Maritzburg College |
| 25 | JJ Groenewald | Leopards | |
| 26 | Johan Smit | Limpopo | |
| 27 | JJ Marais | Limpopo | |
| 28 | Johan Bannink | Limpopo | ??/Garsfontein |
| 29 | Karabo Makola | Pumas | |
| 30 | Joseph William Allen | Pumas | |
| 31 | Dean January | SWD | |
| 32 | Martinus Vermeulen | SWD | Outeniqua |
| 33 | Francois Botha | WP | Boland Landbou |
| 34 | Dalen Goliath | WP | Paul Roos |
| 35 | Wesley Cupido | WP | Paarl Gim |
| 36 | Ramone Samuels | WP | Paul Roos |
| 37 | Jan-Fredrick Uys | WP | Paul Roos |
| 38 | Chad Solomon | WP | Paul Roos |
| 39 | Wesley Edward Adonis | WP | HJS Paarl BH |
| SA HP u16 2011 to SA u20 in 2014 | u16 PROV | SCHOOL | |
| 1 | Abongile Nonkontwana | Border | Selborne/St Alban’s |
| 2 | Nqoba Mxoli | KZN | Westville |
| 3 | Mthokozisi Mkhabela | KZN | Glenwood |
| 4 | Jean-Luc du Preez | KZN | Kearsney |
| 5 | Daniel du Preez | KZN | Kearsney |
| 6 | Joseph Dweba | Lions | Louis Botha |
| 7 | Cyle Brink | Lions | KES |
| 8 | Warrick Gelant | SWD | Outeniqua |
| 9 | Jacques Vermeulen | WP | Paarl Gim |
| SA u20 in 2014 but not SA HP u16 | u16 PROV | SCHOOL | |
| 1 | JP Smith | Border | Queen’s |
| 2 | Aidon Davis | EP | Daniel Pienaar |
| 3 | Corniel Els | Free State | Grey College |
| 4 | Daniel Kriel | KZN | M. College |
| 5 | Jesse Kriel | KZN | M. College |
| 6 | Victor Sesekete | Lions | Queens High |
| 7 | Duhan vd Merwe | SWD | Outeniqua |
| 8 | Lloyd Greef | Valke | Transvalia |
| 9 | JD Schickerling | WP | Paarl Gim |
| 10 | Jean-Luc du Plessis | WP | HJS Paarl BH |
| 11 | Thomas du Toit | WP | HJS Paarl BH |
Ag die HP o/16 squad sommer n pot snot. Net om die volk op te sweep.
Beet – Malwande Mhamhe and Maliviwe Simanga were a Dale when they were selected for the HP team in 2010. Simanga was poached by the Lions at the end of Grade 11 and completed his matric at Parktown.
Francois “Faffa” Botha was at Boland Landbou, currently plays at DurBell RC if memory serves me right.
Ramone Samuels has moved on to the Lions after his stint at the WPRI.
What a joke-Siyabonga Tom must have been 20 years by then and no one raised any concerns ……