SA Craven Week Tournament

[PaarlBok]

SA premie schoolboy Craven Week tournament is due to start from 13 to 18 July 2009.

This is the usual poaching week when they comes from all over the world to have a look at our top talent (including Zimbabwe & Namibia).

I'll give you update about all of this and the sides that have been picked are as follow:

The Craven Week sides:
Boland: 15 Rouvaun Appel (HTS Drostdy), 14 Renaldo Petersen (Bergrivier), 13 Juwayne Theunissen Groenberg12 Heinrich Schlunz (Vredendal), 11 Dean Swart (HTS Drostdy), 10 Juhandry Pieterse (HTS Drostdy), 9 Godlen Masimla (Hugenote), 8 Werner Badenhorst (HTS Drostdy), 7 Phillip van der Merwe (Bonnievale), 6 Coenie Kotze (Piketberg), 5 Johannes Lambrecht (Hugenote), 4 Jano Taljaard (HTS Drostdy), 3 Aldo Goosen (Vredendal), 2 Jacobus Bailey (Worcester Gim), 1 Bertie Michau (Charlies), 16 Johan Geyer (Calvinia), 17 Andrew Robey (Hermanus), 18 Carlon Carolissen (Charlies), 19 Geoffrey Allies (Bergrivier), 20 Christoff Fernhoff (HTS Drostdy), 21 Morné Hugo (Worcester Gim), 22 Paul Brink (Citrusdal)
KwaZulu Natal: JR Jenkinson (Glenwood), S Mtshali (Glenwood), NM Schonert (Maritzburg College), R Schnetler (Glenwood), C Lindsay (Michaelhouse), F Kleinhans (Glenwood), B Groenewald (Glenwood), S Jafta (St Charles), M Nolden (Hilton), F Zeilinga (Glenwood), E Schwartz (Hilton), P Howard (Michaelhouse), K Fisher (Westville), A Dlamini (St Charles), O Nakin (Michaelhouse), R Grobler (Glenwood), S van der Schyff (Glenwood), Z Zondi (St Charles), S Mafareka (Hilton), KM Bastew (Maritzburg College), L Shabalala (Ladysmith), M Mbuyazi (Glenwood)
Mpumalanga: 1 Jacques Kotze (Nelspruit), 2 Mark Pretorius (Nelspruit), 3 Stiaan Barnard (HTS MIddelburg), 4 Frederik Ngoza (Volksrust) 5 Christoff Gouws(Nelspruit), 6 Henrik Haasbroek (Nelspruit), 7 SandileNgwenya (Middelburg) 8 Bruce Zeelie (HTS Middelburg), 9 Emile Temperman (Nelspruit), 10 Divan Muller (Middelburg), 11 Abednego Mamushi (Middelburg), 12 Karl-Hein Schuld (Nelspuit), 14 Siso Maseko (Ermelo), 13 Clearance Khumalo (Rob Ferreira), 15 Ulrich Beyers (Ermelo), 16 Hannes Struwig (HTS Middelburg) , 17 Nhlanhla Mhlanga (Generaal Hertzog), 18 Nico van Vuuren (Nelspruit), 19 Seprein Hlope (Generaal Hertzog), 20 Dillon Smit (HTS Middelburg), 21 Henson Ngozo (Middelburg), 22 Nyati Nkosinathi (Nelspruit)
Zimbabwe: 15 Andrew Lindsay (St John's), 14 Claude Bare (Prince Edward), 13 Daniel Turner (Peterhouse), 12 Allen Mpofu (Prince Edward), 11 Tererai Nyabonda (Peterhouse), 10 Corry van Rensburg (Falcon), 9 Charles Jiji (Prince Edward), 8 Justin Coles (St John's), 7 Farai Jijita (Prince Edward), 6 Richard Todd (St John's), 5 Takudzwa Jaravaza (St George's), 4 Ryan Zeederberg (Peterhouse), 3 Richard Sainsbury (St John's), 2 Takudzwa Mandiwanza (captain, Peterhouse), 1 Zerubabel Makomva (St George's)
Reserves: 16 Craig Dollar (St John's), 17 Ian Muza (Prince Edward), 18 Luke Rutter (Lomagundi), 19 Killian Denes (Peterhouse), 20 Duncan Dollar (Peterhouse), 21 Joseph Nicholls (St George's), 22 Tom Nelson (Peterhouse),
Free State: 15 Riaan Britz (Grey College), 14 Siyasanga Mkunku (Louis Botha), 13 Piet Lindeque (Grey College), 12 Francois Venter (Grey College), 11 Chejan Mallane (Grey College), 10 Johan Goosen (Grey College), 9 Pieter Rademan (Grey College, captain), 8 Niell Jordaan (Grey College), 7 Jean Cook (Grey College), 6 Oscar Lemane (Louis Botha), 5 Carl Wegner (Grey College), 4 Nkululeku Mthethwa (Louis Botha), 3 Stephan Pretorius (Grey College), 2 Bernard van Heerden (Grey College), 1 Stephan Kotze (Grey College), 16 V Botha (Grey College), 17 Lerato Ramahlape (Louis Botha), 18 H Douglas (Louis Botha), 19 Egbert Ras (Grey College), 20 Zuluboy Duma (Louis Botha), 21 Siphosetu Tom (Grey College), 22 B Malakome (Sentraal).
Blue Bulls : 15 Pieter van der Walt (Affies); 14 Anton Kruger (Waterkloof), 13 Johan de Goede (Affies), 12 Pierre Lombaard (Waterkloof), 11 Richmond Collins (Pretoria Boys High); 10 Tony Jantjes (Menlopark), 9 Lohan Jacobs (Affies); 8 Louis le Roux (Pretoria Boys High), 7 Katlego Maake (Pretoria Boys High), 6 Lean Schwartz (Waterkloof), 5 Jose Julies (Menlopark), 4 Gerno Eksteen (Waterkloof), 3 Ian Gregorowski (Affies), 2 Bongi Nbonambi (St Albans), 1 Juan Schoeman (Affies). Reserves: 16 Jacques Momberg (Waterkloof), 17 Herman Basson (Waterkloof), 18 Malaka Moloko (Pretoria Boys High), 19 Nardus van der Walt (Affies) 20 Arafaat Kock (Menlopark), 21 Leroy Africa (St Albans), 22 Katlego Magakwa (St Albans).

