The Grey Boks
The team of 22 Springboks to play the All Blacks in Soweto on Saturday has seven Old Boys of Grey College in Bloemfontein. And yet it is not a record!
The Old Greys for Saturday's South African team: Johan Goosen, Ruan Pienaar, Jannie du Plessis, Adriaan Strauss, Tiaan Liebenberg, Coenie Oosthuizen and Flip van der Merwe. That is remarkable and yet it's not a record.
Statistician Eddie Grieb has pointed out that there were eight Old Greys whop played for South Africa against Scotland in 2010 – Frans Steyn, Ruan Pienaar, Deon Stegmann, Flip van der Merwe, Jannie du Plessis, Bismarck du Plessis, Adriaan Strauss and CJ van der Linde.
The Springboks' schools for Saturday:
Bishops: François Louw
Florida: Elton Jantjies
Grey College: Johan Goosen, Ruan Pienaar, Jannie du Plessis, Adriaan Strauss, Tiaan Liebenberg, Coenie Oosthuizen and Flip van der Merwe
PW Botha College: Zane Kirchner
King Edward VII (KES): Bryan Habana
Michaelhouse: Pat Lambie
Monument (Krugersdorp): Jaco Taute, Willem Alberts
Nelspruit: Duane Vermeulen
Paarl Gim: Jean de Villiers
Paul Roos: François Hougaard, Andries Bekker
Peterhouse: Tendai Mtawarira
Port Natal: Marcell Coetzee
Tygerberg: Eben Etzebeth
Worcester Gim: Juan de Jongh
