20 schools to play at Loftus
Two of the teams are from primary schools and not all of the schools are from the Blue Bulls Rugby Union.
Provinces of Origin
Blue Bulls: Garsfontein, Menlopark, Oos-Moot, Pretoria Boys High, Pretoria Technical High, St Alban's, Zwartkop
Free State (Griffons): Bethlehem Voortrekker, Goudveld, Welkom Gimnasium
Golden Lions: Jeppe, Monnas
Griquas: Diamantveld
Leopards: Potchefstroom Gimnasium
Limpopo: Ben Vorster, Curro Heuwelkruin
Valke: Dr EG Jansen, Kempton Park
Six of the schools ended in the 2016 final FNB Top 20 – Garsfontein, Welkom Gim, Jeppe, Monument, Diamantveld and Dr EG Jansen, and Ben Vorster of Tzaneen was also close to the group. Last year Ben Vorster had 10 players at Craven Week and another seven at the Academy Week.
Prestige Rugby Evening Fixtures, 7 March 2017
12.00: Midstream U13 vs Curro Heuwelkruin U13
13.00: Pretoria Boys High vs Oos-Moot
14.00: Pretoria Technical High School vs Curro Heuwelkruin
15.00: Ben Vorster vs St Alban's College
16.00: Kempton Park vs Goudveld
17.00: Zwartkop vs Potchefstroom Gimnasium
18.00: Menlopark vs Jeppe
19.00: EG Jansen vs Bethlehem Voortrekker
20.00: Monnas vs Welkom Gimnasium
21.00: Garsfontein vs Diamantveld
The matches will be 25 minutes a half.
There will be no kicks at goal.
Teams will be allowed to have 26 players each.
Rolling substitutions will be allowed.
Each team will have a Blue Bulls player to mentor him.
Blue Bulls coaching staff, including coach Nollis Marais, will name a man of the match for each match.
The player named player of the evening will be offered a Blue Bulls contract.
Werner de Beer, Blue Bulls' man in charge of schools and amateur rugby, said: "The evening provides players the opportunity to play on one of South Africa's iconic rugby fields, Loftus Versfeld, while giving the high performance department an opportunity to identify talent that they may not always have access to as players do slip through the cracks."