Namibia: 1 Gert Henning (Windhoek HTS), 2 Emlyn Olivier (M&K Gertze), 3 Hendrik Derks (EduHelp), 4 Stefan Neustadt (Windhoek HTS), 5 Ian Van Wyk (Windhoek Gimnasium), 6 Hennie van der Westhuizen (Windhoek Hoërskool), 7 Cecil Clarke (De Duine), 8 Alfred Ward (Namibia High), 9 Tommie van der Merwe (Grootfontein SS), 10 Corné Karstens (Elnatan), 11 De Selvano Beukes (Dr Lemmer), 12 Jontuan Ockhuizen (M&K Gertze), 13 Shilton Clarke (Academia), 14 Donny Motinga (Otjiwarongo Hoërskool), 15 Reinhardt Liebenberg (Windhoek Hoërskool), 16 Niel Brink (Keetmanshoop Private School), 17 Danie Robberts (Walvisbaai Hoërskool), 518 JJ Pretorius (Windhoek Hoërskool), 19 Dalan Hekingya (Grootfontein SS), 20 Garth Ockhuizen (Windhoek Gimnasium), 21 Keanen Van Wyk (Windhoek Gimnasium), 22 Winston Kalimba (Grootfontein Hoërskool)
Griffons:15 Niel Neethling (Voortrekker), 14 Mochesela Mvula (Ficksburg), 13 Andries Kruger (AHS Kroonstad) , 12 Helgard Raubenheimer (Vrede), 11 Jonè Jansen (Gimnasium), 10 Ryno Venter (Hentie Cilliers), 9 Michael du Plessis (Goudveld), 8 Jacques Steyn (Goudveld), 7 Cloete Wessels (AHS Kroonstad), 6 Lomon van der Merwe (Voortrekker), 5 Pieter Griesel (AHS Kroonstad), 4 Jaco Taljaard (Wessel Maree), 3 P.W. Botha (Ficksburg), 2 Lenro Vergotinni (AHS Kroonstad), 1 Janno van Niekerk (Voortrekker)
Replacements: 16 Sello Mati (Goudveld), 17 Tumelo Nkopane (HTS), 18 Pierre Botes (Vrede), 19 Mandla Refilu (Marquard), 20Arend Corbett (Voortrekker), 21 Simon Marcus (Wessel Maree), 22 Siviwe Booi (HTS)
Griquas Central: 15 W. Bester (Diamantveld), 14 D. Koopman (Noord-Kaap), 13 H. Momberg (Landboudal) ,12 T.Boltman (Diamantveld),11 T.Boltman (Noord-Kaap), 10 J. van der Walt (Noord-Kaap), 9 N. Nieklaassen(Diamantveld), 8 D. Carney(Noord-Kaap), 7 J. Africa (Noord-Kaap), 6 H. van Niekerk (Noord-Kaap), 5 H. Groenweald, 4 L. du Raan (Landboudal), 3 W. van Zyl (Diamantveld), 2 G. Bruwer (Landboudal),
Replacements: 1 F. Vermeulen (Diamantveld), 16 N. van der Westhuizen (Diamantveld), 17 D. Fraser (Victoria West), 18 V. Vermaas (Landboudal), 19 J. Rooifontein (Prieska), 20 T. Thupe (Noord-Kaap), 21 D. Gorrah (Noord-Kaap), 22 R. Colosa (Noord-Kaap)
Griquas Country Districts: 15 B. le Roux (Upington),14 L. Howley (Upington), 13 J. Myburg (Duineveld) ,12 T. Knoetze (Danielskuil) ,11 JD Human (Duineveld),10 D. du Plessis (Duineveld), 9 M. Ferreira (Upington), 8 J. Barnard (Upington), 7 A. van Wyk (Duineveld), 6 S. Cornellissen (Danielskuil), 5 D. Hough (Duineveld), 4 L. Stadler (Duineveld), 3 BJ Koortzen (Upington), 2 D. Smit (Duineveld), 1 J. Makoetlane (Upington)
Replacements: 16 J. v/d Merwe (Upington), 17 C. Kotze (Danielskuil), 18 B. du Plessis (Kalahari), 19 N. Barnard (Upington), 20 N. Barnard (Upington), 21 G. Louw (Duineveld), 22 K. Verret (Kalahari)
Valke: 15 Ulrich van Schalkwyk (EG Jansen), 14 Otavio Fortuin (Hans Moore), 13 Morné Stassen (EG Jansen), 12 Oupa Potsane (General Smuts), 11 Ryan Wells (Kempton Park), 10 Michael Holtzhausen (EG Jansen), 9 Ryan Louwrens (Kempton Park), 8 Ruan Lerm (EG Jansen), 7 Weza Matomane (Transvalia), 6 Morne Erasmus (EG Jansen), 5 Armand Gouws (HTS Vereeniging), 4 Pieter Mathee (EG Jansen), 3 Dewald Nel (EG Jansen), 2 Michale Philipson (EG Jansen), 1 Johannes van Deventer (Transvalia)
Replacements: 16 Sinduso Petrus (Voortrekker), 17 Divan Botha (EG Jansen), 18 Stefan de Witt (Transvalia), 19 Clyde Uren (Volsksrust), 20 Wian Lamprecht (Kempton Park), 21 Thulani Dube (General Smuts), 22 Katlego More (Hans Moore)

Limpopo: 15 Christiaan Buys (Ben Vorster), 14 Maphuta Dolo (Ben Vorster), 13 Gideon Blignaut (Merensky), 12 Danie Ludick (Pietersburg), 11 Aaron Mothlabane (Frikkie Meyer), 10 Inkateko Shirilele (Merensky), 9 Tiaan Snyman (Pietersburg), 8 Arno Botha (Nylstroom), 7 Johan van der Hoogt (Ben Vorster, captain) , 6 Sheriff Mthembi (Ben Vorster), 5 Jan-Jacobus Breet (Ben Vorster), 4 Ulrich Bester (Merensky), 3 Rynardt van Wyk (Merensky), 2 Emmanuel Simono (Pietersburg), 1 Hermann Lange (Nylstroom), 16 Jan Manganye (Phagameng), 17 Johan du Plooy (Ellisras), 18 Mashudu Mafela (Merensky), 19 Jacques Coetzee (Pietersburg), 20 Charles van Staden (Piet Potgieter), 21 Eugene Malepe (Ben Vorster), 22 Ashwin Lawrence (Louis Trichardt)
Border: 1 Soso September (Selborne), 2 Grant Hartley (Queen's) (captain), 3 Allan Dell (Queen's), 4 Louis Nell (Grens), 5 Chay Oberholzer (Queen's), 6 Roelof Roodt (Hangklip), 7 Chris Cloete (Selborne), 8 Matthew Williams (Selborne), 9 Matthew King (Selborne), 10 Dale Sabbagh (Selborne), 11 Leon Makiwane (Queen's), 12 Andile Jho (Dale), 13 Aziyena Mandaba (Queen's), 14 Kantu Mfenyana (Queen's), 15 Olunje Gwampi (Dale), 16 Lifa Ghana (Dale), 17 Luvuyo Kama (Dale), 18 Mahdi Elabor (Stirling), 19 Roche Vorster (Selborne), 20 Bangi Kobese (Dale), 21 Shane Swart (Stirling), 22 Ofenze Boloko (Selborne)
Leopards: Reohn van Zyl (Schweizer-Reneke), Phemeulo Moipolai (Potchefstroom Boys' High), Janus Jonker (Rustenburg), Charles Hitchcock (Lichtenburg), Johan Meyer (Klerksdorp), Drehan Marais (Gimmies), Jaco Verwey (Rustenburg), FG Fouché (Rustenburg), Ernie Strydom (Volkies), Henry Koekemoer (Vryburg), Molotsi Bouwer (Potchefstroom Boys' High), Robbie Rawlins (Rustenburg), Bees Strydom (Vryburg), Johan Smit (Volkies), John Ross Jackson (HTS Rustenburg).
Reserves: Paballo Moapi (Potchefstroom Boys' High), Werner Koekemoer (Vryburg), Lesego Thomas (Potchefstroom Boys' High), W Ntozaka (Carlton Jones), Lehlahanolo Lephalletse (Potchefstroom Boys' High), Macdonald Monyaki (Potchefstroom Boys' High), K Leepile (HTS Potchefstroom).
WP Craven Week : L Solomons (Scottsdene), Z Ndiki (Wynberg), T Mbovane, J Du Plessis (Paul Roos), J Esterhuizen, W van Wyk (Paarl Gim), R Shroeder (Paul Roos, captain), C Smith (Paarl Gim), N Carr (Bishops), H Marcus (Excelsior), W van der Sluys (Paarl Boys), E Etzebeth (Tygerberg), F Malherbe (Paarl Boys, vice-captain), G Topkan (Rondebosch), A Botha, N Rautenbach, S Kitshoff, B Steyn (Paul Roos), J Reyneke (Tygerberg), J Rossouw, S Lane (Bishops) and C Barry (Paul Roos).
Eastern Province Under-18: 15 Christiaan Schietekat (Framesby), 14 Dillon Hopshire (Die Brandwag), 13 Mbulelo Kama (Solomon Mhlanga), 12 Nicholas Holton (Grey), 11 Johan Louwrens (Daniël Pienaar), 10 Franz Botha (Die Brandwag), 9 Clinton Felix (Framesby), 8 Siya Kolisi (Grey), 7 Renier Erasmus Grey) (captain), 6 Edward van der Westhuizen (Nico Malan), 5 Rynier Bernardo (Framesby), 4 Louis Fourie (Pearson), 3 Phillip Nel (Otto du Plessis), 2 Michael van Vuuren (Grey), Emile Klaassen (Die Brandwag).
Reserves: 16 Ruan Roberts (Daniël Pienaar), 17 Asanda Modise (Newton), 18 Clinton Saunders (Pearson), 19 Heinrich Leonard (Die Brandwag), 20 Kyle van Zyl (Nico Malan), 21 Luxolo Daku (Victoria Park), 22 Duane Adams (Despatch).
Eastern Province Country Districts Under-18: 15 Akhona Matutu (Adelaide Gimnasium), 14 Ettiene Swarts (Cradock), 13 Hanro Louw (Marlow), 12 François van Straaten (Marlow), 11 James Price (St Andrew's), 10 Roco Gouws (Marlow) (captain), 9 Garnett van Reiner (Gill), 8 Jerome Williams (Cradock), 7 Peet Coetzee (Marlow), 6 Erhard Terblanche (Marlow), 5 Grant Prior (St Andrew's), 4 Chris du Randt (Marlow), 3 Jade Bowls (Graeme), 2 Adriaan de la Rey (Marlow), 1 Bernard Buchner (Marlow).
Reserves: 16 Wicus Deysel (Cradock), 17 Robin Murray (St Andrew's), 18 Regan Makwena (Middelburg SS), 19 Liberatus Rara (Burgersdorp), 20 Mzukusi Nontoyi (Adelaide Gimnasium), 21 Brian Skozana (St Andrew's), 22 Jamien Booysen (Gill)
Golden Lions: 1 LJ van Heerden (Monument), 2 S Ntubeni (KES), 3 W Kamanga (Marais Viljoen), 4 R Venter (Monument), 5 F Booysen (Florida), 6 J Hughes (Monument), 7 JP le Grange (Monument), 8 S Yaka (Monument), 9 N Kruger (Monument), 10 J Taute (Monument), 11 A Oosthuizen (Monument), 12 J Meyer (KES), 13 B Moolman (Monument), 14 L Koopman (Jeppe), 15 G April (Florida), 16 B Janse van Vuuren (Monument), 17 A Perreira (KES), 18 V Jobo (KES), 19 S Nel (Monument), 20 D Eyre (KES), 21 L Ruiters (KES), 22 L Ntleki (KES)

