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Three schools weeks start

Three schools weeks start on Monday 2 July 2007 – the Under-18 Academy Week at Peter Mokabe Stadium in Polokwane, the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week at Kearsney College outside of Durban and the Under-13 Craven Week at Hoerskool Monument in Krugersdorp.

The Under-18 Craven Week will take place at Paul Roos in Gymnasium in Stellenbosch the week afterwards.

The fixtures at the various weeks are made in advance for the first playing day for the teams. Subsequent fixtures depend on what happened on the first day in order to establish good matches.

Fixtures – Day 1

Academy Week

Blue Bulls vs Boland
Border Country Districts vs Eastern Province Country Districts
Griffons vs Pumas
Griquas vs South Western Districts
KwaZulu Natal Country Districts vs Griffons Country Districts
KwaZulu Natal vs Free State
Leopards vs Border
Limpopo vs Valke East
Namibia vs Eastern Province
Pumas Country Districts vs Leopards Country Districts
Valke South vs Griquas Country Districts
Western Province vs Golden Lions

Grant Khomo Week

Border vs Griquas
Leopards vs Border Country Districts
Boland vs Free State
Limpopo vs Pumas
Golden Lions vs Eastern Province
South Western Districts vs Griffons
Western Province vs Blue Bulls
Namibia vs KwaZulu Natal XV
Valke vs KwaZulu Natal

Under-13 Craven Week

Border Country Districts vs Namibia
Griffons vs Zimbabwe
Limpopo vs Border
Leopards vs Boland
Valke vs Free State
Blue Bulls vs Griquas
Western Province vs KwaZulu Natal
Pumas vs Eastern Province
Golden Lions vs South Western Districts

Under-18 Craven Week

9 July

Griffons vs Eastern Province
Leopards vs South Western Districts
Golden Lions vs Boland
Western Province vs KwaZulu Natal

10 July

Border Country Districts vs Zimbabwe
Namibia vs Limpopo
Valke vs Griquas
Border vs Pumas
Blue Bulls vs Free State

Referees

Four of the referees at the weeks will be women. Some of the Golden Lions referees have been compensated for giving up their matches during the Easter Rugtby Weeks in Gauteng.

Academy Week: Teshin Naicker (KwaZulu Natal), Sewes Terblance (Blue Bulls), Martin Lekhanye (Free State), Ben Crouse (Blue Bulls), Norman Drake (South Western Districts), Johan Lourens (Western Province), Andries Retief (Pumas), Archie Sehlako (Natal), Mkhaleli Rhala (Leopards), A Beyleveldt (Namibia), Kim Smit (Golden Lions), Eugenia Daniels (Western Province)

Grant Khomo Week: Willie Killian (Leopards), Francois de Bruin (Griquas), George Duma (Border), Richard Ingram (Natal), Rodney Bonaparte (Eastern Province), Jimmy Aphane (Blue Bulls), Francois Roux (Natal), Eska Swart (South Western Districts), Jenny Bentel (Western Province)

Under-13 Craven Week: Joey Salmans (Western Province), Mtheleni Msileni (Eastern Province), Charlton Pick (Boland), Muller van der Nest (Blue Bulls), Bheki Jekubeni (Border), J Oosthuizen (Golden Lions), Heyns Deacon (Golden Lions), J Kotze (Golden Lions), E van Grane (Golden Lions)

Under-18 Craven Week: Marius Bonthuys (Griffons), Silulami Pityoi (Western Province), Heinrich Viljoen (Golden Lions), Quinton Immelman (Western Province), Petri Bosch (Griquas), Gerrie Coetzee (Free State), George Roper (Blue Bulls), Sazi Katiya (Border), Stephan Breytenbach (Pumas)

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