The Big SWD Derby
The South Western Districts team for the Craven Week this year is fundamentally a combination of its two great rugby schools – Outeniqua of George and Oakdale of Riversdale – and these two mighty schools, some 130 km apart, meet in George on Saturday, a thrilling prospect.
Season so Far
Oakdale have played eight matches and lost only one – to HTS Middelburg which is the only other Top 20 team they have played.
Outeniqua have played nine matches, winning seven and losing two. They beat Selborne and Waterkloof who are also Top 20 matches but lost to Rondebosch and Paarl Boys' High.
They have no common opponents.
Status
Both first teams are ranked on the FNB Top 20 – Oakdale 11th and Outeniqua 19th, which is really close when one thinks of the hundreds of rugby schools in South Africa.
Achievers
There are 11 Oakdale players and nine Outeniqua players in the South Western Districts side.
Oakdale's Craven Week players for 2015: Darren Adonis, Boeta Hamman, Eckhard Leicher, Renaldo Ferreira, Ewan Coetzee, Adré Smith, HP van Schoor, Bertie de Bod, Hermanus Botha, Chrisjan du Toit and Daine Kannemeyer.
Of these players Boeta Hamman and Adré Smith were at the 2014 Craven Week when South Western Districts made it to the main match. Renaldo Ferreira was at the Academy week in 2014.
Outeniqua's Craven Week players for 2015: Darryl Kameel, Manie Libbok, JP Duvenhage, Logan Stoffels, Levuyo Ndevu, Roux Swart, Andrew Kuhn, Justin Levendal and Bradley Kiewietz.
Of these players Manie Libbok, Levuyo Ndevu, Andrew Kuhn and Roux Swart were at the 2014 Craven Week. JP Duvenhage and Logan Stoffels were at the Academy Week in 2014.
Teams
Oakdale: 15 Darren Adonis, 14 Daine Kannemeyer, 13 Kurt Eybe, 12 William Eybers, 11 Nicolus van Eeden, 10 Christo Hamman, 9 Eckard Leicher, 8 Renaldo Ferreira, 7 Hanno Olivier, 6 Bertie De Bod, 5 Ewan Coetzee, 4 Adre Smith, 3 Chrisjan du Toit, 2 HP van Schoor, 1 Hermanus Botha
Replacements: 16 André Posthumus, 17 Helgard Meyer, 18 Daniel Victor, 19 WP van Heerden, 20 Zinedine Booysen, 21 André Bruwer, 22 Xavier Swartbooi
Outeniqua: 15 Logan Stoffels, 14 Bradley Kiewitz, 13 Lance Lambrecht, 12 JP Duvenage, 11 Darryle Kameel, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Derick Minnie, 8 Luvuyo Ndevu, 7 Joagim van Wyk, 6 Niel Otto (Kapt), 5 Justin Levendal, 4 Henco Meyers, 3 Roux Swart, 2 Stefan Gerber, 1 Andrew Kuhn
Replacements: 16 Sean Swart, 17 Joshua Reid, 18 Pieter Steenkamp, 19 André Coetzee, 20 Isaiah Davids, 21 Steffen de Beer, 22 Damain Bonaparte / Dian Scholtz, 23 Cecil Rittels
Rugby Programme
A Field
08.30: 5th XV
09.35: 4th XV
10.40: 3rd XV
11.45: Under-16 A
12.50: 2nd XV
14.00: 1st XV
B Field
08.30: Under-15B
09.35: Under-16B
10.40: Under-14A
11.45: 6th XV
12.50: Under-15A
C Field
08.30: Under-14B
09.35: Under-14C
10.40: Under-16C
11.45: Under-15C
