Time is drawing closer for WP to make a final decision about who will represent the province at this year’s Craven Week to be held at Paarl Boy’s High. Here are most of the candidates vying for positions in the two teams.
| FORWARDS | BACKS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | De Wet Wolhuter | HJS Paarl BH | 9 | Liam Kloosman | Bishops | |
| 1 | Haniel du Toit | HJS Paarl BH | 9 | William Rose | Bishops | |
| 1 | Mink Scharink | Paul Roos | 9 | Gavin Mills | Boland Landbou | |
| 1 | Robbie Rogers | Paul Roos | 9 | Morne Titus | Durbanville | |
| 1 | Seth Christians | Rondebosch | 9 | Abduragheem Ismail | Milnerton | |
| 1 | Luthando Woji | Wynberg | 9 | Bobby Alexander | Paarl Gim | |
| 2 | Tiaan du Plessis | Boland Landbou | 9 | Xander Botha | Paul Roos | |
| 2 | Alister Williams | HJS Paarl BH | 10 | Kian Meadon | HJS Paarl BH | |
| 2 | Cullen van der Merwe | HJS Paarl BH | 10 | Mikyle Vraagom | Milnerton | |
| 2 | De la Rey Nel | Paarl Gim | 10 | Charl Jansen | Paarl Gim | |
| 2 | JJ Kotze | Paul Roos | 10 | Juan Mostert | Paul Roos | |
| 2 | Jason Alexander | Wynberg | 10 | Kade Wolhuter | Paul Roos | |
| 3 | Rhynaardt Rijnberger | HJS Paarl BH | 10 | Nivan Petersen | Stellenberg | |
| 3 | Roubert Bester | HJS Paarl BH | 11 | Tharique Petersen | Boland Landbou | |
| 3 | Soulay Binkas | Milnerton | 11 | Marcqiewn Titus | Brackenfell | |
| 3 | Jovan Bekker | Paarl Gim | 11 | Jose George | HJS Paarl BH | |
| 3 | Hanru Jacobs | Paul Roos | 11 | Quan Horn | HJS Paarl BH | |
| 3 | David Ige | Rondebosch | 11 | Xavier Farmer | HJS Paarl BH | |
| 4 | Schalk Bezuidenhout | Boland Landbou | 11 | Tiaan Pretorius | Paul Roos | |
| 4 | Emile van Heerden | HJS Paarl BH | 12 | Luca Liebenberg | Bishops | |
| 4 | Corne Fourie | Paarl Gim | 12 | Erik Lambrecht | Boland Landbou | |
| 4 | Juan Beukes | Paarl Gim | 12 | Noegh Hayward | HJS Paarl BH | |
| 4 | Jarod Cairns | Paul Roos | 12 | Dawid Kellerman | Paarl Gim | |
| 5 | Carlo Petersen | Boland Landbou | 12 | Brendan Venter | Paul Roos | |
| 5 | Adriaan Alberts | HJS Paarl BH | 13 | Sebastian de Klerk | Boland Landbou | |
| 5 | Jade Hendricks | HJS Paarl BH | 13 | Jeandre de Klerk | Durbanville | |
| 5 | Niel Venter | HJS Paarl BH | 13 | Jacques Marais | Paarl Gim | |
| 5 | JJ Rossouw | Paarl Gim | 13 | Stravino Jacobs | Paarl Gim | |
| 5 | Dylan de Leeuw | Stellenberg | 13 | Reagan vd Westhuizen | Paul Roos | |
| 6 | Justin Miller | Bishops | 14 | Xavier Adams | Bellville | |
| 6 | Arman Adendorff | Boland Landbou | 14 | Keagan Saal | Kasselvlei | |
| 6 | Louwan Horn | HJS Paarl BH | 14 | Remy Engelbrecht | Paul Roos | |
| 6 | Dean Nieuwoudt | Paarl Gim | 14 | Thoubaan Gabriels | Rondebosch | |
| 6 | Reese Brice | Wynberg | 15 | Darren Hendricks | Boland Landbou | |
| 7 | Thys Kitshoff | Boland Landbou | 15 | Raven Smith | Brackenfell | |
| 7 | Arminn Posthumus | HJS Paarl BH | 15 | Riis du Plessis | HJS Paarl BH | |
| 7 | Evan Roos | HJS Paarl BH | 15 | Tiaan Swanepoel | Paarl Gim | |
| 7 | Mark Etzebeth | Paarl Gim | 15 | Tharique Manuel | Stellenberg | |
| 7 | Pierich Siebert | Paarl Gim | ||||
| 7 | Mihlali Magogodela | Rondebosch | ||||
| 8 | Eugene Snyders | Boland Landbou | ||||
| 8 | Ruben Jooste | Durbanville | ||||
| 8 | Renier Jv Rensburg | HJS Paarl BH | ||||
| 8 | Tyrone Maritz | HJS Paarl BH | ||||
| 8 | Romauld Ntumba | Milnerton | ||||
| 8 | Hendri Siebert | Paarl Gim | ||||
| 8 | Matthew Cordy | Paul Roos |
Weet ons noual wie die WP spanne is?
