SARU has announced a squad of 55 school boy rugby players to attend the SA Schools trials on Saturday, 26 July at the Barnard Stadium in Kempton Park, Johannesburg.
| NO | NAME | TEAM | SCHOOL | A/G | H | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michel Kumbarai | Blue Bulls | St Alban’s | 18 | 184 | 105 |
| 1 | Ngoni Chidoma | KwaZulu-Natal | Northwood | 18 | 184 | 105 |
| 1 | Lupumlo Mguca | Eastern Province | Daniel Pienaar | 17 | 173 | 109 |
| 1 | Kenny Van Niekerk | KwaZulu-Natal | Glenwood | 18 | 185 | 105 |
| 2 | Nico Peyper | Valke | EG Jansen | 17 | 178 | 89 |
| 2 | Le Roux Baard | South Western Districts | Outeniqua | 18 | 176 | 94 |
| 2 | Alandré van Rooyen | Eastern Province | Nico Malan | 18 | 182 | 106 |
| 2 | Jan-Henning Campher | Blue Bulls | Garsfontein | 18 | 182 | 106 |
| 3 | Stefan Hanekom | Griquas CD | Duineveld | 17 | 186 | 99 |
| 3 | Koos Tredoux | KwaZulu-Natal | Glenwood | 18 | 182 | 105 |
| 3 | Ignatius Prinsloo | Free State | Grey College | 17 | 190 | 120 |
| 3 | Sarel-Marco Smith | Blue Bulls | Eldoraigne | 18 | 190 | 123 |
| 4 | Rikus Swart | Griquas | Noord-Kaap | 18 | 197 | 93 |
| 4 | Aston Fortuin | Blue Bulls | Southdowns | 18 | 193 | 107 |
| 4 | Rhyno Herbst | Golden Lions | Monument | 18 | 196 | 113 |
| 4 | Jaco Willemse | Western Province | Paarl Gim | 18 | 199 | 128 |
| 5 | Teubus Brits | Griquas CD | Landboudal | 18 | 198 | 101 |
| 5 | Ruben De Villiers | Western Province | HJS Paarl BH | 17 | 199 | 104 |
| 5 | Hendre Stassen | Valke | EG Jansen | 17 | 200 | 110 |
| 5 | Eduan Zandberg | South Western Districts | Outeniqua | 18 | 201 | 113 |
| 6 | Jurie Fick | Boland AW | Drostdy | 18 | 185 | 103 |
| 6 | Len Massyn | Golden Lions | Monument | 17 | 192 | 93 |
| 6 | Luigy van Jaarsveld | EP CD | Marlow | 18 | 191 | 96 |
| 6 | Saul Abrahams | Western Province | Bishops | 18 | 181 | 100 |
| 7 | Conal Brown | Boland | Klein Nederburg | 18 | 192 | 92 |
| 7 | Victor Maruping | Free State | Louis Botha | 18 | 190 | 92 |
| 7 | Cobus Wiese | Griquas CD | Upington | 17 | 197 | 94 |
| 7 | Arnold Gerber | Blue Bulls | Menlopark | 18 | 188 | 94 |
| 8 | Edmund Rheeder | Leopards | Klerksdorp | 17 | 187 | 91 |
| 8 | Sipathu Pokamela | Eastern Province | Grey HS | 18 | 189 | 95 |
| 8 | Jaco Coetzee | KwaZulu-Natal | Glenwood | 18 | 187 | 100 |
| 8 | Hacjivah Dayimani | Golden Lions AW | Jeppe | 17 | 187 | 87 |
| 9 | Jaywinn Juries | Griffons | Hentie Cilliers | 18 | 170 | 67 |
| 9 | Embrose Papier | Blue Bulls | Garsfontein | 17 | 172 | 75 |
| 9 | Stephan Enslin | Pumas | HTS Middelburg | 18 | 184 | 85 |
| 9 | Marco jv Vuuren | Valke | Transvalia | 18 | 189 | 90 |
| 10 | Tristan Tedder | KwaZulu-Natal | Kearsney | 18 | 180 | 72 |
| 10 | Curwin Bosch | Eastern Province | Grey HS | 17 | 185 | 80 |
| 10 | Tinus de Beer | Blue Bulls | Waterkloof | 18 | 177 | 84 |
| 11 | Andell Loubser | Blue Bulls | Menlopark | 17 | 187 | 83 |
| 11 | Jerry Danquah | Border | Queens | 18 | 176 | 86 |
| 11 | Connery Poole | Blue Bulls | Garsfontein | 18 | 178 | 82 |
| 12 | Heino Bezuidenhout | Eastern Province | Daniel Pienaar | 17 | 185 | 88 |
