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Craven Week kicks off in Rondebosch

PUBLISHED: July 4, 2022


SA Rugby’s annual Youth Weeks tournaments will come to a highly anticipated conclusion in Cape Town this week with the U18 Craven Week bringing together the best of South African schools’ rugby talent.

Sixteen teams registered at Rondebosch Boys’ High School earlier on Sunday, with hosts, DHL Western Province, afforded the opportunity to field a second team and Limpopo Blue Bulls adding the extra numbers to the 14 existing provincial unions that have graced the tournament for decades.

Despite the undeniable landmark this week has become on the South African rugby landscape, the COVID pandemic prevented the hosting in 2020 and 2021, and it will be great relief at the first kick-off, when Eastern Province and Griquas open the tournament at 10h00 on Monday at this iconic school in Cape Town’s southern suburbs, celebrating their 125th anniversary this year.

Four matches will be played on the Tinkie Heyns Field on Monday, which will include the opening ceremony of the tournament, with the remaining eight teams running out on Tuesday.

Fixtures for Monday, 4 July 2022

10h30: Eastern Province v Griquas
12h00: The Sharks High Schools v Valke
13h30: DHL Western Province XV v Fin Global Boland
15h50: DHL Western Province v Border

DHL Western Province squad: JC Mars, Luke Graham, Shah-Jehahn de Jongh, Freddie Dreyer, Jameel de Jongh, Thurlon Williams, Enrique Liedeman, Jamie Ricketts, Thabiso Molekwa, Matthew Fick, Keanu Coetzee, Ben Heydenrych, Zacharay Porthen (captain), Luca Bakkes, Wilbur Loubser, Jono Birhange, Jean Fourie, Bradley Stanvliet, Yaseen Arendse, Gareth Blackmore, Asad Moos, Jacques Jooste, Janeil Losper.

DHL Western Province XV squad: Jandre Genis, Scott Nel, Gino Cupido, Luke Carew, Angelo Daniels, Kyle Smith, Aidan Muller, Hugo-Ben Horn, Herman Lourens (captain), Xola Nyali, Sampie Joubert, Danio Botha, Bernard Bladdergroen, Tian Vorster, Matthew Beckett, Junior Stoltz, Ali-Osman Bosch, Herman Lubbe, Dean Crous, Isiah Louw, Hashim Pead, Joe Bezuidenhout, Jorenzo Julius.