@Valkie: Ek dink ons almal besef dit. Ek glo ook dat almal hul beste spanne gekies het, sonder om die SARU vereistes na te kom. Die werklike span wat gekies sal word glo ek sal heelwat van ons keuses verskil. Die grootste kopseer vir die keurders van al die unies is om te verseker dat hulle die beste spelers van kleur in hul spanne het, en dan ook moet seker maak dat van hul sleutel blanke spelers, ingesluit kan word. Dit sal maar altyd vir n taai tameletjie sorg, en goeie spelers, wat op meriete die span moes haal, wat natuurlik ook spelers van kleur insluit, (veral in die Wes – Kaap se spanne), kan moontlik in die slag bly.
@Ploegskaar: @tzavosky: @Grizzly: @Kattes-Strofes: Al die spanne MOET 13 spelers van kleur in hê, en moet insluit een stut, een slot en een losvoorspeler as minimum……SARU vereiste.
@Kattes-Strofes: Ek wou nou nie verantwoordelik wees vir ‘n “Ashwin insident” nie, maar met die Valke se voorbeeld van Birchleigh, sou ek dink die 4 manne van Milnerton is in die binnebaan!
Ek wonder sommer ook of Keagan Saal die boetie van Duncan is, want as hy soos sy (vermoedelik) ouboet kan speel, is Kasselsvlei verseker ook in die mix.
@Kattes-Strofes: Ek dink maar net met die oog op SASkole span,Diego in die saal op 13.Dan rate almal daai 9 van Bishops,is Boland se 9 in die prentjie?Kies gewoonlik 2 9’s met WP se 2 spanne dan ten minste 4 9’s.Waar die Bokke probleme op 9 het met niemand wat daai trui syne wil maak nie,het die skole n rekord oes op 9 die jaar…
@Grizzly: Ek stem. Die feit is egter dat Dawid Kellerman reeds verlede jaar die WP span op binne senter gehaal het. Alhoewel hy nog nie vanjaar dieselfde spelpeil gelewer het nie, bly hy n goeie speler. De Klerk is net n te goeie speler om nie in my span te wees nie. So daarom maak ek vir hom plek op no. 13. Natuurlik sal my span nie die werklik gekose span wees nie, weens die transformasie teikens.
@Kattes-Strofes: Oom katte,ek is nie heeltemal vertroud met die spelers nie,sien egter daai Boland 13 haal die meeste se span,hys baie goed.Sterk baldraer en verdediger,sal hy nie n goeie 12 maak nie?
My span:
1 Rhynaardt Rijnsberger (HJS) Hy is n loskop stut
2 JJ Kotze (PRG)
3 Hanru Jacobs (PRG)
4 Jarod Cairns (PRG)
5 Adriaan Alberts (HJS) Kapt.
6 Dean Nieuwoudt (Gim)
7 Hendri Siebert (Gim)
8 Matthew Cordy (PRG)
9 William Rose (Bishops)
10 Juan Mostert (PRG)
11 Stravino Jacobs (Gim)
12Dawid Kellerman (Gim)
13 Sebastian de Klerk (Boland)
14 Xavier Adams (Bellville)
15 Darren Henricks (Boland)
16 Jaso Alexender (Wynberg)
17 Seth Christians (Rondebosch)
18 Roubert Bester (HJS)
19 Dylan de Leeuw (Stellenberg)
20 Evan Roos (HJS)
21 Gavin Mills (Boland)
22 Nivan Petersen (Stellenberg)
23 Raven Smith (Brackenfwell)
As Boishaai ondersteuner dink ek ons kan op die meeste 2 spelers in die Cravenweek A span hê in Alberts en Roos (geen agterspelers in sig nie!). Dit maak net sin dat die fenominale Paul Roos span die grootse getal spelers in die span moet hê.