| 12 | Tshepo Thulo | Golden Lions | Jeppe | 18 | 184 | 93 |
| 12 | Franco Naude | Blue Bulls | Garsfontein | 18 | 186 | 96 |
| 12 | JT Jackson | South Western Districts | Oakdale | 18 | 189 | 92 |
| 13 | Cyprian Nkomo | Pumas | Middelburg | 17 | 175 | 87 |
| 13 | Markus Coetzer | Leopards | Bergsig | 18 | 188 | 90 |
| 13 | Barend Smit | Pumas | HTS Middelburg | 18 | 184 | 94 |
| 14 | Duncan Saal | Western Province | Kasselsvlei | 18 | 177 | 79 |
| 14 | Nazo Nkala | Griffons | Welkom Gim | 18 | 185 | 87 |
| 14 | Manie Libbok | South Western Districts | Outeniqua | 17 | 182 | 78 |
| 15 | Keanu Vers | Eastern Province | Grey HS | 18 | 173 | 78 |
| 15 | Morné Joubert | KwaZulu-Natal | Glenwood | 18 | 180 | 80 |
| 15 | Eduan Keyter | Blue Bulls | Affies | 18 | 185 | 88 |
@Djou: Staying in the Eastern Province so I have heard . A number of KZN boys heading that way to start a new career and very exciting times for the Kings.
@Queenian: @Buffel: Ward was the best outside centre at the week. The union wise enough to snap him up will make a very good investment.
Reminds me of Nico Lee from Affies. Bulls were recruiting outside Pretoria and Lee was snatched up by the Cheetahs two years ago and now he is in the Currie Cup squad.
@Buffel: Agree there 100%
@Queenian: for me the standout centre. Amazed that he did not make it.
@Mike: I would have also thought they would have given Ward a chance I thought he played really well.
Congrats to all the boys who made it and in particular the Eastern Cape boys. Very very proud. Just a note on Mayinje. I think it’s a massive massive achievement for him to make this craven week side in itself. He was a star til u15 and then injured his knee badly in one of the first u16 games. He then didn’t play a single rugby match until this year in his matric year. A truly brilliant come back as far as I’m concerned and a lesson to anyone who has had an injury and wants to continue playing rugby.
@Gemaskerdesopbeen: Ek stem heeltemal saam dat daar n defnitiewe motief agter die mitswillige weglating van GCB spelers was. Selfs in “maer” jare het hulle meer spelers in die groep gehad. En as VS nie die wereld “aan die brand gespeel het nie”, dan het die Bulle met 12 in die groep, dit nog minder gedoen. Dit is ook duidelik dat die spelers wie wel ingesluit is in die groep, veral waar meer as een uit n span is, nie n noemenswaardige bydrae tot die sukses van hulle onderskeie skoolspanne maak nie.Watter bydrae sal hulle in die SA skolespan lewer? Normaalweg is ek nie wraaksugtig nie, maar ek hoop werklik dat GCB, in sy oorblywende wedstryde, daardie skole wie bevoordeel is, se neuse in die grond sal vryf – ernstig En dan hou ek nie daardie spanne verantwoordelik hiervoor nie, maar dit is die enigste en beste manier om n punt te bewys
@Tjoppa: Ok jy ken, ma ek wee nog nie wie jy is nie.
@ROOIBUL: Jou vrou swart hare en oorlengte by jou en nog jonger laaitie. Eers Witbank toe vir ‘n kort rukkie Pretoria toe en nou Middelburg. Jy hou van Toyotas. Jou vorige partners nie goeie mense. Wat meer wil jy weet.
