Defending champs WP choose their teams
Paarl Boys' High ranked the No.1 school in South Africa on the FNB Top 20, have eight players in the Craven Week side. After Boys' High come Paarl Gim and Paul Roos.
Western Province open their Craven Week tournament with a match against Boland on Day one.
The captain Salmaan Moerat along with flyhalf Damian Willemse, Manny Rass and Khanya Ncusane are the 2015 Craven Week players welcome back in this year's 2016 Craven Week side.
The players would be keen to emulate their 2015 results.
There are five players who have been drafted from last year's Academy side to this year's Craven week side – Liam Larkan, Athi Magwala, Lubelo Scott, Mike Mavonana, Charl Serdyn
Muller du Plessis and Vusile Dlephu who were part of 2015 Grant Khomo side will now get a chance to feature in the 2016 Craven Week side.
While in the Academy team, Thaakir Abrahams, Keegan Adams, Vian Fourie, Ian Ketwanga, Angelo Davids and Franco Horn also part of last year's Grant Khoma side, have been drafted in this year's WP Academy side.
Western Province Under-18 Craven Week Team: 15 Gianni Lombard (Paarl Boys' High), 14 Mike Mavovana (Rondebosch), 13 Manny Rass (Paarl Boys' High), 12 Henco Marais (Boland Landbou), 11 Muller du Plessis (Paarl Gim), 10 Damian Willemse (Paul Roos), 9 Vusile Dlepu (SACS), 8 Khanya Ncusane (Paarl Boys' High), 7 Muller Uys (Paarl Gim), 6 Charl Serdyn (Paarl Boys' High), 5 Salmaan Moerat (Paarl Boys' High) (captain), 4 Ben-Jason Dixon (Paul Roos), 3 Adam Neethling (Paarl Boys' High), 2 Daniel Jooste (Paarl Boys' High), 1 André Booysen (Paarl Gim),
Replacements: 16 Liam Larkan (SACS), 17 Reece Bezuidenhout (Paarl Boys' High), 18 Tristan Leitch (Paul Roos), 19 Jesse Johnson (Paul Roos), 20 Athi Magwala (Boland Landbou), 21 Deon Carstens (Boland Landbou), 22 Lubelo Scott (Bishops), 23 Quan Eymaan (Brackenfell)
Management:
Team Manager: Frikkie Coetzer (Parow)
Head Coach: Elmo Wolfaardt (Paarl Boys' High),
Assistant Coach: Faizel Adam (Florida)
Craven Week representation by school:
Bishops: 1
Boland Landbou: 3
Paarl Boys' High: 8
Paarl Gim: 3
Paul Roos: 4
Rondebosch: 1
SACS: 2
Brackenfell: 1
Western Province Under-18 Academy Team: 15 Thaakir Abrahams (Paarl Boys' High), 14 Urgene Johannes (Paarl Boys' High), 13 Aydon Topley (Paul Roos), 12 Wian van Niekerk (Paarl Gim), 11 Angelo Davids (Stellenberg), 10 Theo Boshoff (Paarl Gim), 9 Zac Burger (Paarl Gim), 8 Francke Horn (Paarl Boys' High), 7 Keegan Adams (Western Cape Sports School), 6 Heinrich Brendel (Boland Landbou) (captain), 5 Raymond Nel (Paarl Gim), 4 Matthew Grobler (Rondebosch), 3 Bulelani Salie Wcss 2 Sehan du Toit (Paarl Gim),1 Lwando Zinto (Violets).