@Couchmavin: en @Ploegskaar. Well done julle is braaf en is nie oor die kole gehaal nie. Kies nou die B-Span.
Roos en Hayward sal al 2 in wees.
@Ploegskaar: en… Roos pass vir Rose… behoort die kommentators besig te hou!
Well done vir julle effort teen Gim… julle kan trots voel… die boere is ysters!
Selectors may think closer to:
1.Rogers (PRG)
2.Kotze (PRG)
3.Jacobs (PRG)
4.Alberts (HJS)
5.Beukes (PG)
6.Muller (Bishops)
7.Kitshoff (Boland)
8.Roos (HJS)
9.Rose (Bishops)
10.Mostert (PRG)
11.Jacobs (PG)
12.Kellerman (PG)
13.De Klerk (Boland)
14.Gabriels (RBHS)
15.Hendricks (Boland)
16.Alexander (WBHS)
17.Woji (WBHS)
18???
19.De Leeuw (Stellenberg)
20.Ntumba (Milnerton)
21.Alexander (PG)
22.Venter (PRG)
23.Wolhuter (PRG)
If I had to take a stab, it would look something like this. Think I got the numbers right as well:
1.Christian (RBHS)
2.Kotze (PRG)
3.Jacobs (PRG)
4.Alberts (HJS)
5.De Leeuw (Stellenberg)
6.Nieuwoudt (PG)
7.Kitshoff (Boland)
8.Cordy (PRG)
9.Rose (Bishops)
10.Mostert (PRG)
11.Jacobs (PG)
12.Lamprecht (Boland)
13.Kellerman (PG)
14.Adams (Bellville)
15.Hendricks (Boland)
16.Alexander (WBHS)
17.Woji (WBHS)
18.Bester (HJS)
19.Cairns (PRG)
20.Mogolodela (RBHS)
21.Alexander (PG)
22.Peterson (Stellenberg)
23.Manuel (Stellenberg)
@Couchmavin: I imagine Justin Muller of Bishops has the inside lane on the 6 jersey
@Couchmavin: Ok..I wasn’t sure. So he still has another year left to play for PR.
@Beet: Everybody on the list extremely capable. Remy very fast with a great left boot as an option for line kicks. Safe under the high ball but a bit of a jekyll and hyde player,will drop an extremely easy catch and the next moment do something brilliantly individualistic as in the Paarl Gim match.I Love to watch him as a player.
@CharlesZA: The fact that they do not release the teams is the most ridiculous thing ever.
@Beet: Believe teams have been picked. They let every school know which players in their school made the team.
@Couchmavin: would have thought that with his x-factor ability Remy Engelbrecht would have cracked the nod.
Most of the players on the list represented WP vs Boland a few days back. I have been told that the selections have shown signs of being disorganised and out of touch tho.
Stavino was listed at 13 by WPRU. I will change him to 11.
@BoishaaiPa: Regan vd Westhuizen is U/18 and in GR11.
I speak under correction but I think Reagan vd Westhuizen might be u/19 and not eligible. He played as a Gr7 from Paarl Boys Primary for the Paarl Boys u/14 team as he was u/14 already. He went to PR as Gr8. I believe if he is in matric he might be over age for CW.
My stab at it.MY best team, no PD’s. I must admit i haven’t seen everyone play this season.
1.De Wet Wolhuter
2.JJ Kotze
3.Hanru Jacobs
4.Jarod Cairns
5.Adriaan Alberts
6.?
7.Evan Roos
8.Eugene Snyders
9.Bobby Alexander
10.Juan Mostert
11.Tiaan Pretorius
12.Luca Liebenberg
13.Reagan vd Westhuizen
14.Stravino Jacobs{Although he plays leftwing for Gim and is a 13 on the list}
15.Darren Hendricks
I’m not choosing any reserves. The real team will look different because of the PD ratio not achieved in my team.
@McCulleys Workshop: No theory, just WPRU.
@TheGoose: I’m surprised at the no. of HJS players releative to PRG players, who are steaks ahead of them this season, what’s the theory, HJS has brilliant individual talent and PRG are just well coached….
Mink Scharink gets in automatically based on having the best name for a rugby player, ever.
With Paul Roos being so dominant this season, seems strange that they don’t have anyone in 5, 6 and 7?
Two teams meaning WP and WP XV? About time that WP had two teams at CW. With the talent they have between the southern suburbs, Paarl and Stellenbosch having a single team has been ludicrous.