@Tjoppa: Ek kan nie dit glo nie, jy sal meer inligting as dit moet gee voor ek jou glo.
@ROOIBUL: Baie beter as wat jy sou wou he ja.
@ROOIBUL: Jy moet bietjie met jou tjom Tornado praat. Hy betaal nie sy weddenskappe nie.
@Tjoppa: Jy laat my dink jy ken my.
@MikeSt: Dankie, ma dit wat jy nou gese het is wat my bang maak. Met die selle houding het ons amper teen HTS Witbank verloor.
@ROOIBUL: Sal nice wees om te ontmoet en bietjie die funny dinge te hoor.
Baie sterkte vir julle game teen Nellies. Kan nie dink julle gaan daai een verloor nie.
@ROOIBUL: Ja ja vertel dit vir die nasie maar die manne nader aan jou het ander stories te vertelle. En was dit blykbaar nie vir die kwaai ma nie. Nou ja kom ons los die eerder uit vir ‘n ander forum.
@Tjoppa: Daai kind het regtig baie goeie maniere, die girl wat hom kry sal n baie goeie skoon pa kry.@MikeSt: As ek en jy eendag ontmoet gaan ek jou iets vertel van jou lat wat jou sal laat lag, toe D my vertel het het ek leka gelag
@Tjoppa: @MikeSt: Sal hom waarsku oom Tjoppa hou hom dop en Mike ja ek hoop ook hulle skuif hom flank toe, ma meskien grooi hy soos sy oom na skool tot op 2.01 m.
@MikeSt: Glo as hy uit die gopse kom en beter kos kry sal hy die nodige 10kg of so aansit. Harde derduiwel met baie bol. Hoop net hy los sy pa se maniere by die huis. Hier in Gauteng word maniere op ‘n ander manier geleer.
@Tjoppa: Stem so saam met jou op daai een. Dink hy sal n moerse toe kant flank wees….
@MikeSt: Hopelik toe kant flank.
@ROOIBUL: Se vir hom die oom hou hom dop. Sal weet as hy laat aand rondloop en stout wees.
Hy gaan seker ook bietjie by RAU kos soek. Die meisietjies daar heel sag op die oog.
@ROOIBUL: Is jou seun die slot Rooibul. As hy is moet ek jou se hy is donners goed en baie baie rugby in hom.
Baie sterkte met sy skuif na die Lions goeie move dink ek persoonlik. Waar wil hulle hom speel (posisie)?
@Tjoppa:
legend
@Tjoppa: Dankie, het al lekker met Bart en Roedolf gesels en ek vertrou hulle twee. Hulle stel in meer as net die kind se talent belang, en Driaan weet wat hy insit kry hy uit. Hy het net die groen en goud in die oog.
@MikeSt: Die ergste is dat ou Shirley kans sien vir al julle jonger latte. Maar se sy sal alles vir Franco doen van Gapsfontein.
Maar nee nie Old Boys nie te arm vir grend wees. My skool het gebid dat ons moet deurkom en die dag toe ons ons matriekuitsklae gaan haal het is ‘n brief aangeheg aan ons uitslae wat ons die skoolterrein verbied het. Snaaks hulle het die aande ook ingesluit wonder hoekom?
@Tjoppa: Is jy een van daai Old Boys manne want lyk my jy weet alles en wie almal is
Maak my bang……… 
@ROOIBUL: Se vir Bart ek se hy moet mooi kyk na jou kind. Maar hy sal. Sterkte.
@Tjoppa: Lions toe.
@MikeSt: Kyk kerel, “you touch one of us, you touch all of us’
As daar ongeruimthede was, gaan dit uitkom.
Hierdie kommentaar is gelewer spesifiek op die keurders en nie die kinders wat gekies is nie, Op hulle is ons almal trots en wens hulle groot wenne toe.
@ROOIBUL: Have to agree with you there – I noticed the same – maybe the guys should be measured as they get to CW as a lot of them seem to be rather optimistic about their height
@Gemaskerdesopbeen:
1stens – Well well verander my persepsie oor GCB met een post van een persoon totaal en al.