 

[PaarlBok]

To give a bit of a background I attach the qoute from SARugby. June July is the timeframe this all happen.

YOUTH WEEKS AROUND THE CORNER Posted: 18 June 2009

The various Coca-Cola Youth Weeks, presented by SA Rugby, kick off in the next couple of weeks, with the cream of South Africa’s Under-18, Under-16 and Under-13 rugby players in action at various venues across the country.
Under 18 Coca-Cola Craven Week

The 2009 edition of the Under 18 Coca-Cola Craven Week kicks off on Monday 13 July at the Border Rugby Union Stadium in East London. Twenty-two teams will participate in this year’s Under-18 event. Each of the 14 provinces being represented with by one team with the exception of the Blue Bulls, Border, Eastern Province and Griquas, that will all be sending two sides to the tournament. The Under-18 Craven Week will also have competing teams from Namibia, Zimbabwe, LSEN and the SA Academy, that will make the 22 sides that will participate in the East London event.

Under 16 Coca-Cola Grant Khomo Week

The Under 16 Coca-Cola Grant Khomo Week starts on Monday 6 July in Riversdale in the Western Cape. Eighteen teams will participate in this year’s event. Apart from the 14 provinces being represented by one team, the Blue Bulls, Border and the South West Districts (SWD) will all be sending two sides to the tournament. Namibia is the 18th team that will feature in Riversdale.

Under 13 Coca-Cola Craven Week

Coca-Cola’s Under 13 Craven Week kicks off on Monday 29 June at the GWK Stadium in Kimberley. Eighteen teams will participate. Twelve of the 14 provinces will be sending one team to the Northern Cape, but the Blue Bulls and Border will field two sides at the tournament. Competing teams from Namibia and Zimbabwe will also travel to Kimberley.

Under 18 Academy Week

The Under 18 National Academy Week kicks off on Monday 29 June Grootvlei Sports Academy in Pretoria and will have 24 competing teams. Each of the 14 provinces will send one team, with the exception of the Blue Bulls, Border, Eastern Province, Falcons, Griffons, Griquas, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal, that will all be sending two sides to the tournament. Namibia will also be competing in this year’s Under-18 Academy Week.

 

[PaarlBok]

results this far
Namibia 11 - 13 Griquas CD
Griquas 31 - 22 Pumas
WP leading EP 36-10 in the 2nd half at the moment. Watch a bit on TV during lunch.

 

[PaarlBok]

WeePee now running away with it 49-15 and still not over it.

 

[PaarlBok]

Rugby365 match report on the WP vs EP match

WP show their class

Western Province sent out an early warning to their Craven Week rivals, with an emphatic 49-15 win over a valiant Eastern Province side on Day 1 of the 2009 Craven Week in East London on Monday.

Western Province gave the crowd an early indication of the try-scoring spectacle that was follow, with a superb try from fullback Logan Solomons in the 8th minute.

Australian born Sam Lane - son of former Springbok assistant coach Tim Lane - made a good break into Eastern Province territory. The ball was recycled quickly and some slick handling fed Solomons, who had an easy run-in to open the scoring.

Western Province saw a lot of the ball and used it brilliantly. They made countless surges upfield, with some lovely offloads finding players running onto the ball at pace. Nizaam Carr - playing at eighthman with the No. 7 on his back - broke off the back of the scrum and fed flyhalf William Van Wyk, who snuck under a tackle to score.

The composure of the WP attack was in stark contrast to the day's earlier games, and the rest of the half was an exhibition of free-running rugby by the youngsters from the Cape.

The forwards were dominant and provided clean ball to their electrifying backline. The handling was exemplary, the depth of the running superb and the timing of the passing continuously troubled the gallant Eastern Province defenders.

Van Wyk controlled his team's attack well, and outside him Lane was fantastic playing as a second playmaker from the inside centre channel. The distribution and vision of these two allowed the dangerous outside backs - led by Solomons and powerhouse wing Zingisa Ndiki – to run riot. The half ended 31-10 in favour of Western Province with tries to Ndiki, hooker Garteh Topkin and Tygerberg forward Jody Reyneke.

To their great credit, Eastern Province refused to fold in the face of the WP onslaught, and tried their level best to make a game of it. They scored two tries in the first half through Kyle van Zyl and Dillon Hopshire, and came out fighting in the second.

They conceded a try through Carr, but continued to run at the WP defence. Hopshire was on hand to finish off a well-worked movement to score his second try. The youngster from Die Brandwag is blessed with some tremendous pace.

The try-count remained at one-a-piece for most of the second half until Ndiki secured his brace with a great finish in the closing moments. Van Wyk added two conversions, a drop-goal and a late penalty to end the match 49-15 in favour of Western Province.

Western Province proved that they will be one of the most feared teams at this year's tournament and delighted a small but appreciative crowd with some scintillating play.Eastern Province were well-beaten, but can take a lot of heart from their courageous second half performance.

Scorers:

For WP:
Tries: Solomons, Van Wyk, Ndiki 2, Topkin, Reyneke, Carr
Cons: Van Wyk 4
Pens: Van Wyk
DG: Van Wyk

For EP:
Tries: Van Zyl, Hopshire 2

Squads:

Western Province: 15 Logan Solomons (Scottsdene), 14 Zingisa Ndiki (Wynberg Boys’ High), 13 Tshotsho Mbovane (Paul Roos Gymnasium), 12 JP du Plessis (Paul Roos Gymnasium), 11 JR Esterhuizen (Paarl Gymnasium), 10 William van Wyk (Paarl Gymnasium), 9 Rick Schroeder (Paul Roos Gymnasium, captain), 8 Christiaan Smith (Paarl Gymnasium), 7 Nizaam Carr (Bishops), 6 Heinrich Marcus (Excelsior), 5 Wilhelm van der Sluys (Paarl Boys’ High), 4 Eben Etzebeth (Tygerberg High), 3 Frans Malherbe (Paarl Boys’ High, vice captain), 2 Gareth Topkin (Rondebosch Boys’ High), 1 Adriaan Botha (Paarl Boys’ High), 16 Neil Rautenbach (Paarl Boys’ High), 17 Steven Kitshoff (Paul Roos Gymnasium), 18 Braam Steyn (Paul Roos Gymnasium), 19 Jodi Reyneke (Tygerberg High), 20 Jean Rossouw (Strand High), 21 Sam Lane (Bishops), 22 Craig Barry (Paul Roos Gymnasium)

Eastern Province: 15 Christiaan Schietekat (Framesby), 14 Dillon Hopshire (Die Brandwag), 13 Mbulelo Kama (Solomon Mhlanga), 12 Nicholas Holton (Grey), 11 Johan Louwrens (Daniël Pienaar), 10 Franz Botha (Die Brandwag), 9 Clinton Felix (Framesby), 8 Siya Kolisi (Grey), 7 Renier Erasmus Grey) (captain), 6 Edward van der Westhuizen (Nico Malan), 5 Rynier Bernardo (Framesby), 4 Louis Fourie (Pearson), 3 Phillip Nel (Otto du Plessis), 2 Michael van Vuuren (Grey), Emile Klaassen (Die Brandwag), 16 Ruan Roberts (Daniël Pienaar), 17 Asanda Modise (Newton), 18 Clinton Saunders (Pearson), 19 Heinrich Leonard (Die Brandwag), 20 Kyle van Zyl (Nico Malan), 21 Luxolo Daku (Victoria Park), 22 Duane Adams (Despatch).

