Boland choose for Youth Weeks
Boland have chosen their three teams for the Youth Weeks in 2015 – the Under-18 Craven Week, the Academy Week and the Grant Khomo Week.
Dates
Craven Week: 13-18 July 2015 at Paul Roos in Stellenbosch
Academy Week: 6-9 July 2014 at Isak Steyl Stadium in Vanderbijlpark
Grant Khomo Week: 6-9 July in Oudtshoorn
Last year's Craven Week was not a good one for Boland. They lost 38-23 to Griquas and 30-24 to Valke before beating Limpopo 56-24 on the last day. This year's team play Limpopo in the first round of the 2015 Craven Week.
The Boland side has three back from last year's Craven Week – fullback/wing Earl Douwrie, lock Stephan Fourie and loose forward Benna van der Westhuizen who first went to the Academy Week and then went to the Craven Week as a replacement.
Boland, who were the hosts of the Academy Week in 2014 had two teams at the week. Seven of them, including Benna van der Westhuizen, are in this year's Craven Week side – eighthman Evan Booysen, flank Steyn Olivier, lock Jaco Abel, props Denver Prins and PW Koeglenberg, and scrumhalf Frans Hugo.
Unusually this year Lutzville and Labori each have two players in the side – Shane Bezuidenhout and Ruan Terblanché of Labori in Paarl and Etienne van Dyk and Frans Hugo of Lutzville up on the Olifants River.
The two Worcester schools – HTS Drostdy and Worcester Gim – each have four players in the Craven Week side, though they have four players in the Academy side and another two in the Craven Week side.
Boland Teams
Boland Craven Week Team: Earl Douwrie (Drostdy), Byron Qupa (New Orleans), Shane Bezuidenhout (Labori), Keanan Boonzaier (Groendal), George David's (Paulus Joubert), Adriaan van der Bank (Worcester Gim), Rick Jordaan (Klein Nederburg), Evan Booysen (Drostdy), Benna van der Westhuizen (Piketberg), Steyn Olivier (Worcester Gim), Eric Groenewald (Drostdy), Jaco Abel (Hermanus), Stephan Fourie (Overberg), Etienne van Dyk (Lutzville), Pieter Stassen (Drostdy), Ruan Terblanché (Labori), PW Koegelenberg (Swartland), Denver Prins (Worcester Gim), Marco Koen (Hermanus), Frans Hugo (Lutzville), Gustav September (Worcester Gim), Gilroy Philander (New Orleans).
Coaches: Athol Ontong, John Booysen, Henley du Plessis.
Boland Academy Week Team: James MaoCheia (Hermanus), Julian Lodewyk (Worcester Gim), Khail Kotzenberg (Vredendal), Ruduwaan Adams (Langeberg), Chrisham Lucas (Hermanus), André Swanepoel (Drostdy), Wihan von Wielligh (Hugenote), Bruwer van Zyl (Augsburg), Bradman Grove (Worcester Gim), Cuelin Matthee (New Orleans), Tom Malan (Augsburg), Tertius Lamprecht (Hugenote), Gerrit Bester (Dirkie Uys), Zander Fernhout (Drostdy), Mias Coetzee (Worcester Gim), Geenan Weitz (Charlie Hofmeyr), Cohen Kiewiet (Hugenote), Kayden Kiewiet (Hugenote), Lyle Gillion (Hermanus), Hanrico van Zyl (Stellenbosch), Gershwin Jacobs (Villiersdorp), Keenan Williams (New Orleans).
Coaches: JP van Rhyn, Niel du Toit.
Boland Grant Khomo Week Team: Bradley van Thora (Drostdy), Conan le Fleur ((Weston), Timothy Allies ((Drostdy), PJ Boltman (Vredendal), Caleb Dingaan (Weston), Lloyd April (Hermanus), Willem Opperman (Porterville), Jevan August (Weltevreden), David du Plessis (Robertson), Handré Rupping ((Lutzville), Michael Goodall (Hugenote), JC Lourens (Bonnievale), Attie Maginga (Charlie Hofmeyr), Matthys van der Merwe (Hermanus), Christoff Walker (Overberg), Greyling Geldenhuys (Drostdy), Malan Gouws (Robertson), Zenon Erasmus (Hugenote), Mansur Anthony (Drostdy), Maxwill von Louw (Bergrivier), Albert Augustyn (Overberg).
Coaches: Connel du Plessis, Anton Esau.