Is dit hoe dit daar werk die magtige OLD BOYS gaan alles uitvind. Sjoe dit plaas een moerse demper op baie dinge.
2dens ek dink nie iemand hier is n keurder nie so watse gewetens ons as bloggers moet he sal net jy of dalk OLD BOYS weet.
3dens stem ek 100% saam met jou dat van die keuses dalk nie reg is of nie altyd reg is nie. Dis net jammer oor die manier wat dit gestel word.
@Gemaskerdesopbeen: Ek dink, alhoewel ek saamstem, jy moet in ag neem jul beseerde spelers is nie in ag geneem nie. Maar laasjaar is beseerde spelers wel in ag geneem. En tweedens OVS se span het nou nie die wereld aan die brand gespeel nie.
Maar gee ons asb die name van die OLD Boys se mafia. Ons wil graag met hulle praat,
Daar kom n tyd,punt en plek wat iets gese moet word.
Ek verwys spesifiek na die keurders se weiering/asprisgeid om nie een GCB First Team speler te kies vir die SA proewe nie.
en Ja, Roelf Meyer, die vorige First Team afrigter, is n keurder. Is hy te bang om sy stem dik te maak/of gee hy nie werklik om nie?
GCB is op hierdie stadium nmr 1 in die land en geen spelers in die squad nie? Asseblief tog!
Die een speler van Grey wat gekies word speel ook nie vir die First Team nie. Sien hierdie “wyse manne ” iets wat die beste span se afrigters ontwyk of is daar n storie agter die storie? Is daar n “punt” om te bewys?
Onthou kerels, die waarheid kom altyd uit en sterkte met julle gewetens.
Daar is n groot groep Old Boys wat vinnig genoeg gaan uitvind wat de hel hier aan gegaan het!
@ROOIBUL: Hoop Driaan skuif nou flank toe. Een van die seuns uit posisie gespeel en word nou mis gekyk deur baie. Wat doen hy volgende jaar?
@Queenian: There’s no Mabovula in Pretoria
@spot: Ok 1,95M
@ROOIBUL: 195 metres!!!! Give me a player, nevermind a lock that tall and we will never ever loose a match! Sorry, tongue in cheek, could not resist.
Good luck to all the boys that made the group.
I have seen a lot of talent at the Craven Week in the lock position. But my only concern is that there were not a lot of boys that measured above 195 meters. But if you look at height of the boys on the list, you get about eight that are saying they are over 195 m. No way!
@Buffel: I think the Sharks have recruited local talent more than any other Union – look at the u19 – Majola, Dan Du Preez, JL Du Preez, Schramm, Reece Mchardy, Brad Ellse, Chris LInes, Kelvin Elder, Moloi, Meaker, De la Ray – not bad if you ask me..?
@MikeST @Buffel: I believe that Butch will be a full time scout and therefore will not be able to coach.
From what I have heard, JW will play an active roll in the Junior set up after the S15
@MikeSt: out of his depth. A great rugby player doesn’t make a good talent scout. Gavin had years of experience and that is invaluable.
All this hype around the big unions. Watch this space.
The Kings are going to make waves in 2015. If they keep a fraction of their Craven Week team and add a few from around the country, they will be a force at u19 level.
A big song and dance was made by the Sharks about keeping home grown talent at home and then they go shopping for every position under the sun. What message does that send out to the local boys- but then they are all doing it.
Who will be taking over the Butch James role as I have heard a rumor he is leaving in Oct?
@RBugger: Bart said 6 boys. The 3 names I have are Tredoux, van Niekerk and Jonas
@RBugger: I only know 3 for sure.
van Niekerk, Tredoux and Jonas
@Ploegskaar: Straueli was a regular at Glenwood while his son attended the school so not hard to believe that he played an influential role as a result of knowing the Gwd players well.
@Beet: That is a real pity, I do hope the Sharks manage to recruit a few decent back line players for 2015.
@Slam: Could you please let me know which boys are going?
@Slam: Maybe a bit of Bart pull factor as well?
6 Glenwood boys off to the Lions. It’s the Streauli pull factor
@RBugger: Jonas apparently off to the Lions next year.