Date: Monday, July 13
Venue: Border Rugby Union Stadium, East London
Kick-off: 12.45 (10.45 GMT)
Referee: Ben Crouse

JP du Plessis the youngster playing league next year.

 

[rustycruiser]

Siya Kolisi (Grey)

Remember this name. Siya has signed a 3 year contract with Free State, and I expect big things from him. The next Heinrich Brussow for the Cheetahs.

 

[PaarlBok]

Good win for WP to snatch the Craven Week tournament in the last minute from the Cheetahs. Think the 16 year old Grey 10 Barnard will also become a big one.

1 Gimmie (flyhalf) van Wyk and one Paarl Boishaaier (TH Fatty) Malherbe,making the SA Schools team. Interschools in two weeks time and hope they will be playing.

 

[PaarlBok]

It this time of year again, starting today and a bit about the father of the tournament, Doc Danie Craven by Paul Dobson from Rugby365

Craven of Craven Week

At the 1995 World Cup's opening match at Newlands a group stood with a placard which read: Ons dink aan jou, Dok. As we get to Craven Week again in 2010 it is good for us to recall who the Craven of Craven Week was.

Some names of people and places - proper nouns in the days when people did grammar - have become common nouns in the language, losing the capital letter to start th word - sandwich, cardigan, meander, boycott, lynch, rugby, as examples. Other people have their names attached to activities in such a way that we forget that they were people - as in Currie Cup, Bledisloe Cup and Ranfurly Shield, where Sir Donald Currie, Lord Bledisloe and Lord Ranfurly were all people. So, too, the Craven of Craven Week was a man, a great man.

Nobody has made a contribution to rugby of such variety and intensity as Danie Craven did - and nobody will, not with the changed workings of professional rugby.

Craven played for and captained the Springboks when they were at their best, the masters of the rugby world in the Thirties. Not only did he play but he did so in several positions. In Tests he played at centre, flyhalf, scrumhalf and eighthman. In a tour match he also played fullback.

He played for South Africa first at the age of 20, before he had played provincial rugby, and he was in competition with the great Pierre de Villiers for the scrumhalf berth. His career lasted from 1931 to 1938. In modern time such a career would have earned him many, many caps.

He became a national selector. He managed and coached the Springboks. He became the president of the South African rugby Board in 1956 and was the executive president of SARFU when he died in 1993, in an unbroken presidency. He was a member of the International Rugby Board during that time and on occasion its chairman.

In 1988, when the ANC was still a banned organisation in South Africa, he met with the exiled African National Congress in Harare, Zimbabwe, thus incurring the wrath of PW Botha's apartheid government. Rugby thus started on the path of politically acceptable unity before any other sport in the country, for cricket and athletics did not pitch up for the meeting. But then for the last 12 or so years of his life he went about South Africa preaching the gospel of racially mixed sport. "We can change South Africa on the rugby field," he said. He was a passionate rugby man and a passionate South African.

Craven's grandfather was a Yorkshireman on his way to Durban to catch a ship to return to England when he stopped at farm near the small town of Lindley in the Eastern Orange Free State. He fell in love, stayed and never returned to Yorkshire. Danie Craven's father fought against the British in the Anglo-Boer War when his mother was interred in one of Britain's notorious concentration camps.

From Lindley Craven went to Stellenbosch University and its influential rugby mentor, Oubaas Markötter. Craven's regard for "Mr Mark" never diminished, nor did his love for Stellenbosch where he died and is buried. If Stellenbosch was all right, South Africa was all right.

Markötter had a powerful influence on South African rugby. He took one look at Craven at a practice in 1929 and said: "I'm keeping this one for South Africa." Craven was primarily a scrumhalf, not, as is often believed, the inventor of the dive pass though he developed it.

Craven then went on the 1931-32 Springbok tour and played in three of the four tests. He did not miss another test after that till he retired at the end of 1938, after playing in 16 tests, a huge number for the time. He was captain in four of those.

The 1931-32 Springboks won all four of their tests. In 1933 the Wallabies played five tests in South Africa. The Springboks won the series. Then came 1937. The Springboks won the two tests in Australia and then set off for New Zealand and serious business.

Springboks and All Blacks had met in two series before - drawn in 1921 and drawn in 1928. The All Blacks had never lost a series at home. The Springboks had not lost a series since 1896. This series was billed as a world-title contest.

In those days the players ran the team. Vice-captain Craven was one of the five leaders - along with captain Philip Nel, Gerry Brand, Lucas Strachan and Boy Louw. They dropped Nel for the first test and Craven captained the team at flyhalf.

It was a poor decision. Craven played poorly and the All Blacks won 13-7. Craven went back to scrumhalf, Nel went back to lock and the Springboks won the second test 13-6, which left all to play for in the third test. The Springboks were magnificent at Eden Park, scoring five tries to nil to win 17-6.

Craven was named one of the five players of the year in New Zealand and the team was often referred to by New Zealanders, not altogether jocously, as the best team ever to leave New Zealand.

The series against the Lions followed in 1938 and then war broke put in which Craven had the rank of Lt-Colonel.

Craven coached the Springboks to their 4-0 series win over the All Blacks in 1949, then the 1951-52 Springboks on their victorious tour of Europe, then in the victorious series against the Wallabies in 1953 and the drawn series against the Lions in 1955.

Then came the tour of 1956, Craven's last as a team manager and coach. The All Blacks led 2-1 going into the final test. The sides scored a try each but the boot of the late Don Clarke was telling and the All Blacks won 11-9.

Heart sore Craven addressed the Eden Park crowd over the round, standing mike and said: "It's all yours, New Zealand."

Craven had by then been elected president of the SA Rugby Board. His 37 years in office became increasingly difficult as politics became a bigger and bigger issue. First South Africa became a republic and left the Commonwealth. Then the nations of the world found apartheid increasingly abhorrent and boycotts bit into rugby. That the Springboks played at all from the late Sixties on was probably due in the main to the personality and efforts of Danie Craven.

In the midst of it all he managed to earn three doctorates - in social anthropology, psychology and physical education - and have an honorary one bestowed on him. He attempted a rewrite of the laws along with Hermas Evans of Wales and Harry McKibben of Ireland. He wrote numerous books on rugby - on coaching, history and biography. And he did not stop coaching Stellenbosch University till he was 80 years of age.

He was a giant of a man.

Fact File

Full name: Daniel Hartman Craven
Born: Lindley, 11 October 1910
Occupation: schoolmaster, soldier, university professor
Died: Stellenbosch, 4 January 1993
Clubs: Stellenbosch, Albany (Grahamstown), Garrison (Pretoria)
Provinces: Western Province, Eastern Province, Northern Transvaal
International career: 1931-38, 16 tests, 38 matches in all

and his message on the first one back in 1964

Although each team will play a few matches, the South African Rugby Board has decided to allow no competition or distinction amongst players. In other words no national team will be chosen and as a result the only distinction which will exist will depend on whether a team wins of loses. Some people are opposed to this decision. Because it is the first occasion that such a gathering takes place, there are more important things than championship at stake. For example the boys must 'find' each other, develop equally, make friends, get away from provincialism, learn from others, enter a wider world, get rid of tension which at times runs too high, and enjoy the game without regard to the result or position in a championship. In other words the Board wants the game played in the right spirit. That includes: attacking, adventurous, open, constructive rugby, without regard to the result, and without deviating from the game. If our schoolboys can be imbued with such a spirit, it will seep through to our national approach, to the advantage of all.

My message to all players is: run with the ball, choose attack before defence, throw the ball around when it should be thrown around and play correct rather than winning rugby, because correct rugby will promote the game and the players who play it. And remember that good behaviour is the mark of a good and honest sportsman.

