Paul Roos: December rugby trailblazers gear up for WSF 2025

Paul Roos Gymnasium — the first high profile South African school to give December rugby the thumbs up and, in doing so, pave the way for others to follow — will once again be heading abroad this coming Christmas/festive season.

They plan to send a group of 69 stayers to the World Schools Festival in Abu Dhabi, UAE. This will be their second consecutive year travelling to the UAE to take part in the international tournament, which also features several other sporting codes, including cricket.

SQUAD

1 Albert Nel
2 Alessandro Brocchetto
3 Ashton Pyke
4 Ben Krige
5 Ben van Zyl
6 Brandon Hamman
7 Cadynn Samuels
8 Canaan Eksteen
9 Cayden Davids
10 Chris Koch
11 Chris Meyburgh
12 Christian le Roux
13 Cobus Loubser
14 Damian de Lange
15 Dan Whitehead
16 Derik Van Vuuren
17 Ethan Smith
18 Gerard Bekker
19 Gerhard Fouche
20 Hanre Du Toit
21 Heinrich Schultz
22 Jaco van Niekerk
23 Jayden Powell
24 James Gerber
25 James Swart
26 Janco de Kock
27 Jarod Brown
28 Jean Hamman
29 Jean Volschenk
30 Johan Heunis
31 Johann Meyer
32 Josh Venter
33 Keagan Munz
34 Kian Nel
35 Krige le roux
36 Krisjan Potgieter
37 Kyle Snyers
38 Lehan Barnard
39 Liam Cilliers
40 Lincoln Marques
41 Marnus Roux
42 Matthew Dreyer
43 Michael Jv Rensburg
44 Nic Van Wyk
45 Niel Kitshoff
46 Philip Venter
47 Riley Combrinck
48 Reuben Winter
49 Ruan Brits
50 Ruan de Kock
51 Sebastian Celliers
52 Sebastian Oosthuizen
53 Sian van Heerden
54 Simon de Roubaix
55 Stef de Villiers
56 Taio Jordaan
57 Tauhier Josephs
58 Tevez Cupido
59 Thomas Meyer
60 Tiaan Basson
61 Tom Cruickshank
62 Travis Pheiffer
63 Tristan Armitage
64 Ty Basset
65 Werner de Bruin
66 Willem Kemp
67 Zach Geldenhuys
68 Zak Steyn
69 Ziyaad Jappie