@MikeST: It is well deserved, your boy has something that can’t be coached, the Bakkies and Etzebeth mongrel that some players have and some do not. The guys could not believe he was only in Standard 9 – he did very well and must have loved it – Gavin had a great eye for Forward Talent.
You must be very proud of him, seems like a solid kid and from the reactions at the Kearsney Rugby Festival, guys were certainly aware of his presence on the field. Looking forward to his progress
@GreenBlooded: Agree on Cody, but he will still make it, got all the goods to go far. I do feel for Mac Macmillian too, he did very well and could have even been selected at hooker/utility forward..
@RBugger: Thx for the comment Sir appreciated. Yes he was there when Gavin Melville were still around in Jan 2014. Was an awesome experience for him.
@Greenblooded: Jonas has what it takes, he must keep his head down and keep working hard. Stay with KZN and work hard, get in the gym and get solid.
SA Schools is fantastic, but next year, it means sod all
@MikeST: If your son is who I think it is, a huge, hard hitting Standard 9 lock
Then he must surely come to the Sharks 
If I am not mistaken, he has already been tested there and the results, from what I ahve heard, are extrodinary! So well done, keep his head down next year, train hard, stay loyal to EG Jansen and come to the Sharks! He will form a formidable Lock pairing with D Du Preez one day!
@Pedantic: Agree with you on Thomas. IMO the same applies to Jonas.
@Grasshopper: It’s Sean Erasmus again mate!!!!
@Redblack White: Thx weer n keer
Julle sal maar eers bietjie moet wag
eers n ander pad wat hy moet / gaan loop…..
there is one kid that should feel hard done by–The province scrum half. How they can select the Pumas scrumhalf ahead of him is a mystery. The mind boggles.
@Grasshopper: Don’t think there was any bias involved, but there are two possible points:
1. Mathematically GW should have more boys in the SA squad as they had 12 representatives in the KZN team. (33% of GW reps were selected and 33% of Kearsney reps were selected)
2. I stand to be corrected, but I think the selectors made use of performance testing data. It’s no secret that the GW players have superior conditioning to the other KZN schools which would have shown up in the test results.
Personally, I felt the best KZN prop at CW was Thomas – very surprised he was the only KZN prop left out.
Just on the squad and to my fellow KZN bloggers, what biased Glenwood selectors chose the 4 Glenwood boys? That will be an interesting one to try and debate…
@scrummie: Natuurlik, maar die manne van Drostdy sal te nederig wees om hom te claim.
Was looking forward to more Border boys being given the opportunity. Nonetheless congrats to all who made it. Still think Athi Mayinje of EP shouldve made it. He broke a few hearts with his match winning tries
@MikeSt: Baie geluk met jou seun se insluiting. Volgens my was hy die speler van die CW en ek hoop opreg dat die keurders hom sal insluit.
So terloops, Durban se klimaat is baie goed vir sulke lang sterk jong manne, so as hy na skool so bietjie wil gap vat, stuur hom gerus. Ek is seker hulle speel ook so bietjie rugby hier iewers so hy sal nie verveeld raak nie
Baie geluk Sarel-Marco Smith van Eldoraigne!
En ook aan die 2 Wierdapark Laerskool seuns:
Vaskop stut Kobus Tredoux en Losskakel Thinus de Beer!
@rugbyfan: Ye I remember him being just over a 100 kg,s at Queens in Under 16 maybe the food in Pretoria is not good.
@Djou: As expected nothing make sense while dealing with SARU. They think they can fix everything. The SA team after Craven Week was supposed to be acknowledgement for only that. I think the reason why SARU is not stepping in, to stop the current abortion of professionalism in SBR, is because they see some money making possibilities.
By not picking the best players at CW they are sending a loud message to the boys.”You may have had an excellent tournament but you do not fit in our future plans. Goodbye and have a nice rugby career oversees.” Know of two players who were considering contracts from here and aboard. They say this whole debacle made their decisions much easier. One to the USA and one to France.
Aan ou Beesbal al wat ek kan se is dat SA meisies is steeds die beste. Hoop ons sien jou weer.
