Update: u19 WP 10 – 34 Bulls. u21: WP 14 – 6 Bulls. The Western Province under-19 and under-21 teams face uphill battles today when they take on the Bulls team City Park in Cape Town today (first kick-off:13h30). This season along their way to securing age-group the three major age-group titles, Province have beaten the Bulls every time. The most humiliating defeat inflicted was against expectations at Craven Week itself. Here are the results:
Craven Week u13 final: 11-10
Grant Khomo u16 final: 22-15
Craven Week u18 “semi-final”: 30-6
| # | WESTERN PROVINCE u19 | SCHOOL | # | BLUE BULLS u19 | SCHOOL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liam Hendricks | HJS Paarl BH | 1 | Pierre Schoeman | Affies | |
| 2 | Chad Solomon | Paul Roos | 2 | Arno van Wyk | Boland Landbou | |
| 3 | Michael van Tonder | HJS Paarl BH | 3 | Wilco Louw | Drostdy | |
| 4 | Sebastian Ferreira (c.) | HJS Paarl BH | 4 | Bobby de Wee | Southdowns | |
| 5 | Sebastian Negri | Hilton | 5 | Nicolaas Jv Rensburg | Affies | |
| 6 | Gareth de Bruin | Grey College | 6 | Heinrich Viljoen | Affies | |
| 7 | Luke van der Smit | SACS | 7 | Chris Massyn | Monnas | |
| 8 | Steven Meiring | Affies | 8 | Corne Cooper | Paarl Gim | |
| 9 | SP Ferreira | Paul Roos | 9 | JP Smith | Queens | |
| 10 | Chris Smith | SACS | 10 | Kobus Marais | Waterkloof | |
| 11 | Michael Mvelase | Michaelhouse | 11 | Duncan Matthews | Swartland | |
| 12 | Faffa Botha | Boland Landbou | 12 | Leighton van Wyk | SACS | |
| 13 | Michael Haznar | Paul Roos | 13 | Daniel Kriel | Maritzburg College | |
| 14 | Tiaan Mouton | HJS Paarl BH | 14 | Keagon Gordon | Boland Landbou | |
| 15 | Jason Worrall | Paul Roos | 15 | Jessie Kriel (c) | Maritzburg College | |
| 16 | Dian Wiese | Edugate / Otji Namibia | 16 | Wilmar Arnoldi | Ermelo | |
| 17 | Nico Steenkamp | Waterkloof | 17 | Dayan vd Westhuizen | Centurion | |
| 18 | Nathan Gogela | Wynberg | 18 | Justin Basson | Boland Landbou | |
| 19 | Josh Moon | Michaelhouse | 19 | Carel Swart | Glenwood | |
| 20 | Attie van Rensburg | Paarl Gim | 20 | Kobus Wolmarans | Middelburg | |
| 21 | Pieter Schoonraad | HJS Paarl BH | 21 | Ganfried May | Oudtshoorn | |
| 22 | Kyle Leibrandt | Paul Roos | 22 | Marcus Kleinbooi | Affies | |
| 23 | James Verity-Amm | Hottentots Holland | 23 | Piet-Louw Strauss | Oakdale |
| # | WESTERN PROVINCE u21 | SCHOOL | # | BLUE BULLS u21 | SCHOOL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oliver Kebble | Bishops (PRG defn) | 1 | Neethling Fouchè | Grey College | |
| 2 | Stephan Coetzee | HJS Paarl BH | 2 | Jaco Visagie | Augsburg | |
| 3 | Justin Ackerman | HJS Paarl BH | 3 | Hencus van Wyk | Nylstroom | |
| 4 | Carel du Preez | Noord-Kaap | 4 | Jannes Kirsten | Affies | |
| 5 | Jean Kleyn | Linden | 5 | Schalk van Heerden | Waterkloof | |
| 6 | Josh Katzen (c.) | Wynberg | 6 | Wiaan Liebenberg (c) | Drostdy | |
| 7 | Sikhumbuzo Notshe | Wynberg | 7 | Roelof Smit | Waterkloof | |
| 8 | Rayn Smid | Rondebosch | 8 | Clyde Davids | Paarl Gim | |
| 9 | Godlen Masimla | Hugenote | 9 | Rudi van Rooyen | Affies | |
| 10 | Tim Swiel | Bishops | 10 | Tony Jantjies | Menlopark | |
| 11 | Devon Williams | HJS Paarl BH | 11 | Travis Ismaiel | Tygerberg | |