History

Craven Week, the greatest schoolboy rugby tournament in the world, seems to have been around forever. But like all living things, it had a birth.

It was a healthy birth but not universally welcomed. There were those who thought it a bad idea. Schools and schoolmasters are conservative, which is a natural reaction to the constantly changing world in which schools exist.

Some did not like the singling out of individuals. Some thought it was against the educational spirit of school sport. Some thought it smacked of professionalism. But it went ahead in 1964. The initial idea came from Piet Malan, then 1949 Springbok flank, currently the oldest living Springbok. After all the 75th anniversary of the South African Rugby Board was due and, in Potgietersrus, Malan asked Danie Craven how schools in South Africa could figure in the celebrations. Craven's Board decided to get the 15 schools unions together for a week. The man who picked up the idea and ran with it, on and one for many years, was Jan Preuyt, an East London schoolmaster, once a missionary in Nigeria.

At the time Jan Preuyt, an ex-Matie and a former Griqualand West player, was a teacher at Port Rex Technical School and chairman of Border Schools with Dummy Taylor of Queen's College as the secretary. There was no such thing as a South African Schools organisation and the SA Rugby Board was not involved. Border Schools did it all. East London then put on the first-ever Craven Week in July 1964. For many provinces it was a novelty to choose a provincial team. Western Province solved the problem by inviting its long-standing schools to nominate players and from that a team was cobbled together which did remarkably well, better in fact than some "expertly" chosen teams.

The teams taking part in the first Craven Week were Boland, Border, Eastern Province, Eastern Transvaal, Griqualand West, Natal, North Eastern Cape, Northern Transvaal, Orange Free State, Rhodesia, South West Africa, South Western Districts, Transvaal, Western Province and Western Transvaal. By 1987 there were 28 teams taking part at Craven Week. In 2000 there were be 32 teams.

In 2001 the format changed again and only 20 teams took part - the 14 provinces plus Namibia and Zimbabwe and four regional teams - Eastern Coast, Western Coast, Central and Northern. That did not last long.

This year things have not changed. There will be 20 teams - one from each province plus Limpopo, Border Country Districts, Griquas Country Districts, Eastern Province Country Districts, Namibia and Zimbabwe. The area most obviously left out is Northern Natal which includes Newcastle, Ladysmith, Dundee, Glencoe, Estcourt and Vryheid.

At that Craven Week the first SA Schools committee was chosen - Jan Preuyt (chairman), Trens Erasmus (Western Transvaal), Wouter du Toit (Transvaal), Hennie Lochner (Boland) and Meyer Sauerman (Eastern Province). In 1965 Craven Week was again held in East London, to consolidate the new foundation which very soon developed its own spirit and modus operandi. In 1974, for the first time ever, a national schools team was chosen. This was against Danie Craven's will as he wanted Craven Week to be a festival, not a competition and certainly not trials. That is why, when Australian Schools undertook their first tour in 1969, no South African Schools team was chosen.

Since 1974 a South African schools team has been chosen each year. Forget all the non-competitive stuff. There is no official winner but there is no doubt that the last match on the last day is seen as a final and the winner of that match as the Craven Week champions. Moreover, while good behaviour is a hallmark of Craven Week, there have been repeated outbursts of bad sportsmanship, mainly as a result of provincialism.

Apart from selecting national teams, Craven Weeks have been a great hunting ground for talent scouts. Many provinces go to elaborate lengths to choose their Craven Week sides and generally it is a week where kudos reigns.

The next big change came in 1980 when Danie Craven forced the Craven Week organisers to open the week to all races. That was the last year in which Rhodesia participated. South West Africa would also cease to participate when the country became Namibia.

The next big change for all rugby in South Africa came about in 1992 with the fusion of the national bodies.

Right from the 1964 start there were changes in the teams attending Craven Week. The number of teams increased as new provinces were created and with the entry of teams which had been excluded for political reasons. Each year since 1980 there has been an effort to give more players a chance to take part in Craven Week. In 1996 the quota system was introduced.

In 1987 the old SA Rugby Board introduced a Project Tournament, which by 1991 had 16 teams taking part, all based on a quota system that was at least 50-50. In 1987 the Project Tournament's selected team went on to play at Craven Week. In that team were Justin Swart, who later became a Springbok, Etienne Finn, who became a Springbok in 2001, and Louis Mzomba who became an international referee, the first Xhosa-speaker to do so. This system was more or less adopted by SARFU/SARU as the Academy Week.

For many years two teams were chosen at the end of the Craven Week - the SA Schools XV and the SA Nampak XV, which team was chosen from the Academy Week and played against SA Schools, has been replaced by the SA Academy XV. Often they played each other. In 2006 things changed. The Academy team became the South African Schools B team and played - and beat - Italy.

In 1988, after 19 years in charge, Jan Preuyt declared himself unavailable for re-election as chairman of SA Schools. His place was taken by Louis Terblanche of Western Province. In 1996 Terblanche was unavailable for re-election and was succeeded by Christo Bekker of Northern Transvaal.

Later Craven Week came to fall under the United Schools Sport Association of South Africa (USSASA) under the chairmanship of Dries van Heerden of HTS Vereeniging. He was succeeded by the present chairman, Lindsay Mould, the principal of Grey Primary School in Bloemfontein, the first to chair both High Schools and Junior Schools rugby.

On 27 April 2006 Jan Preuyt died at his daughter’s house in Cathcart on 27 April 2006 He was 83 years of age, survived by his wife, Johlene, six children and nine grandchildren. His ashes were scattered at Absa Stadium, the Border Rugby Union's headquarters in East London. The Absa Stadium was once the Border Rugby Union Ground, then the Basil Kenyon Stadium and now the Buffalo City Stadium. It had sponsors' names (Waverley and Absa) twice.

In 2010 Piet Malan, whose brainchild the Craven Week is, is the oldest living Springbok. He turned 91 on 13 February.

 

[PaarlBok]

Team sheets for 2010:
Blue Bulls: Sean Robinson (Waterkloof), Richmond Collins (Pretoria Boys), Brink Botha (Affies), Thys Smit (Waterkloof), Leroy Africa (St Alban's), Tony Jantjies (Menlo Park), Poerie van Rooyen (Affies), Nardus van der Walt (Affies), Katlego Maake (Pretoria Boys), De Wet Meyer (Waterkloof), Schalk van Heerden (Affies), Gerbrand Grobler (Affies), Luan de Bruin (Affies), Justin van Wyk (Menlo Park), Justin Forwood (Waterkloof), Timothy Nhlapo (Zwartkops), Johan Rautenbach (Affies), Darren Fielies (Waterkloof), Jako Coetzee (Eldoraigne), François Tredoux (Waterkloof), Patrick Maponya (Waterkloof), Xolani Nkosi (Hendrik Verwoerd).

Boland: 15 Jacques Rossouw (Piketberg), 14 Ruan van Rooy (Dirkie Uys), 13 Jevandre van Schoor (Klein Nederburg), 12 Branwin Marais (Weston), 11 Leroy Bitterhout (Klein Nederburg), 10 Gerbrandt Roets (HTS Drostdy), 9 Robin Andrews (New Orleans), 8 Malherbe van Wyk (Hugenote), 7 Wiaan Liebenberg (HTS Drostdy), 6 Glandon du Plessis (New Orleans), 5 Pieter-Steph du Toit (Swartland), 4 Carlon Carolissen (Klein Nederburg), 3 Visser Jonck (Lutzville), 2 Jaco Visagie (Augsburg Gym), 1 Julian Swarts (Schoonspruit).
16 Danie Cillié (Piketberg), 17 Andrew Beerwinkel (Porterville), 18 Eduaan Coetzee (Vredenburg), 19 Anchor van Wyk (Vredendal), 20 Godlen Masimla (Hugenote), 21 Ashlon Davids (Schoonspruit), 22 Maree Kotze (Hugenote).