@beet: I see Ashton Fontuin has lost weight since been a Under 16 kid remember him at GK week weighing in at 103 kg,s maybe they put him on diet surely that is wrong.
@Djou: @beet: It is very strange when a player like Ward from EP gets left out I find it really strange.
@beet: You mention that maybe it is not only taken on CW form which might be the case some of Ward’s play during the year was not great but look at Curwin Bosch his year so far has been quite a shocker even got moved from flyhalf to fullback for Grey PE after some very average play were he was found out under pressure but he’s there which throws that theory out the window.
@Pinotage: For me to restrain myself, in this instance, would be fake. To a point I agree with you, but when you look at the number of Bulls players in the group, given the results, before and during CW, it should raise an eyebrow or two. And with no reflection on the player who was included, how can you justify the inclusion of a “reserve” player? (Mind you, the selectors are probably capable of a lot worse) You may get my e-mail from Beet. I dont need a stream of hate mail from certain quarters, particularly from an OAH in Pretoria or the WC Mafia
But I certainly agree with you about their motivation for the remainder of matches- beginning this Saturday. A pity that GW will not be at full strength
@Djou: Stem saam oor net 6
@Pinotage: Trevor Kershaw did say, when interviewed for a Sunday paper (denying that 3 Eastern Cape boys had arrived at Glenwood) that Glenwood might be recruiting in term 3. His statement about the alleged 3 was “they are certainly not here yet”. Interesting to see just how many do arrive, perhaps the story wasn’t wrong, just bad timing?
Who is/was the Glenwood U16A fly half. Hope he is a highly motivated young man, for the right kid it will spark a competition, for many it will do the opposite.
@Predator: Onthou Bulls het met 1 punt verloor teen OP in ‘n wedstryd wat hulle andersins gemaklik moes gewen het – indien die Blou Bul keurders hul sterkste span vir die wedstryd gekies het en ook nie spelers uit posisie gekies het nie.
Nie dat dit 11 spelers regverdig nie. Ek dink net ses spelers hoort daar, maar dit is maar net my siening.
@Beet: Must say I am a bit perplexed. Had they not gone on Craven week alone, a player such as Toerien (and a number of others) should have been there given his outstanding performances in other games. However, had they only considered Craven week, Ward should have been there – and a lot of others not.
@Grasshopper:
I will be there and watching from 08h00. The age groups will be interesting. Is the boy from Selborne playing? If so, it will be his second outing against Grey. First time his team got klapped.
One would think the selectors have had enough of an opportunity to gauge the talent on display. The need to choose almost 4 teams for a trial evades me? It is surely disruptive to schools fixtures and it would appear that decisions have already been made judging by some exclusions…perhaps the professional administrators don’t want the party to end…
@Pinotage: eish, Glenwood have Grey this weekend without 4 key players, hope it’s not too brutal!
SA selections always perplex me I give up not going to comment further.
@BOG:
I watched quite a number of games of the GCB first team so far this year.
I have to say that as a TEAM , they are very good. The coaching staff must be commended.
With regard to individual players, if I have to be brutally honest, it will be difficult to argue for inclusion of any of the players in the SA Schools side.
Having said that, we must not forget that Neil Stannard, Charl Pretorius and Dwayne Wessels were all injured and not at CWeek.
I just have a feeling though that in the remaining schoolgames, the opponents might meet up with some highly motivated GCB boys.
I would like to get your e-mail address wrt a personal matter.
Pehaps in persuit of a Bulls game plan- high kick and chatge
@beet: Yes, only GCBs reserve prop made the 55. They must be having a terrible season this year?I certainly dont question the ability of the coaching staff of GCB, but certainly the competence of the “selectors”, which of course, will once again, only be seen in 5-6 yrs from now. Perhaps you can list them and give us their rugby CVs. Even a photo if they are not too shy to show their faces.
@kosie: Ons salsien wie van sekere van hiedie spelers in 2 jaar nog daar gaan wees. Geluk aan elke seun wat die groep gehaal het. MAAR……..
Eeerstens jammer vir die seuns wie nie die groep gehaal het nie en daar is n paar van julle wat vandag baie ongelukkig kan wees, julle name het al voorheen genoem.
