Springbok schools
It is the team that will represent South Africa. Nobody else's team will do that – only Meyer's team.
Schools are often said to have 'produced' so many Springboks. That is not accurate. Boys who became Springboks went to those schools. By far the most boys who went to those schools did not become Springboks. But it may be true that the school inculcated a love of playing the game and equipping them with skills.
Of this Springbok team Lwazi Mvovo did not start playing till he was 17.
It is also true that the opportunities given by some schools are more conducive to providing better opportunities. At present that is certainly true of Grey College in Bloemfontein.
The Team and their Schools (birthplaces)
Affies: Fourie du Preez (b. Pretoria)
Bastion: Rudy Paige (b. Heidelberg, Western Cape) He was at Hoërskool Bastion only for his last year of schooling after representing South Western Districts at Grant Khomo Week and Academy Week. Then he played for Golden Lions and captained SA Schools in 2007. He started high school at Hoërskool Oudtshoorn before going to Hoërskool Outeniqua in George and then, after Grade 11 at Outeniqua, to Bastion in Krugersdorp.
Ben Vorster: Trevor Nyakane (b. Bushbuck Ridge)
Bishops: Francois Louw (b. Cape Town)
Generaal Hertzog: JP Pietersen (b. Stellenbosch)
Grey Bloem: Bismarck du Plessis (b. Bethlehem), Jannie du Plessis (b. Bethlehem), Coenie Oosthuizen (b. Potchefstroom), Ruan Pienaar (b. Bloemfontein), Adriaan Strauss (b. Bloemfontein)
Grey PE: Siya Kolisi (b. Port Elizabeth)
Hugenote (Springs): Lood de Jager (b. Alberton)
KES: Bryan Habana (b. Johannesburg)
Maria Louw: Lwazi Mvovo (b. Umthatha)
Maritzburg College: Jesse Kriel (b. Cape Town)
Michaelhouse: Pat Lambie (b. Durban)
Milnerton: Damian de Allende (b. Cape Town)
Monument: Willem Alberts (b. Pretoria)
Nelspruit: Duane Vermeulen (b. Nelspruit)
Paarl Boys' High: Frans Malherbe (b. Paarl)
PW Botha: Zane Kirchner (b. George)
Paarl Gim: Jean de Villiers (b. Paarl), Schalk Burger (b. Port Elizabeth), Handré Pollard (b. Somerset West)
Paul Roos: Schalk Brits (b. Empangeni), Willie le Roux (b. Cape Town)
Peterhouse (Zimbabwe): Tendai Mtawarira (b. Harare, Zimbabwe)
Pietersburg: Victor Matfield (b. Polokwane)
Sand du Plessis: Morné Steyn (b. Cape Town)
Swartland: Pieter-Steph du Toit (b. Cape Town)
Tygerberg: Eben Etzebeth (b. Cape Town)
Of the birthplaces, seven were born in Cape Town two each in Bethlehem, Bloemfontein, Paarl, Port Elizabeth and Pretoria.
