Monnas dominate Golden Lions
Florida and a few others come, too
Hoêrskool Monument of Krugersdorp dominate the Golden Lions Craven Week team in the way Grey College usually do to the Free State team. Monnas had ten players in the side.
They have another three players in the Academy side.
It rather gives the lie to the accusation often levelled at the great rugby school that they are filled with aged post-matrics. They in fact have three players no longer eligible for Craven Week – Jerry St Jerry, Corné Cordier and Divan Espach who are all in there Taus team which will take part in a week in Orchestra.
Florida have six players in the Craven Week side, which means there are only six places for other schools – two each from Helpmekaar and Marais Viljoen and one each from Greenside and Hoêrskool Alberton.
Golden Lions Craven Week team: Johan Bosch (Helpmekaar), Alfred Ries (Monument), Julius Redelinghuis (Monument), Jaco van Zyl (Monument), Wesley Kotze (Marais Viljoen), Johan van Deventer (Monument) (captain), Byron Schamotta (Monument), Cornel van Wyk (Florida), Alex Kok (Monument), Justin Botha (Monument), Tsepo Masuga (Monument), Duncan Witbooi (Florida), Gary Collins (Monument), Bernardo Botha (Florida), Damien Janse van Rensburg (Monument), Grant Victor (Marais Viljoen), Warner Engelbrecht (Helpmekaar), Yannick Tsimanga (Greenside), Devron Jansen (Florida), Gert Craucamp (Alberton), Wenstley Scott (Florida), Winston Williams (Florida)
Golden Lions Academy Week team: R Bosman (Monument), Jens Robbinson (Parktown), Hanré Basson (Florida), B Bwalya (KES), Sabelo Nhlapo (Highlands North), Nico Claassen (Marais Viljoen), Joseph Legote (Florida), Rinus Bothma (Noordheuwel), Lesego Malau (Bastion), Martin Coetzee (Monument), Boeta Steyn (Monument), Jaseed Johnson (Bastion), Stephan de Jager (Marais Viljoen), Ivan Daters (Bastion), Chanley Williams (Florida), JC Oberholzer (Jan Viljoen), Kennedy Mofokeng (Roodepoort), Justin Wheeler (University of Johannesburg), Bradley Human (Bastion), Rudolph Potgieter (Noordheuwel), Ashwin Nicolas (University of Johannesburg), Faizal de Bruyn (Bastion)