Border: Allan Dell (Queen's), Tyron Fagan (Hudson Park), Sihle Gogela (Queen's), Sinjin Greyvenstein (Dale), Dean Hammond (Selborne), C Love (Selborne), Johan Meyer (Queen's), Kwezi Mona (Selborne), Chase Morrison (Selborne), Mihlali Mpafi (Hudson Park), Roelof Smit (Hangklip), Callan Venter (Selborne), James Alderman (Selborne), Ofentse Boloko (Selborne), Jason Germishuys (Selborne), Andile Jho (Dale), Jermaine Kleinsmith (Hangklip), Bangi Kobese (Dale), Sihle Maholwana (Queen's), Achumile Mashalaba (Dale), Thabo Sisusa (Hudson Park), Keegan van Schalkwyk (Stirling).

Border Country Districts: Keegan Addison (Mthatha), Axole Beqezi (CHB), Siphesihle Bidli (Skenjana), Lwandile Dabalele (CHB), Aphiwe Doti(Dalibasa), Lunga Grangxa (Dalibasa), Whity Jali (Zimele), Aphiwe Makala (Dalibasa) Odwa Makhaula (Mthawelanga), Lizalise Maliwa (UHS), Wanda Mpulu (Dordrecht), Sibabalwe Msuthu (UHS), Buhle Mtyana (Zimele), Siphelele Njobeni (Indwe), Sakhe Notwala (Dordrecht), Athi Ntshiba, Manyano Ntshotsho (Zimele), Sphathise Nyanda (Jamangale), Sandisile Poswa (Zimele), Zanoxolo Qwele (Msabomvu), Msawenkosi Tungela (Mthawelanga), Luzuko Tyali (Mthatha).

Eastern Province: Duane Adams (Despatch), Zuko Ndlela (Grey), Rosseau Prinsloo (Nico Malan), Shane Gates (Muir), Voughan Casling (Grey), Franz Botha (Die Brandwag), Francois Grobler (Framesby), Jacobus Swart (Grey - captain), Xolani Mate (Newton), Justin Benn (Daniël Pienaar), Lourens du Toit (Framesby), John Groenewald (Nico Malan), Asanda Modise (Newton), Jason Thomas (Muir), Brenden Olivier (Nico Malan), Marquz Maarman (Muir), Arno Ebersohn (Framesby), Stephan Zaaiman (Framesby), Jaco Barnardo (Framesby), Clinton Felix (Framesby), Llewellyn Pieterse (Die Brandwag), Cleavon Laporte (Newton).

Eastern Province Country Districts: Charl Theron (Volkskool), Gehaymo Lamont (Volkskool), Bart van der Vyver (Gill), Jamion- Lewellyn Booysen (Gill), Deswell van den Berg (Marlow), Willem Venter (Aliwal North), Ryan Dugmore (St Andrew's - captain), Paul Schoeman (Marlow), Roche Moss (Burgersdorp), Richard van Straaten (Marlow), Grant Prior (St Andrew's), Dean Moos (Burgersdorp), Chris Steenkamp (Burgersdorp), Wickus Deysel (Cradock), Chad Banfield (Graeme), Waynver Reeners (Midlands Sec), Andrew Kebble (St Andrew's), Mark Prior (St Andrew's), Luwellen George (Volkskool), Alsandro Davids (Union), Dylan Bond (Alexandria), Ntsikelelo Mlamleni (St Andrew's).

Free State: Raymond Rhule (Louis Botha), Jan Serfontein (Grey), William Small-Smith (Grey - captain), Paul Jordaan (Grey), Ruwellyn Isbell (Grey), Johan Goosen (Grey), Kevin Luiters (Grey), Niel Jordaan (Grey), Heinrich Douglas (Louis Botha), Tyron Schultz (Grey), Cobus Nel (Grey), Gerhard Olivier (Grey), Neethling Fouché (Grey), Anrich Bitzi (Grey), Rudi Fuls (Grey), Armand Stoman (Grey), Rudolph Botha (Grey), Tuso Chalatsi (Louis Botha), Leneve Damons (Grey), KK Hlongwane (Louis Botha), Setho Tom (Grey), Dillon Douglas (Louis Botha).

Golden Lions: 15 Kazlo Holtzhausen (KES), 14 Tsepo Mooki (Florida), 13 Jako Viljoen (Monument), 12 Sebastiaan van Heerden (Helpmekaar), 11 Chad de Klerk (Monument), 10 Marais Schmidt (Monument), 9 Vian van der Watt (Florida), 8 Ruan Steenkamp (Monument), 7 Fabian Booysen (Florida), 6 Stefan Nel (Monument), 5 Paul Willemse (Monument), 4 Ruan Venter (Monument), 3 Gideon Muller (Florida), 2 Wian Fourie (Florida), 1 Mauritz van Rooyen (Monument), 16 Riekert van Niekerk (Monument), 17 Boni Siyothula (Jeppe), 18 Kojo Asiedu-Darkwah (KES), 19 Tiaan Macdonald (Monument). 20 Hanco Venter (Monument), 21 Sifiso Shabangu (Jeppe), 22 Lonwabo Ntleki (KES).

Griffons: Carlyle Abrahams (Harmony Sports), Jaco Arendse (Harmony Sports), Jason Bloemstein (Harmony Sports), Juan-Pierre Botes (Vrede), André Coetzee (Hoërskool Kroonstad), Jean Rene Eksteen (Hoërskool Kroonstad), Jacobus Enslin (Hoërskool Kroonstad), John Human (Hoërskool Kroonstad), Lushiano James (Harmony Sports), Lilitha Kambula (Harmony Sports), Everhardus Laing (AHS), Paul Lehoko (Harmony Sports), Simon Marcus (Wessel Maree), Daniel Neethling (Voortrekker), Mario Noordman (Harmony Sports), Buran Parks (Harmony Sports), Rewaan Rodgers (Harmony Sports), Petrus van der Westhuizen (Welkom Gim), Rudi van Niekerk (Welkom Gim), Riaan van Zyl (Voortrekker),, Ryno Venter (Hentie Cilliers), Barend Wessels (AHS).

Griqualand West: Henco Olivier (Noord-Kaap), Dean Gorrah (Noord-Kaap), Garneth Kock (Diamantveld), JP van der Merwe (Hartswater), T Meyer (Warrenton), Noël Marx (Diamantveld), Renier Botha (Diamantveld), Herman van Niekerk (Noord-Kaap), JJ Cloete (Diamantveld), Hendrik du Plessis (Noord-Kaap), Herman Groenewald (Diamantveld), Francis Rooifontein (De Aar), Berne Bergh (Noord-Kaap), Nico van der Westhuizen (Diamantveld), Cobus Cohen (Noord-Kaap), Waldo Botha (Noord-Kaap), J McLean (Noord-Kaap), Pikkie Nortje (Noord-Kaap), L Meyer (Noord-Kaap), Darryl van Eck (Noord-Kaap), Elrico Fielies (Diamantveld), Thapelo Thupe (Noord-Kaap).

Griqualand West Country Districts: Griqualand West Country Districts: Daphnul Booysen (Duineveld), Juan Booysen (Duineveld), Frederik Botha (Duineveld), Brendan Coetzer (Kathu), Adolf du Plessis (Duineveld), Andre Esterhuyse (Duineveld), John Goeiman (Duineveld), Eswyn Heyns (Upington), Abraham Janse van Vuuren (Kalahari), Gabriël Liebenberg (Upington), Jacques Louw (Duineveld), Johannes Maritz (Duineveld), Neo Masenge (Upington), Johannes Myburgh (Duineveld), Heinrich Neels (Duineveld), Eben Nel (Upington), Werner Smit (Upington), Christiaan Steenkamp, Charles Thomas (Duineveld), Peter-John Walters (Upington), Nigel Wentworth (Upington).

KwaZulu-Natal: 1 Niel Oelofse (Glenwood), 2 Senzo Mtshali (Glenwood), 3 Colin Richmond (Glenwood), 4 Wade Elliott (Glenwood), 5 Alwyn Janse van Vuuren (Glenwood), 6 Meyrick Walker (Glenwood), 7 Jason Klaasen (Maritzburg College), 8 Guy Alexander (Hilton), 9 H Mudariki (Michaelhouse), 10 Duncan Campbell (Westville), 11 Emil Schwartz (Hilton), 12 Patrick Howard (Michaelhouse), 13 Andrew Holland (Kearsney), 14 Mondi Ntshingila (Glenwood), 15 Mbembe Payi (DHS), 16 Zane van Greunen (Glenwood), 17 Michael Tack (Hilton), 18 Lungelo Chonco (Maritzburg College), 19 Khaya Majola (Westville), 20 Matthew Torrance (Glenwood), 21 Edward Mongwabe (DHS), 22 K Bastew (Maritzburg College).

