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Valke pick six teams

The Valke have chosen six teams of hopefuls for the Craven Week, Academy Week and the Grant Khomo Week.

These teams will play against Limpopo on Tuesday, 19 May 2015 but they are not yet finals choices..

Unsurprisingly players from Dr EG Jansen are prominent with no fewer than 12 players in the possible Craven Week squad. They then have another nine players in the possible squads for the Academy week.

Seven of the players in the shadow Craven Week side were at the Craven Week in 2014 – Nico Peyper, promising lock Handré Stassen, Erich Cronjé, Irvan Ali (all of (Dr EG Jansen), Jansen), Thokozanui Skosana of St Dunstan's, Ntshepe Kokong of Vereeniging Gimnasium, and Simangaliso Molusi of Benoni High.

Last year Valke beat Boland and Eastern Province Country but lost to the Leopards.

Possible Teams

Craven Week Team: 15 F Erasmus (Kempton Park), 14 I Ali (Dr EG Jansen), 13 M Niemandt (Dr EG Jansen), 12 E Cronje (Dr EG Jansen), 11 F Wagner (Dr EG Jansen), 10 X Crause (Dr EG Jansen), 9 G Smuts (Dr EG Jansen), 8 E Jansen (Dr EG Jansen), 7 D van der Walt (Dr EG Jansen), 6 S Moalusi (Benoni High), 5 H Stassen (Dr EG Jansen), 4 T Skhosana (St Dunstan's), 3 A van der Merwe (Dr EG Jansen), 2 N Peyper (Dr EG Jansen), 1 B Strydom (Heidelberg Volkies)

Replacements: 16 T Grundlingh (Kempton Park), 17 P Jacobs (Parys), 18 Rouxbann Baumann (Dr EG Jansen), 19 D Karelse (HTS Springs), 20 T van Dieman (Benoni High), 21 R Jonkermann (Dr EG Jansen), 22 N Kokong (Vereeniging Gim)

Academy Team East: 15 M Louw (Kempton Park), 14 M Tshabalala (Vereeniging Gim), 13 S Sufandsa (Brandwag), 12 D Koch (Kempton Park), 11 Z Hawley (Hugenote), 10 W Coetzee (Oosterlig, 9 R Dames (HTS Springs), 8 W Brits (Dr EG Jansen), 7 S Mokhine (St Dunstan's), 6 E Mbuni(Birchleigh), 5 K Mashiloane (Delmas)4 T Venter (Kempton Park), 3 P Du Preez (Kempton Park), 2 W Fourie (Dr EG Jansen), 1 P Lekopa (Promrose)

Replacements: 16 T Magididi (Birchleigh), 17 A Engelbrecht (Jeugland), 18 E Van Niekerk (Dr EG Jansen), 19 T Ndlovu (Promrose), 20 J Joubert (Dr EG Jansen), 21 P Grobler (Jeugland), 22 N Nkolo (Rhodesfield), 23 L Pietersen ((Birchleigh),

Academy Team South: 15 D Molefane (HTS Springs), 14 W Swanepoel (Vereeniging Gim), 13 M van Niekerk (Heidelberg Volkies), 12 C Breytenbach (Heidelberg Volkies), 11 B Wagman (HTS Springs), 10 W Human (Transvalia), 9 J Mofokeng (HTS Springs), 8 N Botha (Vereeniging Gim),7 J Kotze (Heidelberg Volkies), 6 A Dames (HTS Springs), 5 S Mkhabela (HTS Springs), 4 Jaco van der Westhuizen (Parys), 3 N Thoka (Vaalpark), 2 K Mahanke (SL), 1 L Ambrosius (Transvalia)

Replacements: 16 W de Klerk (Heidelberg Volkies), 17 R Rens (Transvalia), 18 A Saunders (Transvalia), 19 A Palmer (Heidelberg Volkies), 20 J Koeries (HTS Springs), 21 D Mitchell (HTS Springs), 22 D Thomas (HTS Springs)

Grant Khomo Team: 15 Lee Erwin Andries (Dr EG Jansen), 14 Ralston Fernandes (Dr EG Jansen), 13 J van Vuuren (Die Anker), 12 Jeandré Breytenbach (Kempton Park), 11 P Maila (Sasolburg), 10 Qeymann (Dr EG Jansen), 9 Leslie Ocktober (Dr EG Jansen), 8 Tyron Schaper (Benoni), 7 JJ Yamwimbi (Rhodesfield), 6 Keegan Venter (Die Anker), 5 L Blou (HTS Springs), 4 Dominic McArthur (Dr EG Jansen), 3 E Brand (Kempton Park), 2 S Yika(Dr Malan), 1 M Nyirenda (Parys)

Replacements: C Hirim(Birchleigh), (Sasolburg), B Potsane (Sasolburg), Ruan Jordaan (Dr EG Jansen), Jano Lessings (Transvalia), Xander Terblance (Kempton Park), Janus Swanepoel (Dr EG Jansen), Pierre Louw (Transvalia)

Under-16 Team East: 5 B Human(Hugenote), 14 Ettienne Poiltney (Kempton Park), 13 Dwayne Fourie (Dr EG Jansen), 12 Rozard Berg(Hugenote), 11 Luke Meyer (Hans Moore), 10 Edrich Aucamp(Hugenote), 9 Ruben Beytel (Dr EG Jansen), 8 Carse Koekemoer (Dr EG Jansen), 7 Dylon Engelbrecht (Dr EG Jansen), 6 Ruben Roodt (Dr EG Jansen), 5 Adriaan Labuschagne(Hugenote), 4 Luke de Beer (Jeugland) 3 Christy Raber (Die Anker), 2 Janus Venter (Dr EG Jansen), 1 Cole Meyer(Hugenote)

Replacements: H Claasen (Dr EG Jansen), L Uckerman (Kempton Park), Dyllon du Preez(Hugenote), Rondo Berg(Hugenote), F Thomas (Die Anker), Dillon Theron (Kempton Park), Donovan Grobler(Hugenote)

Under-16 Team South: 15 D Mokhothu (Carel de Wet), 14 M Ntsane (Transvalia), 13 Zander Venter (Transvalia), 12 W Thompson (Vereeniging Gim), 11 Rivabella (Transvalia), 10 JP du Plessis (Transvalia), 9 R Nortje (Transvalia), 8 Izando Venter(Dr Malan), 7 J Postimus(Dr Malan), 6 F van Wyk (Transvalia), 5 R Botha (Heidelberg Volkies), R du Toit (Heidelberg Volkies), 4 H van der Berg (Transvalia), 3 Brandon Dickson (Transvalia), 2 H Robbertse (Vereeniging Gim), 1 Morne Stander (Transvalia)

Replacements: J Derkson (Heidelberg Volkies), R Jordaan (Transvalia), R Muller (Transvalia), R Engelbrecht (Heidelberg Volkies), J Wohl (Transvalia), Armand Malherbe (Heidelberg Volkies)

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