Possible Schools Teams
Leon Kruger is a wise rugby man with years and years of involvement in the game, including playing, coaching and selecting – a servant of his club for some 40 years. His voice on rugby is always worth listening to.
Kattes, as he is mostly known, has chosen two teams because those choosing SA Schools teams will be picking two sides – the SA Schools team and the SA Schools A team where A really means B.
There are two South African activities certain to provoke lots of advice – lighting a braai fire and picking a rugby team. And it is picking a rugby team that will produce most emotion. But I would always listen to what Kattes has to say.
The Kruger Selections
SA Schools
15 Earl Dowrie (Boland)
14 Tyreeq February (Western Province)
13 Heino Bezuidenhout (Eastern Province)
12 Cornel Smit (Western Province)
11 Ryan Muller (Western Province)
10 Curwin Bosch (Eastern Province)
9 Embrose Papier (Bulls)
8 Kwezi Mafu (Eastern Province)
7 Kobus Wiese (Griquas Country Districts)
6 Regardt du Plessis (Bulls)
5 Handré Stassen (Valke)
4 Rubin de Villiers (Western Province)
3 Dewald Maritz (Pumas)
2 Reinard van der Vyver (Griffons)
1 Christopher Klopper (Sharks)
16 HP van Schoor (South Western Districts)
17 Andrew Kuhn (South Western Districts)
18 Carlo Sadie (Western Province)
19 Ernst van Rhyn (Western Province)
20 Jondré Williams (Western Province)
21 Nico Leonard (Western Province)
22 Andell Loubser (Bulls)
SA Schools A
15 Joshua Vermeulen (Western Province)
14 Gevanhier Blom (Eastern Province Country Districts)
13 David Brits (Border)
12 Manie Libbok (South Western Districts)
11 Rechman Gorrah (Griffons)
10 Adriaan van der Bank (Boland)
9 Franco Tiedt (Golden Lions)
8 Marco Palvie (Sharks)
7 Zain Davids (Western Province)
6 Johan Visser (Western Province)
5 Rubin van Heerden (Bulls)
4 Salmaan Moerat (Western Province)
3 Roux Swart (South Western Districts)
2 Johan Grobbelaar (Western Province)
1 Cabous Eloff (Bulls)
16 Matthew Wiseman (Sharks)
17 Wikus Groenewald (Western Province)
18 Stephan Fourie (Boland)
19 Len Massyn (Golden Lions)
20 Louis Strydom (Eastern Province)
21 Xander Krause (Valke)
22 Manuel Rass (Western Province)
Unlucky
Locks: Adré Smit South Western Districts), Ruan Vermaak (Golden Lions), Reynard Nothnagel (Golden Lions), Jordan Sesink-Clee (Sharks)
Loose forwards: JC Pretorius (Pumas), Eduan Lubbe (Bulls,) Khanya Nkusane (Western Province)
Flyhalf: Bader Pretorius (Sharks)
Centre: JP Duvenhage (South Western Districts)
