Two Western Province Under-18 teams will be in action at City Park on Friday, August 9, with four junior international matches – in total – set to take place tomorrow.
A WP Under-18 Invitational XV will kick-off proceedings at 10h00 when they take on Montpellier RC, followed by the Italian Under-18 team going up against a WP Craven Week XV at 12h30.
Two more international Under-18 matches will then take place at the recently-refurbished City Park, France v Wales and SA Schools v England – both of which should be excellent contests.
With the likes of Rikus Bothma (captain), Grant Hermanus, Daniel du Plessis, Jacques Vermeulen and Thomas du Toit all turning out for the SA U18s, and Ruan Brits, Burger van Niekerk, Herschelle Jantjies and Heinrich Buhr injured, the WP Craven Week XV has a slightly different look to it from last month.
Entry, at City Park, is FREE for everyone tomorrow!
AUGUST 9 FIXTURES (all at City Park):
WP Under-18 Invitational XV v Montpellier RC – 10h30
Italy v WP Craven Week XV – 12h30
France v Wales – 14h00
SA Schools v England – 15h30
THE TEAMS:
Western Province Under-18 Invitational (v Montpellier): 15 Aidynn Cupido (Paul Roos), 14 Joel Heugh (Paul Roos), 13 Wyno Visagie (Paarl Gym), 12 Diego Visagie (Strand), 11 Edwill van der Merwe (Paul Roos), 10 Luan Boshoff (Paarl BH), 9 Steff de Gouveia (Rondebosch BH), 8 Gareth Cilliers (Paarl Gym), 7 Chris van der Merwe (Paul Roos), 6 Wesley White (Bishops), 5 Luke Stringer (Rondebosch BH), 4 Matthew le Roux (Paarl BH), 3 Chris van Romburg (Brackenfell), 2 Wilber Conradie (Paarl Gym), 1 Kyle White (Rondebosch BH).
Reserves: 16 Regard Louw (Paarl Gym), 17 Jasper Wiese (Paarl Gym), 18 Graham Geldenhuys (Rondebosch BH), 19 Mitchell Carstens (Paul Roos), 20 Adriaan Carelse (Hottentots Holland), 21 TJ Goddard (Tygerberg), 22 T Swanepoel (Stellenberg).
Coaches: Elmo Wolfaardt, Trevor Jasper
Western Province Under-18 XV (v Italy): 15 Khanyo Ncgukhana (Rondebosch BH), 14 Dewald Naude (Paarl BH), 13 Jarryd Sage (Wynberg BH), 12 Ryan Oosthuizen (Paarl Gym), 11 Dante van der Merwe (Paarl BH), 10 Dennis Cox (Excelsior), 9 Damien Stevens (Paarl BH), 8 Charl Francois du Toit (Paarl BH), 7 Saud Abrahams (Bishops), 6 Charlton Jonas (Paarl BH), 5 Johan Momsen (Paarl Gym), 4 Mitch Lingeveld (Paul Roos), 3 Francois van der Merwe (Paarl BH), 2 Jacques van Zyl (Paul Roos), 1 Gavin van den Berg (Paarl Gym).
Reserves: 16 Cuan Hablutzel (Bishops), 17 Brett Paulse (Rondebosch BH), 18 Jaco Willemse (Paarl Gym), 19 Ryan Davids (Excelsior), 20 Brendon Nell (Paarl Gym), 21 Siya Alam (Wynberg BH), 22 Dylan Daniels (Paarl BH).
Coaches: Hein Kriek, Peter Links