Replacements: 16 Vian Fourie (Paarl Boys' High), 17 Daniel Wessels (Paarl Gim), 18 Ronan Witten (Brackenfell), 19 Ian Ketwanga (Parklands), 20 Sebastian Prentice (Bishops), 21 Brendan de Kock (Brackenfell), 22 Jano Steenkamp (Boland Landbou), 23 Labeeb Kannemeyer (Wynberg)
Management:
Team Manager: Pieter Janse van Rensburg (Gardens Commercial)
Head Coach: Clinton van Rensburg (Rondebosch)
Assistant Coach: Ebrahim Moerat (Groote Schuur)
Academy Week representation by schools:
Boland Landbou: 2
Brakenfell: 2
Stellenberg: 1
Paarl Boys' High: 4
Paarl Gim: 6
Paul Roos: 2
Parklands: 1
Rondebosch: 1
Violets: 1
WC Sports School: 2
Wynberg: 1
Bishops: 1
Western Province Under-16 Grant Khomo Team: 15 Raven Smith (Wynberg), 14 Marcqiewn Titus (Brackenfell), 13 Noegh Hayward (Paarl Gim), 12 Brendan Venter (Paul Roos), 11 Thoubaan Gabriels (Cape Sport Academy), 10 Juan Mostert (Paul Roos), 9 William Rose (Bishops), 8 Justin Reynolds (Rondebosch), 7 Lindokuhle Ncusana (Stellenberg), 6 Louwan Horne (Paarl Boys' High), 5 Juan Beukes (Paarl Gim), 4 Adrian Alberts(Paarl Boys' High) (captain), 3 Roubert Bester (Paarl Boys' High), 2 Jean Jacque Kotze (Paul Roos), 1 Damian Swartz (Paul Roos),
Replacements: 16 Justin Cupido (Stellenberg), 17 Jason Jansen (Stellenberg), 18 Hanro Jacobs (Paul Roos), 19 Renier Janse van Rensburg (Paarl Boys' High), 20 Mihlali Mgolodela (Rondebosch), 21 JG de Bruyn (Paarl Boys' High), 22 Nivan Pietersen (Stellenberg), 23 Jessie Herbron (Stellenberg)
Management:
Team Manager: Peter Brockman (Strandfontein)
Head Coach: Sean Erasmus (Paarl Boys' High)
Assistant Coach: Thembani Ngubelanga (Iqhayiya)
Grant Khomo representation by school:
Paul Roos: 5
Paarl Boys' High: 5
Paarl Gimnasium: 2
Stellenberg: 5
Rondebosch: 2
Bishops: 1
Cape Sport Academy: 1
Brakenfenfell: 1
Wynberg Boys' High: 1
Western Province Under-16 Grant Khomo XV: 15 Waylin Booysen (Brackenfell) (captain), 14 Carlo Uys (Paarl Boys' High), 13 Darren Lewis (Paarl Boys' High), 12 Dawid Kellerman (Paul Roos), 11 Fabrice Nahimana (SACS), 10 Darren Hedricks (Boland Landbou), 9 Simon Carstens (Paarl Boys' High), 8 Mathew Cordy (Paul Roos), 7 Arminn Posthumus (Paarl Boys' High), 6 Justin Muller (Bishops), 5 David Odendaal (Paarl Boys' High), 4 Nahum Johannes (Stellenberg), 3 David Courie (Paarl Boys' High), 2 Seth Christians (Rondebosch), 1 Luthando Woji (Wynberg).
Replacements: 16 Anathi Kalipa (SACS), 17 De Wet Wolhunter (Paarl Boys' High), 18 Souley Binkas (Milnerton), 19 Jean Jacques Rossouw Paarl Gim 20 Johannes Strauss (Rondebosch), 21 Breyton Poole (Paul Roos), 22 Mickyle Vraagom (Milnerton), 23 Remy Engelbrecht (Paul Roos),
Management:
Team Manager: Phillip van Rooyen (Excelsior)
Head Coach: Heinrich Martin (Milnerton)
Assistant Coach: Therlow Pietersen (Hts Bellville)
Grant Khomo XV representation by schools:
Wynberg : 1
Rondebosch : 2
Paarl Boys' : 7
Stellenberg: 1
Bishops: 1
Paul Roos: 4
Boland Landbou: 1
SACS: 2
Brackenfell: 1
Milnerton: 2
Paarl Gim: 1
