Pumas pick for Craven Week
The Pumas of Mpumalanga where the sun comes up, have chosen their team for the Craven Week in Welkom and for the Grant Khomo Week in Upington.
Last year’s Puma side was a young one but few are back – Kudu Mahlanga, Henson Ngozo, Christoph Gouws, Hendrik Haasbroek, Mark Pretorius, Nico van Vuuren and the lively, blond scrumhalf Dillon Smit of Sasolburg whose mother was a top women’s referee whose achievements included Tests.
The teams:
Under-18 Puma Craven Week: Kudu Mhlanga (Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog), Henri Boshoff, (Nelspruit), Marais de Klerk (HTS Middelburg), Chester Motha (Hoërskool Middelburg), Mark Pretorius (Nelspruit), Nico van Vuuren (Nelspruit), CJ van der Schyff (Ligbron Akademie), Vian Smit (Hoërskool Secunda), Christoph Gouws (Nelspruit), Kwagga Smit (HTS Middelburg), Hendrik Haasbroek (Nelspruit), Marchant van Aard (Nelspruit), Lourens Wiid (Nelspruit), Dillon Smit (HTS Middelburg), Clinton Swart (Hoërskool Standerton), Anele Blaauw (Hoërskool Middelburg), Sanele Dlamini (Hoërskool Standerton), Mischak Khumalo (Uplands), JP du Plessis (HTS Middelburg), Henson Ngozo (Hoërskool Middelburg), Thabang Nkosi (Ligbron Akademie), Marinus van der Merwe (Hoërskool Standerton)
Under-16 Puma Grant Khomo: 1 Claud Steyn (HTS Middelburg), 2 JP Schönfeldt (HTS Middelburg), 3 Ivan Gouws (HTS Middelburg), 4 Wayne Allen (HTS Middelburg), 5 Chris Robberts (HTS Middelburg), 6 Jeffrey Nguyaza (Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog), 7 Brandon Krause (HTS Middelburg), 8 Jano Venter (HTS Middelburg), 9 Kobus Wolmarans (HTS Middelburg), 10 Juandré Schmidt (HTS Middelburg), 11 Calvin Tshabalala (Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog), 12 François Joubert (Hoërskool Piet Retief), 13 Vusi Masina (Hoërskool Middelburg), 14 Vincent Sibiya (Hoërskool Middelburg), 15 Aubrey Joubert (HTS Middelburg), 16 Rahul Maharaj (Hoërskool Volksrust), 17 Mthobisi Nkambule (Hoërskool Nelspruit), 18 MZ Mhlanga (Hoërskool Middelburg), 19 Karabo Makola (HTS Witbank), 20 Stephan Van Heerden (Ligbron Akademie), 21 Minenhle Ncongwane (Ligbron Akademie), 22 Christiaan Van Dijk (Hoërskool Nelspruit).
