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Sunday
21:05

SARU's U19 Competition Starts

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Friday 7 Jul 2017

Blue Bulls plays Western Province in Pretoria, the Leopards play Free State in Potchefstroom and Eastern Province play the Golden Lions in Port Elizabeth.

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In  2016 the Golden Lions won the Under-19 competition when they thrashed Western Province 60-19 in the final. In the semifinals Western Province beat Free State 30-15 and the Golden Lions beat the Blue Bulls 34-24 in Pretoria after Western Province and the Blue Bulls had topped the log. The Golden Lions were third and Free State fourth, followed by the Sharks, Eastern Province and then the Leopards who lost all 12 of their matches.

Western Province appear to have a strong side with seven of last years SA Schools players (the names of their schools in brackets) – Salmaan Moerat (Paarl Boys' High), who captains the side, Sazi Sandi (St Andrew's in Grahamstown), Schalk Erasmus (Affies), BJ Dixon (Paul Roos), Charl Serdyn (Paarl Boys' High), Muller Uys (Paarl Gim) and Mike Mavovana (Rondebosch.

The Blue Bulls have five players who played SA Schools last year – Richman Gora (Welkom Gimnasium), JC Pretorius (HTS Middelburg), Ryno Pieterse (Garsfontein), Mornay Smit (Eldoiraigne and Khwezi Mafu (Dale). Cabous Eloff (Affies) played prop for SA Schools in 2015.

Teams

Blue Bulls: 15 Jerome Bossr, 14 Zandré Kruger, 134 Stefan Coetzee, 12 Wian van Niekerk, 11 Litha Nkula, 10 Theo Boshoff, 9 Richman Gora, 8 Ewart Potgieter, 7 Prince Gaoseb, 6 JC Pretorius (captain), 5 Ruan Nortjé, 4 Ryno Pieterse, 3 Mornay Smit, 2 Werner Fourie, 1 Luke Fortuin. 

Replacements: 16 Marco Fuhri, 17 Dewald Maritz, 18 Cabous Eloff, 19 Raymond Nel, 20 Khwezi Mafu, 21 Ginter Smuts, 22 Xander Kruger, 23 Christian Strydom

Coach: Dewey Swartbooi

Western Province Under-19: 15 Marco Labuschagne, 14 Mike Mavovana, 13 Lyle Hendricks, 12 Henlo Marais, 11 Sam Phiri, 10 Francke Botha, 9 Labib Kannemeyer, 8 Muller Uys, 7 Shaine Orderson, 6 Charl Serdyn, 5 BJ Dixon, 4 Salmaan Moerat (captain), 3 Sazi Sandi, 2 Schalk Erasmus, 1 Leon Lyons.

Replacements: 16 Daniel Jooste, 17 Reece Bezuidenhout, 18 Adam Neethling, 19 Alex Halverson, 20 Gift Dlamini, 21 Branden de Kock, 22 Dominic Coetzer, 23 Nathan Nkutu.

Coach: Nazeem Adams

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Under-19 Provincial Championship Fixtures, 8 July 2017

Blue Bulls vs Western Province at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

Referee: Ricus van der Hoven

Leopards vs Free State at Olën Park, Potchefstroom

Referee: Stephan Geldenhuys 

Eastern Province vs Golden Lions at Crusader RFC, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Ruhan Meiring

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