Manager: Dean Moodley (Kearsney)
Coaches: Tony Richter (Hilton), Barend Steyn (Kearsney)

Leopards: Casper Badenhorst (Wesvalia), Dean Basson (Rustenburg), Ando Booyens (Klerksdorp), Petrus Bornman (Klerksdorp), Kyle Brock (Potchefstroom Boys), Andries de Wet (Lichtenburg), Johan Jooste (Klerksdorp), Stephan Kekana (Hartbeespoort), Zeann Lazenby (Vryburg), Khotso Leepile (HTS Potchefstroom), Christoffel Marais (Rustenburg), Paballo Mohapi (Potchefstroom Boys), Sechaba Monyaki (New Vision), Ettienne Oosthuizen (Bergsig), Elvis Phalane (HTS Rustenburg), Ettienne Smith (Schweizer-Reneke), Jacobus Strauss (Potchefstroom Volkies), Louwrens Strydom (Vryburg), Barend Swanepoel (Wesvalia), Claude Tshidibi (Potchefstroom Boys), Jacques van Staden (Schoonspruit), Divan Visser (Potchefstroom Volkies).

Limpopo: Hencus van Wyk (Hoërskool Nylstroom), Mauritz Senekal (Hoërskool Hans Strijdom), Dewald Els (Hoërskool Ben Vorster), Jannie Stander (Hoërskool Frans du Toit), Lyvette Shikwambana (Hoërskool Ben Vorster), Madala Ndinisa (Hoërskool Ben Vorster), Roy-Ramon Auret (Hoërskool Ben Vorster), LC van Tonder (Hoërskool Pietersburg), Lucas van Zyl (Hoërskool Ben Vorster), Harold Vorster (Hoërskool Frans du Toit), Tovhi Nefale (Hoërskool Ben Vorster), Danie Ludick (Hoërskool Pietersburg), Marco Mason (Hoërskool Piet Potgieter), Maphuta Dolo (Hoërskool Ben Vorster), Kefentse Mahlo (Hoërskool Ben Vorster), Emmanuel Semeno (Hoërskool Pietersburg), Hermanus Swart (Hoërskool Hans Strijdom), Louis Uys (Hoërskool Pietersburg), Kiewiet Coetzee (Hoërskool Pietersburg), Cor Rautenbach (Hoërskool Hans Strijdom), Juan Smit (Hoërskool Ben Vorster), Don Mlondobozi (Hoërskool Ben Vorster).

Coaches: André Hay, Dirk Oosthuizen

Namibia: 1 Deserius Sethie (Walvis), 2 Meyer Moolman (Elnatan), 3 Johan Steenkamp (Tsumeb Gim), 4 Erik Jordaan (Windhoek Gim), 5 Ian Van Wyk (Windhoek Gim), 6 Kevin Thuysema (Elnatan), 7 Gerhard Jakobs (Otjiwarango), 8 Gerhard Lotter (Hoerskool Windhoek), 9 Carel Thomas (Otjiwarango), 10 Aurelio Plato (Walvis), 11 Nandi Karuuombe (Jan Mohr), 12 Walter Johr (Mk Ger), 13 Berto Miller (Hoerskool Windhoek), 14 Malcolm Moor (Windhoek Gim), 15 Daniel Bock (Walvis), 16 Hennie van der Westuizen (Hoerskool Windhoek), 17 Kobus Mostert (Elnatan), 18 Ethan Coetzee (Windhoek Gim), 19 Simba Samson (HTS Windhoek), 20 Garth Ockhuisen (Windhoek Gim), 21 Casper Esterhuisen (Windhoek Gim), 22 Zian van Wyk (Jan Moh).

Manager: Thys Reynecke
Coaches: Henry Kemp, Abrie Myburg

Pumas: Kudu Mhlanga (Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog), Henri Boshoff (Nelspruit), Marais de Klerk (HTS Middelburg), Chester Motha (Hoërskool Middelburg), Mark Pretorius (Nelspruit), Nico van Vuuren (Nelspruit), CJ van der Schyff (Ligbron Akademie), Vian Smit (Hoërskool Secunda), Christoph Gouws (Nelspruit), Kwagga Smit (HTS Middelburg), Hendrik Haasbroek (Nelspruit), Marchant van Aard (Nelspruit), Lourens Wiid (Nelspruit), Dillon Smit (HTS Middelburg), Clinton Swart (Hoërskool Standerton), Anele Blaauw (Hoërskool Middelburg), Sanele Dlamini (Hoërskool Standerton), Mischak Khumalo (Uplands), JP du Plessis (HTS Middelburg), Henson Ngozo (Hoërskool Middelburg), Thabang Nkosi (Ligbron Akademie), Marinus van der Merwe (Hoërskool Standerton).

South Western Districts: Jade Roelofse (York), Charlton Africa (PW Botha), LuWayne Meyer (Pacaltsdorp), Tertius Kruger (Outeniqua), Doveno Bowers (Hoërskool Oudtshoorn), Johannes Potgieter (Langenhoven Gimnasium), Percy Williams (Hoërskool Oudtshoorn), Rudre Boshoff (Outeniqua), JJ du Toit (Oakdale), Leon Bredenhand (Oakdale), Ruan Snyman (Oakdale), Ovan van Vuuren (Outeniqua), Nicol du Plessis (Oakdale), Conrad Esterhuizen (Sentraal), Blaine James (Hoërskool Oudtshoorn), Luando Maxeke (PW Botha), Ruan van Deventer (Outeniqua), Niel Hattingh (Outeniqua), Nigel Olislager (Hoërskool Oudtshoorn), Ivan Ludick (Oakdale), Sylvan Mahusa (Outeniqua), Christiaan Rust (Oakdale).

Coaches: Jerome Jantjies, Braam Tukker

Valke: Ruan Barnard (EG Jansen), Gerhardus Benade (Kemptonpark), Ruan Botha (Jeugland), Ruan de Bruto (EG Jansen), Allende Wit (Transvalia), Armand Erasmus (EG Jansen), Otavio Fortuin (Hertzog), Wiehan Hay (Jeugland), Gerson Helder, Michael Holtzhauzen, James Jackson (EG Jansen), Jeandre Kotze (EG Jansen), Vincent Legae, Ruaan Lerm (EG Jansen), Pieter Matthee (EG Jansen), Katlego More (Hans More), Xolani Nkosi (Oosterlig), Adrian Oosthuizen (Jeugland), Boitumelo Pooe (Drie Riviere), Keanu Roman (Overvaal), Damian van Wyk (Kemptonpark), Wynand Venter (Jeugland).

Western Province: 15 Craig Barry (Paul Roos), 14 JP Lewis (Paul Roos), 13 Tshotsho Mbovane (Paul Roos), 12 Koos van Wyk (Paarl Gim), 11 Heinrich Arendse (Scotsdene), 10 Gavin Hauptfleisch (Paarl Boys' High), 9 Gerhard Jordaan (Boland Landbou), 8 Cobus Smith (Paarl Gim), 7 Sikumbuzo Notshe (Wynberg), 6 Beyers de Villiers (Paarl Boys' High), 5 Braam Steyn (Paul Roos), 4 Rayn Smidt (Rondbosch), 3 P Stemmet (Paul Roos), 2 Stephanus Coetzee (Paarl Boys' High - captain) 1 Steven Kitshoff (Paul Roos), 16 Jandre Conradie (Paarl Gim), 17 Tshepo Motali (Bishops), 18 Marvin Orie (Tygerberg), 19 Andreas Dercksen (Paul Roos), 20 Chelsin Kolbe (Brackenfell), 21 Errol Jaggers (Paul Roos), 22 L Abrahams (Paarl Boys' High).

Zimbabwe: Claude Bare (Prince Edward), Murray Bryce-Rogers (Lomagundi), Takudzwa Chieza (Prince Edward), Takudzwa Chipumha (St John's), Justin Coles (St John's), Boris Mwambo (St John's), James Forrester (St John's), Sir Farai John Jijita (Prince Edward), Shane Joubert (Lomagundi), Simon Kadirire (St George's), Ulrich Kontchou (St John's), Matthew Lawson (St George's), Graham Logan (St John's), Kyle Lucas (St George's), Micheal Macintosh (Falcon), Garath Meikle (Lomagundi), Victor Mushoriwa (Prince Edward), Ian Muza (Prince Edward), Jacobus Pieters (St George's), Joshua Smallbones (St John's), Kelvin Swan (St John's), Hopewell Tembo (St George's), Corey van Rensburg (Falcon), Ben Viljoen (Lomagundi).

