Progress of SA Schools 2012 vs England u18 2012 in 2018

Here’s an attempt to measure the progress of SA Schools and England under-18 rugby players 6 seasons after their national age-group achievement.

Rating system used:

5 = made it all the way to the top

4 = rising star

3 = regular 1st choice in a top level competition

2 = provincial A-section player

1 = hanging in there

0 = disappeared

 

SA Schools 2012

#	POS	NAME	SCHOOL	UNION while u18	RATING	UNION now	INTL
1	Prop	Pierre Schoeman	Affies	Blue Bulls	3	Bulls
2	Prop	Dayan van der Westhuizen	Centurion	Blue Bulls	2	EP
3	Prop	Wilco Louw	Drostdy	Boland	5	WP	Springbok
4	Prop	Ox Nche	Louis Botha	Free State	4	Free State	Springbok
5	Hooker	Francois Esterhuyzen	Overberg	Boland	1	Boland
6	Hooker	Malcolm Marx	KES	Golden Lions	5	Lions	Springbok
7	Hooker	Chad Solomon	Paul Roos	Western Province	1	WP
8	Lock	Nicolaas Jv Rensburg	Affies	Blue Bulls	3	Montpellier
9	Lock	Abongile Nonkontwana	St Albans	Blue Bulls	2	Bulls
10	Lock	Gideon Koegelenberg	Hugenote	Boland	1	Sharks
11	Lock	Daniël du Preez	Kearsney	KwaZulu-Natal	4	Sharks	Springbok
12	Lock	JD Schickerling	Paarl Gim	Western Province	4	WP
13	Flank	Thabo Mabuza	Centurion	Blue Bulls	1	Griquas
14	Flank	Jean-Luc du Preez	Kearsney	KwaZulu-Natal	5	Sharks	Springbok
15	No.8	Aidon Davis	Daniel Pienaar	Eastern Province	1	Toulon
16	No.8	Jano Venter	HTS Middelberg	Pumas	2	Bulls
17	Scrumhalf	Justin Phillips	Waterkloof	Blue Bulls	3	WP
18	Scrumhalf	Akhona Sihunu	Dale	Border	0	Lions
19	Flyhalf	Ryno Eksteen	Affies	Blue Bulls	2	Free State
20	Flyhalf	Handré Pollard	Paarl Gim	Western Province	5	Bulls	Springbok
21	Centre	Jurie Linde	Affies	Blue Bulls	0	Lions
22	Centre	Rohan Jv Rensburg	Waterkloof	Blue Bulls	4	Lions	Springbok
23	Centre	Sandile Kubeka	Kearsney	KwaZulu-Natal	0	Sharks
24	Centre	Warrick Gelant	Outeniqua	South Western Districts	5	Bulls	Springbok
25	Wing	Sergeal Petersen	Grey PE	Eastern Province	3	Free State
26	Wing	Matjikinyane Molapo	Ben Vorster	Limpopo Bulls	0	EP
27	Wing	Duhan van der Merwe	Outeniqua	South Western Districts	4	Edinburgh
28	Fullback	Jesse Kriel	Maritzburg Coll	KwaZulu-Natal	5	Bulls	Springbok
		TOTAL RATING			75
		AVG RATING			2.68

England 2012

NAME	SCHOOL	CLUB while u18	POS	RATING	CLUB now	INTL
Stephen Uren	Filton College	Bristol Rugby	Forward	0	N/A – poss. Plymoth Albion
Joel Conlon	Ivybridge Community College	Exeter Chiefs	Forward	3	Saracens
Charlie Ewels	Bryanston School	Bath Rugby	Forward	5	Bath	England
Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi	Moulton College	Northampton Saints	Forward	3	London Irish
David Hughes	Twyford C& E High School	London Wasps	Forward	0	Cambridge Uni RFC
Maro Itoje	Harrow School	Saracens	Forward	5	Saracens	England
Sam James	Bishops Stortford	Saracens	Forward	2	Beford Blues
Gus Jones	Eton College	London Wasps	Forward	2	Oxford Uni RFC
Alex Lundberg	Hampton	London Wasps	Forward	2	London Wasps
Ross Moriarty	Hartpury College	Gloucester	Forward	5	Gloucester	Wales
Jake Oldaker	Wellington College	Bath Rugby	Forward	0	N/A
Harry Rudkin	Wyggeston & Queen Elizabeth 1st	Leicester Tigers	Forward	0	N/A
Harry Thacker	Leicester Grammar	Leicester Tigers	Forward	4	Leicester Tigers
Biyi Alo	Haileybury College	Saracens	Forward	3	Worcester Warriors
Callum Braley	Hartpury College	Bristol Rugby	Back	3	Gloucester
Billy Burns	Hartpury College	Gloucester Rugby	Back	4	Gloucester
Nick Carpenter	Filton College	Bristol Rugby	Back	2	Hartbury
George Catchpole	Leicester Grammar	Leicester Tigers	Back	2	Leicester Tigers
Ollie Claxton	Bromsgrove School	Unattached	Back	0	N/A – semi pro
Nathan Earle	Oaklands	Saracens	Back	4	Harlequins
Zach Kibirige	Yarm School	Newcastle Falcons	Back	2	Newcastle Falcons
Sam Olver	Oundle School	Northampton Saints	Back	3	Worcester Warriors
Howard Packman	Moulton College	Northampton Saints	Back	2	Bedford Blues
Tom Stephenson	Moulton College	Northampton Saints	Back	3	Northampton Saints
Nick Tompkins	Oaklands	Saracens	Back	4	Saracens
Josh Watkins	Bromsgrove School	Worcester Warriors	Back	0	N/A
TOTAL RATING				63
				2.42