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WP Trialists for National Weeks

On Wednesday at Hoërskool Bellville Western Province continue with their trials, this time in three matches against Boland teams.

Western Province have, it seems, not yet settled on teams but have the names of the trialists and their positions;

Of the trialists, Herschel Jantjies, the Paul Roos scrumhalf, was a star at the 2013 Craven Week. Also in that highly successful Western Province team were  eighthman Saud Abrahams of Bishops and Gavin van den Berg of Paarl Gim.

The team has two flyhalves and two scrumhalves from Paul Roos. One down as a flyhalf is lanky Aidynn Cupido, the son of Wilfred Cupido, the outstanding Western Province centre of the 1980s. Paul Roos also have three wings and three flanks in the trials. They have 17 players in all.

Joel Paarwater, the Bishops flank, is the son of Jerome Paarwater, the Western Province flank and therefore the grandson of the great Dougie Dyers who captained the SA Federation team in many famous matches.

Trialists:

Fullbacks: Rayhann Lombaard (Paarl Boys' High), Ryan Muller (Bellville), Gerard Pieterse (Bishops), Tiaan Swanepoel (Stellenberg)

Wings: Leaviel Gouws (Paarl Gim), Tyrone Jacobs (Kasselsvlei), Nico Leonard (Paul Roos), André Manuel (Bishops), Duncan Saal (Kasselsvlei), Edwill van der Merwe (Paul Roos), Lourens van Dyk (Boland Landbou), Joshua Vermeulen (Paul Roos), K Wessels (Zandvliet)

Centres: Ciaran Dayaram (SACS), Justin Heunis (Bishops), Taigh Schoor (Paarl Gim), M. van der Hoven (Rangers RFC), Clint Damons (Excelsior), Carlton Fortune (Boland Landbou), Cornel Smit (Bishops), Jihaad Smith (Wynberg), Edrich Venter (Paul Roos)

Flyhalves: Aidynn Cupido (Paul Roos), Reinhardt Fortuin (Paul Roos), Jez McIntyre (Bishops), Danrich Visagie (Boland Landbou)

Scrumhalves: Zandré de Koker (Paarl Gim), Graham Hendricks (Hottentots Holland), Herschel Jantjies (Paul Roos), Calvin Nel (Paul Roos), Johndré Williams (Boland Landbou)

Eighthmen: Saud Abrahams (Bishops), HJ Luus (Paarl Gim), Michael Meyer (Paul Roos), Keagan Timm (Wynberg)

Flanks: Mitchell Carstens (Paul Roos), Zain Davids (Rondebosch), Joel Paarwater (Bishops), Dean van Tonder (Paul Roos),

Mervano da Silva (Bishops), Dieter Leicher (Paarl Gim), Jacques Oosthuizen (Paul Roos), Johan Visser (Paarl Gim)

Locks: Heinrich Basson (Jan van Riebeeck), Emile Cloete (Paul Roos), Louis Conradie (Paul Roos), Ruben de Villiers (Paarl Boys' High), Gerhard du Toit (Boland Landbou), Sam Mitchell (Bishops), Nicolaas Reuvers (Strand), Waldo van Rensburg (Stellenberg), Jaco Willemse (Paarl Gim)

Props: Jerome Korff (Paul Roos), Derrick Marais (Paarl Boys' High), Carlu Sadie (Bellville), JP Smith (Bishops), Wikus Groenewald (Paarl Boys' High), Leo Kruger (Paarl Boys' High), Muammir Salie (Paul Roos), Bertus Smith (Boland Landbou), Gavin van den Berg (Paarl Gim)

Hookers: Shane Farmer (Tygerberg), Colwyn Manchest (Kasselsvlei), Marco Mostert (Paarl Gim), Jacques van Zyl (Paul Roos), Hugo Vlok (Boland Landbou)

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