One of the exciting end products of Grant Khomo Week, the national under-16 provincial youth tournament, is the selection of an SA under-16 High Performance squad. Previously this squad would assemble for a rugby course later on in the year after the school rugby season has concluded and receive valuable assistance from specialists. Many top achieving rugby players will again be part of the HP squad in 2014.
Here is a look at where the 2012 under-16 candidates are now in 2014 as under-18 players:
# | Name | Surname | Position | Province | School | 2014 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kurt | Webster | No 6 Flank | KZN | DHS | Bulls u19 |
2 | Kwazi | Khanyile | Scrumhalf | KZN | Glenwood | KZN CW |
3 | Morné | Joubert | Outside Centre | KZN | Glenwood | KZN CW |
4 | Percy | Mngadi | Loosehead Prop | KZN | Glenwood | KZN CW |
5 | Brendon | Smith | Hooker | Blue Bulls | Centurion | Griquas CW |
6 | Dale | Hendricks | Scrumhalf | Blue Bulls | Affies | Bulls AW |
7 | André | Manuel | Right Wing | Boland | Bergrivier | WP AW |
8 | Fabio | Afrika | Flyhalf | Boland | Hopefield | Boland CW |
9 | Aston | Fortuin | No 5 Lock | Border | Queens | Bulls CW |
10 | Jason | Steyn | No 7 Flank | Border | Selborne | Border CW |
11 | Kaden | Prince | Loosehead Prop | EP | Die Brandwag | EP CW |
12 | Luigi | van Jaarsveld | Eighthman | EP | Marlow | EPCD CW |
13 | Alexander | Jonker | Eighthman | Free State | Grey College | FS CW |
14 | Julian | Jordaan | Outside Centre | Free State | Grey College | FS CW |
15 | Lamond | Bouwer | No 6 Flank | Free State | Grey College | Injured |
16 | Llewellyn | Hein | Right Wing | Free State | Louis Botha | FS CW |
17 | Michael | Andrade | Inside Centre | Free State | SP Swart | FS CW |
18 | Paul | De Lange | Flyhalf | Free State | Sentraal | FS AW |
19 | Reuben | Terblanche | Tighthead Prop | Free State | Grey College | FS CW |
20 | Stefanus | Wessels | No 4 Lock | Free State | Sentraal | FS AW |
21 | Jaywinn | Juries | Scrumhalf | Griffons | Hentie Cilliers | Griffons CW |
22 | Adrian | Snyman | Hooker | Leopards | Klerksdorp | Leopards AW |
23 | Mitch | Mametsa | Hooker | Limpopo | Ben Vorster | Limpopo CW |
24 | Denzil | Hill | Eighthman | Lions | Jeppe | Bulls u19 |
25 | Devon | Henson | No 5 Lock | Lions | St Johns | Injured |
26 | Justin | Bhana | Left Wing | Lions | Florida | Lions CW |
27 | Kathlego | Tsotetsi | Left Wing | Lions | St Benedicts | |
28 | Kennett | Sinclair | Fullback | Lions | Helpmekaar | |
29 | Nyasha | Tarusenga | No 7 Flank | Lions | St Benedicts | Lions CW |
30 | Ralton | October | Scrumhalf | Lions | Florida | Lions CW |
31 | Rhyno | Herbst | No 4 Lock | Lions | Monument | Lions CW |
32 | Tshepo | Thulo | Right Wing | Lions | Jeppe | Lions CW |
33 | Barend | Smit | Inside Centre | Pumas | HTS Middelburg | Pumas CW |
34 | Cauhen | Mashaba | Tighthead Prop | Pumas | HGH | Pumas CW |
35 | Ian | Truter | Outside Centre | Pumas | Witbank | Pumas AW |
36 | Lohan | Bennet | Flyhalf | Pumas | HTS Middelburg | |
37 | Ngoni | Chidoma | Loosehead Prop | Pumas | Uplands | KZN CW |
38 | Siyabonga | Nkosi | Left Wing | Pumas | HSPR | Pumas CW |
39 | Eduard | Zandberg | No 5 Lock | SWD | Outeniqua | SWD CW |
40 | Pieter | Gouws | No 6 Flank | SWD | Oakdale | |
41 | Kabelo | Matloung | Tighthead Prop | Valke | DF Malan | KZN AW |
42 | Martin | Van Wyk | Fullback | Valke | EG Jansen | Valke CW |
43 | Danrich | Visagie | Flyhalf | WP | Boland Landbou | WP AW |
44 | Edrich | Venter | Inside Centre | WP | Paul Roos Gym | WP CW |
45 | Gavin | van der Berg | Tighthead Prop | WP | Paarl Gym | WP CW |
46 | Jaco | Willemse | No 4 Lock | WP | Paarl Gym | WP CW |
47 | Jacques | Oosthuizen | No 7 Flank | WP | Paul Roos Gym | |
48 | Peter John | Toerien | No 7 Flank | WP | Tygerberg HS | Bulls CW |
49 | Rudolf | Britz | Hooker | WP | HJS Paarl BH | Injured |
50 | Tiaan | Swanepoel | Fullback | WP | Stellenberg | WP CW |
@Tjoppa: Good point
@slinger: Not really good news. Everybody know the fact that boys develop at different stages. This just show that the unions stick to their purchase from GK. If 30% of u/13 make GK u/16 then only 60% should be achieved here. Again showing the influence of the Unions. It would be interesting to hear from bigger schools what their conversion rate is from u/16 to 1st 15.
The positive side is that most players made CW u18 with a few that dropped to Academy sides. Will be interesting to match the 50 squad after CW vs the u16 initial SA group. I know a number of players who will be hard pressed to keep their positions. Besides the camp, did SA Rugby do anything more with this group?
@Playa: It’s actually sad how Border loses out on its best players .
I once read this article (http://www.saschoolsports.co.za/rugby/other/rugby-do-co-ed-school-have-a-future.html)
With the way things are going with this “pouching” business, the Border region especially will find it hard to compete against other regions.
@Knight_CHS07: I think you’d be shocked mntam. I am surprised the vultures didn’t deplete Selborne’s 2013 Under 16A team. Maybe they’re still ‘working on it’.
@Playa: yho! I guess we’ll never see the true potential of Border Schools Teams. I wonder how many others left Dale, Queens College and Selborne after the GK 2012
I also remembered the story in the paper of the Rugbyseun that was left stranded because of suspected Centurion financial troubles. Noord-Kaap came to his rescue and he is now in the Griquas CW team
Also interesting to note that Fabio Africa is now in Weston Secondary, an inter-provincial move of sorts.
One name that stands out like a sore thumb as always, is that of PJ Toerien. He played WP Grant Khomo, was in the WP u16 HP Squad and made the SA u16 HP squad. Obviously he was developed and received all the recognition and rewards that WP could have offered a player of his caliber at the time, so it remains impossible for me to believe that anything more could/should have justified an inter-provincial gr.10 move. Maybe Rugbyman will explain the motivations behind his move here transparently one day, or maybe on a bad day, I will.
Dale Hendricks is in the Bulls Academy team
@Knight_CHS07: he was poached by the Bulls from Queens College after GK 2012…he’s at Southdowns now
Danrich Visagie is the WP Academy flyhalf
Did Aston Fortuin get poached? Or is it another typo? Maybe he was at Queens High School and not at Queens College?
Andre Manuel is in the WP Academy Team and now attends Bishops.
Just a typo Beet, Jason Steyn is playing for Border CW and not Boland.