Leinster Schools on SA tour
Leinster schools have taken a squad of 26 players on a tour to South Africa, starting in Cape Town on Wednesday.
They start with a match against Wynberg Boys’ High and then play at Newlands against a Western Province Invitation XV which has seven players who played for Western Province at the recent Craven Week – Frankie Beukes, Sidney Tobias who is the son of Springbok flyhalf Errol Tobias, Kieran James, Yaasir Hartzenberg, Marnitz Jacobs, Justin McKay and wing Julian Karolus . in addition Mogammad Schreuder, Morne Lincoln, Elrico Blaauw, Johandre Lazenby, Shaffiq Nordien, Shameegh Allen, Pallo Manuel and Gilles Allies were in the Western Province Academy team.
The match between Leinster and the Western Province XV will be a curtainraiser to the match between SA Schools and SA Academy which in turn is a curtainraiser to the Currie Cup match between Western Province and the Blue Bulls.
After Cape Town the team goes up the coast to warmer Durban where they play Durban High School (Wednesday, 25 July), Natal Sharks Under-18 (Saturday, 28 July) and Natal Sharks Development XV (Wednesday, 1 August).
Leinster Schools squad: Darren Hudson (St Mary’s College), Neil Hanratty (Gonzaga College), Gary Foley (CBC Monkstown), Ben Woods (Belvedere College), Ray Crotty (St Mary’s College), Noel Reid (St Michael’s College), Michael McLoughlin (Clongowes Wood College), Jack O’Connell (Clongowes Wood College), Risteard Byrne (Terenure College), Martin Moore (Castleknock College), Michael Cawley (Blackrock College), Ben Marshall (St Andrew’s College), Dominic Ryan (Gonzaga College), Peter du Toit (The King’s Hospital), Michael Noone (CBC Monkstown) (captain), Ross Williamson (Terenure College), David Joyce (Roscrea), John Cooney (CBC Monkstown), Michael Keating (Belvedere College), David McSharry (Templeogue College), Nermin Lovic (Belvedere College), Tom Sexton (Belvedere College), Jack McGrath (St Mary’s College), Shane Grannell (CBC Monkstown), Richard Bent (St Mary’s College), Eoin Cremin (St Andrew’s College)
Western Province Invitation XV: 15 J Lazenby (Durbanville), 14 S Nordien (Rondebosch), 13 J Mackay (Excelsior), 12 E Blaauw (Bellville), 11 J Karolus (Tygerberg RFC), 10 M du Toit (Hottentos Holland), 9 G Strydom (Strand), 8 K Strydom (Paarl Boys’ High), 7 M Jacobs (Boland Landbou) (captain), 6 G Mallett (Bishops), 5 V Kruger (Strand), 4 Y Hartzenberg (Paarl Boys’ High), 3 K James (Stellenberg), 2 S Tobias (Paul Roos), 1 F Beukes (Paarl Gymnasium)
Replacements: 16 S Allen (Fairmont), 17 M Schreuder (Wynberg), 18 P Manuel (Somerset College), 19 M Lincoln (Bellville), 20 G Engelbrecht (HTS Bellville), 21 D Olyn (Zwaanswyk), 22 G Allies (De Kuilen)
