The Valke is one of the smaller regions and they aren’t always able to match the bigger unions at Craven Week. This year may be different though. Noordvaal rugby in general has looked very strong during 2013 and making a huge contribution to this strength by putting out competitive 1st XV’s are the likes of EG Jansen, Kempton Park and Transvalia from the Valke region. Also starting to make a name from themselves is Vereeniging Gymnasium, a school former through the merger of Vereeniging Hoerskool and HTS Vereeniging. The Valke will start Craven Week outside of the mainstream with a match against the Griffons. Success here is likely to open the door to a tougher match-day 2 opponent in a group that also contains Free State, EP, SWD and the Golden Lions.
The make up of the Valke Craven Week team: EG Jansen (9), Vereeniging Gim (4), Kempton Park (2), Transvalia (2), AHS Sasolburg (1), Carel de Wet (1), Die Anker (1), Jeugland (1) and Rhodes (1)
| # | VALKE u18 | School | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thabo Pitsi | Rhodes | |
| 2 | Pieter Jansen | EG Jansen | |
| 3 | D Venter | Vereeniging Gim | |
| 4 | Rulani Ncubuka | AHS Sasolburg | |
| 5 | Estiaan Enslin | EG Jansen | |
| 6 | Joswin de Wee | Vereeniging Gim | |
| 7 | Mornè Swart | EG Jansen | |
| 8 | Marco Holmes | EG Jansen | |
| 9 | MJ van Vuuren | Transvalia | |
| 10 | Ruan Potgieter | EG Jansen | |
| 11 | Elrin van Rooyen | Vereeniging Gim | |
| 12 | Zander Cronje | EG Jansen | |
| 13 | Sampie Hearn | EG Jansen | |
| 14 | Darren de Bruyn | Jeugland | |
| 15 | Kobus Engelbrecht | EG Jansen | |
| 16 | M Greyvenstein | EG Jansen | |
| 17 | Arnaut Malberbe | Transvalia | |
| 18 | Ben Wepener | Kemptonpark | |
| 19 | Eddie Mlotshwa | Kemptonpark | |
| 20 | R Solomons | Carel de Wet | |
| 21 | Cameron Rooi | Die Anker | |
| 22 | Jacqone de Villiers | Vereeniging Gim |
Well done to EG Jansen for hosting 9 players in this years craven week team. Their record were 12 players in 2008. It shows how strong they really are in this region.this will also be great preparation for the rest of the beeld trophy games. Let’s hope they stay injury free, the craven week had caused a few injuries to their top players in the past.