| 12 | Kobus van Wyk | Paarl Gim | 12 | Rohan Janse van Rensburg | Waterkloof | |
| 13 | Patrick Howard | Michaelhouse | 13 | Dries Swanepoel | Grey College | |
| 14 | JP Lewis | Paul Roos | 14 | Jade Stighling | St Albans | |
| 15 | Dillyn Leyds | Bishops | 15 | Damian van Wyk | Kempton Park | |
| 16 | Freddie Kirsten | HJS Paarl BH | 16 | Jason Thomas | Muir | |
| 17 | Sti Sithole | Westville | 17 | Christoph Gouws | Nelspruit | |
| 18 | Jurie van Vuuren | Oakdale | 18 | Dennis Visser | Affies | |
| 19 | Eital Bredenkamp | Affies | 19 | Shaun Adendorff | Glenwood | |
| 20 | Justin Benn | Grey HS | 20 | Kefentse Mahlo | Ben Vorster | |
| 21 | Jean Nel | HJS Paarl BH | 21 | Malcolm Theo | New Orleans | |
| 22 | Craig Barry | Paul Roos | 22 | Christopher Bosch | Paarl Gim |
@Djou: Unfortunately no more daughters or nieces to marry. Only grand children left and do not think you will live that long. Sorry.
Regarding the announcement. We ran in to a few logistical problems and busy sorting out. Ask Beet to send me your email and maybe you can help.
Good to see the SACS boys in both u19 teams
@vatikaki: I’m worried about Damian. WP has always been the region to produce the lateral thinking centres for SA rugby but it just seems like de Allende is the birth child of a very conservative attacking approach under AC. So we are almost seeing this Bulls like centre in a Stormers jersey. He’s big and strong and I hope that he can be directed to work more on his ball playing skills as part of a Stormers revisit to their strategies where so successful a few years back but are no longer producing the desired results.
@beet:
Can only assume so yes.
Would’ve loved to have seen Kobus van wyk versus Rohan Janse van Rensburg.
I’m a fan of Kobus van Wyk myself. Suppose part of me thought he’d have been chosen ahead of Damian de Allende, but that time may come.
@Tjoppa: Yip, correct again. Wish I can go and help them with an overall strategy, policies and implementation.
However, on another point, when is the big announcement coming?
@Djou: Like I said before. No S15 finals with a lot of players leaving, club rugby in worst state for a lot of years, of the best SBR teams AND junior players rather opting for other unions. Like I predicted before………..
Cheetahs u.21 beat Lions u.21: 25-23 Only unbeaten side this far. Huge improvement from last year thanks to among others Bulls players opting out of their contracts rather playing for the Cheetahs. When looking at the Cheetahs side – not many “stars”, but new stars are always born.
However, not so good news as Lions u.19 beat Cheetahs u.19: 26-14.
Congrats to the Cubs on this one.
Eish the points breakdown shows no scoring from the 56th minute – ie. over a quarter of the game. Suggests the conditions made the going difficult.
@vatikaki: True it was a good win by WP u21s (14-6). And interesting to see that it was a low scoring affair, so perhaps this win was made possible by very good D. Then again the weather conditions were described as wet and rainy which could also translate into slippy ball and poor traction underfoot ie low quality game.
Nice to see U21’s pull through. Not giving those U21’s enough credit hey beet!
well done to the WP u21s for continuing the trend
More Paarl Gim players in Bulls squads!