Tweedens julle bloggers moet my help, my probleem is die ou keurders het nie heeltemal orals raakgevat nie maar waaroor adverteer julle GROOT manne dat julle n hele week die akademie-week bywoon het en dan uit al daardie rugby spelers kies julle net 3 spelers, net 3 in die groep dit grens aan lagwekkend. Het julle net gegaan vir n betaalde vakansie of het julle werklik gaan kyk na talent, of dink julle ook dat die akademie-week agterlik is. Volgens my en my groepie wat altwee weke bygewoon het kon julle defnitief 8 spelers uitgenooi het.
Wow some interesting selections there. Any idea of players that might make the Sa schools team?
@Gungets Tuft: Northwood has as many as Grey College
@Tjoppa: Heunis was ‘n woelige flank maar het vreeslik baie strafskoppe afgestaan,..of miskien het die refs nie die reels lekker verstaan nie. Voel nogal jammer vir hom.
Kan een van die Bloggers asb die keurder paneel van SA skole by die naam en sy provinsie hier plaas.
Hoe is dit moontlik dat soveel Bulls spelers gekies is. Slegs 4 WP, ek wil nie graag glo dat daar onderduimse kullery by die keurders is nie. Daar was wragtig meer talentvolle manne by baie van die provinsies. Miskien weet ek nie genoeg of kyk ek na die games op tv met die verkeerde oog. Ek is mal oor regverdigheid op skoolvlak,..dit leer die jongmanne sulke goeie waardes om die lewe mee aan te pak.
ak@phat55: A lot of thought went into the selection of the trialists with the proposed game plan in mind. It will look very similar to the U/20 game plan.
It has solid guys up front that will dominate, loosies that can dominate the breakdown, xFactor half backs, solid flyhalves that we know what they will do, exciting centres with solid fullbacks that can attack from broken play.
Remember, these guys will fly the SA flag in 2 years time at the U/20 champs
I can just picture Heyneke singing to himself softly….”ek bly n bul”
@Djou: I think Ward’s absence is a strong indication that SAS selection is no longer limited to performances at Craven Week itself as may have been the case 5 or so years ago, when there would have been a huge outcry if a selection as obvious as that of Ward’s had been overlooked. Certainly I agree with you that he has been impressive at CW. Feedback I received on his skills set and form during the season suggested to me that he would not make SAS though and one can only assume that with the advancements in access to information and the establishment of a reliable SBR network, those charged with the decision-making have looked beyond CW.
It’s perhaps something that we should get opinion on – Yes or No: SA Schools selection should be limited to Craven Week form?
@Djou: 100% Djou. A few boys not on this list, perhaps not even at CW will go far in rugby in the years to come. It always happens.
SA Schools and Craven Week is in a sense an end point in itself and the achievements of those who attained that goal should be viewed in that light. Sort of like winning the Heisman trophy or being on the main College Football Bowl winning team in the USA, its an achievement and an honour to be cherished for life but in no way guarantees success in the NFL.
@Beet: Fortunately for the players who did not make it SA Schools is not equal to Springboks. They still have a chance.
@BuffelsCM: Thx BuffelCM waardeer opreg.
Stem saam sterkte aan al die jong manne ge julle alles Saterdag.
@MikeSt: Baie geluk met jou seun se insluiting !!! Is seker ‘n baie trotse pa?
Congrats to all the players selected and good luck with the trials!!
@Djou: Thx Djou Andre is n moerse nice ou het hom al n paar keer ontmoet en gesels.
It’s quite interesting what has been added above by bloggers
The 5 powerhouses : Affies, Grey College, HJS Paarl BH, Paarl Gim and Paul Roos:
Out of 55 players they supply : 1+1+1+1+0= 4 players
Can anybody explain why Jeremy Ward (outside centre) from EP is not in the group? He really impressed with his strong runs.
@Mikest: Hoop jy is reg oor Lood, maar sienende dat jou seun nog graad 11 is kan jy hom maar aan Andre Tredoux gaan voorstel volgende jaar. Kan niks verloor nie. Nietemin, hoop hy maak die span want hy is ‘n yster!