Fixtures for Day 1 and 2:

Day One:

09.20: Border Country Districts vs Namibia
10.40: Boland vs Limpopo
12.00: Eastern Province vs Blue Bulls
14.30: Western Province vs Lions
15.50: Griffons vs Eastern Province Country Districts

Day Two:

09.10: Zimbabwe vs Griquas Country Districts
11.30: Valke vs Griquas
12.50: South Western Districts vs Pumas
14.10: KwaZulu Natal vs Leopards
15.30: Free State vs Border

Big clash for WP, whose teams are still unbeaten in the other youth Weeks (U13, U16 Grant Khomo and U18 Academy) and beating the Bull teams in the process. WP's team have mostly Paul Roos players and the coach is also a Paul Roos coach, Dawie Snyman (Jnr). They have beat EP & SWD in their warmups and they will play a Liosn team, mostly Monnas boys who have beaten the Bulls in their warmup match.

These matches will be on live SA TV MNets channels
10:45 SS6 Coca Cola Craven Week Boland v Limpopo Bb
12:15 SS6 Coca Cola Craven Week Ep v Blue Bulls
13:00 CSN Coca Cola Craven Week Ep v Blue Bulls
14:45 SS6 Coca Cola Craven Week Western Province v Lions
14:45 CSN Coca Cola Craven Week Western Province v Lions
16:25 CSN Coca Cola Craven Week Griffons v Ep Cd
16:25 SS6 Coca Cola Craven Week Griffons v Ep Cd

 

[Baldric]

Arise Sir Farai John Jijita (Prince Edward)

 

[rugby_man]

If somebody doesn't mind, can they explain how this all works to me please? How do players make this side and is this their equivalent to our National Championships?

 

[PaarlBok]

If somebody doesn't mind, can they explain how this all works to me please? How do players make this side and is this their equivalent to our National Championships?

Dont know your National Championships but the Craven Week is based on our Currie Cup competition when it all starts way back when.

The only differense is that you wont get a classified winner like winning a CC trophee or a Championship.
The winner is decided on the winner of the main match on the last day. Usually two unbeaten teams will play on the last day being picked by the organisers based on their two previous performances.

It is provincial teams that are playing based on the borders of the CC provinces. The Country District sides is from the country side of these provinces.

 

[Lee Grant]

Thanks for that PB - as you say Craven week has team based on the Currie Cup zones.

Our Oz Championships are based on Super14 zones. It is a bit different this year. There will be two teams from NSW (Tahs), 2 from Qld (Reds), 1 from ACT (Brumbies), 1 from Victoria (Rebels), 1 from WA (Force) and one from the other states and territories called Combined States. Before this year the Victorian and WA schoolboys were included in the Combined States team who beat the NSW Is team in 2008 and 2009.

NSW and Qld get 2 teams because the bulk of schools rugby is played in those 2 states. It's embarrassing for the Is team sometimes. Now and then the IIs team does better than the Is - especially the NSW teams.

.

 

[rugby_man]

Thanks for clearing that up PB. Just another quick question. Is this the tournament where they pick the SA Schools side from?

Lee, I'm extremely glad to hear that Victoria and WA get to compete as their own indentity. Over the past few years, the Combined States side have defeated NSW I and given QLD I a run for their money. The Combined States is usually made up largely of players from either of these two states. I think they will be very competitive against all the states. I can see in 5-10 years down the track, both the Force and Rebels having an influx of local products in their Super 15 academies or senior side.

 

[PaarlBok]

Thanks for clearing that up PB. Just another quick question. Is this the tournament where they pick the SA Schools side from?

Yes, see we have England and France U18s touring SA this year and our lot and Namibia will play a 4 Nations tournament.
Fixtures
16 July 2010 at Buffalo City Stadium, East London

South Africa High Performance vs France
Namibia XV vs England

20 July 2010 at Outeniqua Park, George

France vs England
South Africa High Performance vs Namibia XV

23 July 2010 at Nelson Mandela Stadium, Port Elizabeth

South Africa High Performance vs England
Namibia XV vs France


Anyway day 1 of the Craven Week and EP beating the Bulls qouite a surprise and WP knocking over the Lions.

Results:
Namibia vs Border Country Districts, 37-8
Boland vs Limpopo, 41-11
Eastern Province vs Blue Bulls, 19-17
Western Province vs Golden Lions, 20-3
Griffons vs Eastern Province Country Districts, 28-25

will be interesting to see today the way the Grey Tin Ear lot get their Week going.
Day Two:

09.10: Zimbabwe vs Griquas Country Districts
11.30: Valke vs Griquas
12.50: South Western Districts vs Pumas
14.10: KwaZulu Natal vs Leopards
15.30: Free State vs Border


Springbok blood always run deep in the vains, in the current Bok group we have Andries bekker, son of Hennie, Schalkie Burger, son of Schalk (snr), Ruaan Pienaar, son of Gysie and the list just go on and on.

Looking at this Craven Week some young Springbok blooded plying their trade are Schalk van Heerden, son of Moaner playing lock like his dad for the Bulletjies, Koos Strauss , son of Attie playing fatty for the Leopards, Rudi Fuls for the Tin Eartjies, family related to Heinrich Fuls, and Cloete Wessels, nr8 & capt of the host union Griffons, grandad Piet Wessels Tin Ear fatty and also brother of Johan Wessels the young lively Tin Ear flanker and then we have a Bullietjie speedster Richmond Collins who blitzed a 10,6s for the SA youth atletics team in Italy.

 

[rugby_man]

I am a bit confused PA. Is Craven Week a schools tournament where only boys who are at school can play? Or is it a club rugby carnival where they pick these sides from clubs? A kid came to Australia to play rugby league this year. I think his name was JP du Plessis? Was he any good? They made him out to be a future Springbok.

 

[PaarlBok]

I am a bit confused PA. Is Craven Week a schools tournament where only boys who are at school can play? Or is it a club rugby carnival where they pick these sides from clubs? A kid came to Australia to play rugby league this year. I think his name was JP du Plessis? Was he any good? They made him out to be a future Springbok.

He is quite a talent and we discussed it http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/forum/threads/3985-Aus-League-start-to-look-in-SA-for-talent

Craven Week is only schoolboy provincial rugby, no clubs. Clubs in SA plays U20 rugby.

 

[PaarlBok]

Day two results
Zimbabwe 15 - 23 Griquas CD
Valke 24 - 26 Griquas
SWD 18 - 26 Pumas
KZN 33 - 12 Leopards
Free State 35 - 13 Border
Day three
EP CD 27 - 18 Namibia
Border CD 0 - 53 Limpopo
Lions 23 - 20 Blue Bulls
WP vs EP now on, WP leading 18-5 at half time
Boland vs Griffons - 15:30 to follow

Bulletjies second loss of the week.

 

[PaarlBok]

WP blasted EP 58-19 and set up the last day final against either Cheetahs or Sharks.

 

[PaarlBok]

OK so its Grey Bloem in Tin Ear jerseys against Paul Roos in WP jerseys in saturdays final. The same thing for three years on the trott now and a conformation of my view where the top young schoolboy rugby talent is located in SA.

Yesterdays scores:
Free State 30 - 20 KZN
Pumas 38 - 7 Griquas
Border 22 - 26 Valke
Zimbabwe 3 - 21 SWD
Griquas CD 27 - 25 Leopards (Great win for NWK in its new name, the union where I grow up)

Today its a rest day for the players and saturday the final day.
Fixtures
Border CD vs Leopards - 09:00
Namibia vs Zimbabwe - 09:00 (dont say we dont help our rugby neighbours)
Griquas vs Griffons - 09:05
EP vs Border - 10:20
Blue Bulls vs Valke - 10:20
Lions vs Pumas - 10:25
SWD vs Limpopo - 11:40
EP CD vs Griquas CD - 11:40
Boland vs KZN - 11:45
Free State vs WP - 13:15