Top Schools for Wildeklawer
It has again this year 20 top teams for its festival to take place at Hoërskool Diamantveld in Kimberley on Saturday, April 30 and Monday, May 2, 2016.
There are two new participants this year – Garsfontein of Pretoria and Stellenberg of Durbanville, both schools which have ambitions for their rugby. Stellenberg is a Premier B schools in the Western Province but plays several Premier A Schools.
Paul Roos will be attending this year, taking the place of Glenwood who are off to Japan for the Sanix World Rugby Youth Tournament in Fukuoka.
The teams taking part are Affies (Pretoria), Boland Landbou (Paarl), Diamantveld (Kimberley), EG Jansen (Boksburg), Garsfontein (Pretoria), Grey College (Bloemfontein), HTS Louis Botha (Bloemfontein), HTS Middelburg, Noord-Kaap (Kimberley), Menlopark (Pretoria), Monument (Krugersdorp), Oakdale (Riversdale), Outeniqua (George), Paarl Boys' High, Paarl Gym, Paul Roos (Stellenbosch), Selborne (East London), Stellenberg (Durbanville), Waterkloof (Pretoria), Wildeklawer XV (SARU).
Of the teams, the following were on the final FNB Top 20 of 2015: Paarl Boys' High, Paarl Gim, Paul Roos, Affies, Monument, Grey College, Oakdale, Outeniqua, Selborne, HTS Middelburg, Dr EG Jansen, Garsfontein and Boland Landbou. The first 11 are in the order in which they appeared on the Top 20.