@phat55: Ja ek is bly vir JT Jackson, maar ons gaan hom Saterdag mis.
@Djou: Thx Djou sal maar sien wat die volgende 12 maande oplewer.
Dink Lood gaan nog lank daar by julle wees. Hy is loyal mens van natuur
Congrats to all the guys that made it.
Geluk Sarel-Marco. Eldo is trots op jou!
@Redblack White: But an average Affies side at the most.
Very peculiar squad indeed. Bulls 11, EP 6, Lions 4, WP 4, KZN 6, SWD 4, FS 2. Combination of Lions and KZN are the same as the combination of EP and SWD. The only difference is the first 2 could only win one game at CW, the second 2 teams played in the unofficial final. ????
@Mikest: Congrats on your son’s selection.
Now, please let him sign a contract with the Cheetahs. He can fill the void Lood de Jager leaves when he signs for probably the Sharks in 2016.
@ Ploegskaar – Actually TWO players from HTS Drostdy if you take Andell Loubser into account, he was at Drostdy till last year ???, you prepared him well for CW this year
Eish !! – Glenwood have the strongest team for years and if our full 1st team played GCB this weekend we would have been in for a sniff of an upset – but not to be now with 5 Gwd boys in the SA Squad and I hear these guys cannot play this weekend – speculation at this stage but I’m sure they wont play
Anyway congrats to all the Green Machine boys who made this squad
Go – Green !!!!
@Muzi: But only one from Affies meneer – that means a full strength Affies team for MC to contend with this weekend – eina
@spot – Maybe he changed schools you see how quickly boys change from schools these days
@beet – 100% agree with you, that does not make sense, would have expected FS/GC num 6 to have been selected, maybe Henry Immelman as well if he was not injured he is surely best 15 in SA.
Still cant get my head around how they pick a player thats played most of the week in posision A but they picked him for posision B
A lot of big suprises. But Bruce-Smith at 1 immediately spring to mind, Heunis @ 7, Cupido @ 9. But ya what do we know. This is most definately not picked on form during CW. These boys mentioned the best there was on CW.
Jurie Fick, HTS Drostdy, YSTER!
“Maak Die Bulle Almal Bokke”
11 Bulls players but then again I’m not complaining.
@Beet: To me, this is a clear indication that CW is a Level Up from your normal SBR. Bringing in the best players per position in a Province, certainly makes a massive difference.
Very surprised Toerien has been overlooked, to me, he was looking very solid
Congrats to all the boys that made it this far. Well done you can all be proud of yourself.
@beet:
& PRG in 2nd place has zero
Heyneke doing well 
now we’ll have a full strength team for Oakdale this weekend
Blue Bulls with 11
@beet: The first person on the list, Kumbarai is from Blue Bulls. not Lions.
What’s amazing and probably a tribute to their coaching staff is that Grey College is the unbeaten top school in SA but only has 1 rep out of 55 at trials.
The 1 rep is Naas Prinsloo who was at school in Potch last year so he is new at Grey College and just as with the FS team, I think he is the reserve prop. So under slightly different circumstances this could well have been a year when Grey had no reps at all in spite of being the best school team.
Toerien SA Schools 2013 and some of the best 6 openside flanks at CW like Johann van Niekerk, Armand Heunis and De Wet Bezuidenhout overlooked. Surprising!
Well Glenwood won’t have Joubert, Coetzee, Van Niekerk and Tredoux for the big game vs Grey Bloem, all selected for SA Schools trials. Huge blow, now almost a definite Grey Bloem win….game breakers gone…
@Gungets Tuft: Jeez, of course, did not even see his name, that is fantastic – huge credit to the KZN front row!
@RBugger: And Chidoma … must be the first Northwood in a while.
Stoked for all the KZN boys, but especially the fronties – Van Niekerk and Tredoux, awesome achievment to be considered
Barend Smit OUTSIDE CENTRE ?, was he not playing FULLBACK ???, very glad he got picked but the posision is strange. Cant agree with two left wings from BB. This must be Grey College worst year when it comes to SA Schools ?