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Craven Week returnees

By Paul Dobson
Monday 8 Jul 2013

There are players returning to Craven Week in 2013, and there are some who would have returned had they not been injured.

Seven of the returning players played for SA Schools last year nogal – Daniel and Jean-Luc du Preez,, prop Ox Nche, Jinx Molapo Justin Phillips, Duhan van der Merwe and Juri Linde. There would have been two more had Warren Gelant and JD Schickerling not been crocked. The Du Preez twins will be at their third Craven Week.

South Western Districts seem most blessed with experience and they had a good side last year, beating Limpopo and Boland and just losing to Western Province in a high-scoring game.

Players who were at the 2012 Craven Week

Blue Bulls: Francois Steyn, Hyron Andrews, Justin Phillips, George-Lee Erasmus

Border: Somila Jho, Lilitha Jonas, Mihlali Mtongana

Border Country Districts: Thabang Rixi, Sethu Tyali, Tevan Lehman, Buhle Nojekwa

Eastern Province: Luan Nieuwoudt, Cyril-John Velleman, Ernst Stapelberg, Luciano Daniels

Eastern Province Country Districts: Sintu Manjezi, Ronnie Beyl, Jason Vers

Free State:  EW Viljoen, Sheldon Fortuin, Marius Louw, Refuoe Rampeta, Ruan Kramer, Ox Nche

Golden Lions: Frans van Wyk, Innocent Radebe. Erwin Harris, Emmanuel Morowane

Griffons: André Janse van Vuuren, Shaun Reynolds, Sechaba Matsoele, Ernest Sumner

Griqualand West: Dimitrio Tieties, Ryan de Wee

Griqualand West Country Districts: Darryl de Wee, Jasper Wiese, Jan-Hendrik van Wyk, Hanro Visagie, Gavian Cloete

KwaZulu Natal: Daniel du Preez, Jean-Luc du Preez, Corné Vermaak

Leopards: Gopolang Molefe

Limpopo: Christopher Durow, Jinx Molapo

Mpumalanga: Lindelwa Zungu),  Brandon Thompson),  Menzi Nhlabathi), Daniël Maartens), Michael Basson, Christopher van Leeuwen

Namibia: Shareave Titus, Johan Retief, Dylon Husselman, Justin Newman

South Western Districts: Remu Malan, Dewald Human, Duhan van der Merwe, Warrick Gelant, Jean Pierre Coetzee, Geor Malan, Douw Schoeman and Dian Koen who played for Boland last year when he was at Hermanus High.

Valke: Ruan Potgieter

Western Province: Grant Hermanus, Burger van Niekerk, Dennis Cox, Rikus Bothma, Jacques Vermeulen

Zimbabwe: Thabani Mujeni, Tapiwa Murangani, Nicholas Burnett, Rukudzo Gonah, Brendon Mandivenga

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