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Golden Lions schools teams

The Golden Lions have chosen their teams for the Craven Week, Academy Week, NWU-Puk Week and the Grant Khomo Week. Not surprisingly Monnas and KES feature p[riminently.

Monument have an astonishing 28 players in the four teams.

Back fcrom last year’s team are centres Bradley Moolman and Kabous Janse van Rensburg, flyhalf Jaco Taute, flank Jimmy Hughes and eighthman Siyanda Yaka. They are all from Monument.

Craven Week

Golden Lions: 1 LJ van Heerden (Monument), 2 S Ntubeni (KES), 3 W Kamanga (Marais Viljoen), 4 R Venter (Monument), 5 F Booysen (Florida), 6 J Hughes (Monument), 7 JP le Grange (Monument), 8 S Yaka (Monument), 9 N Kruger (Monument), 10 J Taute (Monument), 11 A Oosthuizen (Monument), 12 J Meyer (KES), 13 B Moolman (Monument), 14 L Koopman (Jeppe), 15 G April (Florida), 16 B Janse van Vuuren (Monument), 17 A Perreira (KES), 18 V Jobo (KES), 19 S Nel (Monument), 20 D Eyre (KES), 21 L Ruiters (KES), 22 L Ntleki (KES)

Academy Week

Golden Lions: 1 I Barnard (Noordheuwel), 2 FJ Binneman (Helpmekaar), 3 P Groenewald (Monument), 4 J Meechum (Monument), 5 J Alberts (Helpmekaar), 6 C Porter (Noordheuwel),7 L Monyatede (Jeppe), 8 K Asiedu-Darkwa (KES), 9 V van der Watt (Florida), 10 M Schmidt (Monument), 11 R Samuels (Florida), 12 O Seiphemo (Marais Viljoen), 13 J Viljoen (Monument), 14 M Nkosi (KES), 15 D Lambert (Marais Viljoen), 16 J van Wyk (Florida), 17 K Kgama (St Stithians), 18 D Jordaan (Fochville), 19 C Kazadi (KES), 20 S van Heerden (Helpmekaar), 21 L Mphuti (Monument), 22 T Modisane (St Benedict’s)

NWU-Puk Week

Golden Lions: 1 J Saunders (KES), 2 R van Niekerk (Monument), 3 C van Heerden (Monument), 4 P van Niekerk (Florida), 5 K Vorster (Marais Viljoen), 6 J Mnisi (Jeppe), 7 R Menezes (Jeppe), 8 R Brasington (Marais Viljoen), 9 N Smuts (Noordheuwel)10 B Willemse (Marais Viljoen), 11 N Gamede (St Stithians), 12 M Bean (Monument), 13 F Kriek (Marais Viljoen), 14 S Mohlala (Linden), 15 V Scott (Monument), 16 D Goodes (Jeppe), 17 K Pieterse (Monument), 18 J Pienaar (Helpmekaar), 19 T Macdonald (Monument), 20 A van der Walt (Monument), 21 J Hofmeyer (Monument), 22 L Uys (Linden)

Grant Khomo Week

Golden Lions: 1 W van Wyk (Marais Viljoen), 2 E le Maitre (Marais Viljoen), 3 D Kotze (Monument), 4 I Mmatli (KES), 5 T Smith (Marais Viljoen), 6 R Steenkamp (Monument), 7 T Moloi (Marais Viljoen), 8 M Strydom (Florida), 9 J Bastick (Marais Viljoen), 10 J Newton (St John’s), 11 M Mhainga St Stithians 12 B Odendaal (Monument), 13 T Mookie (Florida), 14 L Obi (St Benedict’s), 15 B Paulsen (Florida), 16 M Latief (Florida), 17 C Snyders (President), 18 P van der Merwe (Marais Viljoen), 19 L Maxeke (Florida), 20 D Kroezen (Florida), 21 L Jones (Dinamika), 22 S Siduko (Monument)

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