Salmaan Moerat to lead 2016 SA Schools team
Salmaan Moerat, captain of the DHL Western Province U18 Coca-Cola Craven Week side, will lead the SA Schools team in the U19 International Series in August, while Enrista Blue Bulls centre Louritz Van der Schyff has been selected to lead the SA Schools A team.
The SA Schools and SA Schools A teams will take on their counterparts from England, Wales, France and Italy from 12 to 20 August in Cape Town and Paarl, with the teams set to battle it out in three rounds of matches.
The squads, which consist of 26 players each and are sponsored by Coca-Cola, were selected by a panel of national and SA Schools selectors following the conclusion of the Under-18 Coca-Cola Craven and Academy Weeks in Durban.
Moerat, who led DHL Western Province to a 27-20 victory against the Bidvest Golden Lions in the final match of the Coca-Cola Craven Week last Saturday, is one of seven players in the SA Schools squad that featured in the tournament last season, while Enrista Blue Bulls fullback Abner van Reenen retains his place in the SA Schools A team.
The other players who were selected for the SA Schools team for the second successive season, or promoted from the SA Schools A team, are centre Manual Rass, flyhalf Damian Willemse, looseforward Khanya Ncusane (all from DHL Western Province), utility forward PJ Steenkamp (Enrista Blue Bulls), centre Wandisile Simelane (Bidvest Golden Lions) and Khwezi Mafu (Eastern Province).
The coaching staff and management teams of the SA Schools and SA Schools A teams, meanwhile, will be named in due course.
The first round of matches in the U19 International Series will be hosted at City Park in Crawford, Cape Town, on Friday 12 August. Then follows the second round of matches, at the fields of the Diocesan College (Bishops) in Rondebosch, on Tuesday 16 August, while the final round of action will take place at the fields of Paarl Boys’ High on Saturday, 20 August.
The two SA Schools squads will assemble at Newlands in Cape Town on Sunday, 7 August and will begin their on-field preparations for the tournament the following day.
SA Schools (in alphabetical order):
| Name | Position | Province | School |
| Emilio Adonis | Wing | Enrista Blue Bulls | Garsfontein |
| Reece Bezuidenhout | Prop | DHL Western Province | Paarl Boys |
| PJ Botha | Hooker | Bidvest Golden Lions | Monument |
| Ruan de Swardt | Flyhalf | Enrista Blue Bulls | Affies |
| Ben-Jason Dixon | Lock | DHL Western Province | Paul Roos |
| Muller du Plessis | Wing | DHL Western Province | Paarl Gym |
| Richman Gora | Scrumhalf | Thepa Trading Griffons | Welkom Gymnasium |
| Daniel Jooste | Hooker | DHL Western Province | Paarl Boys |
| Rewan Kruger | Scrumhalf | Bizhub Free State | Grey College, Bloem |
| Gianni Lombard | Fullback | DHL Western Province | Paarl Boys |
| Khwezi Mafu | No 8 | Eastern Province | Grey High, PE |
| Mike Mavovana | Wing | DHL Western Province | Rondebosch Boys |
| Nathan McBeth | Prop | Bidvest Golden Lions | Monument |
| Salmaan Moerat (captain) | Lock | DHL Western Province | Paarl Boys |
| Khanya Ncusane | No 8/ Flank | DHL Western Province | Paarl Boys |
| Johan Neethling | Prop | DHL Western Province | Paarl Boys |
| Sihle Njezula | Utility back | Eastern Province | Grey High, PE |
| JC Pretorius | Flank | Pumas | HTS Middelburg |
| Rikus Pretorius | Centre | Bizhub Free State | Grey College, Bloem |
| Manuel Rass | Centre | DHL Western Province | Paarl Boys |
| Sazi Sandi | Prop | Eastern Province CD | St Andrews College |
| Charl Serdyn | Flank | DHL Western Province | Paarl Boys |
| Wandisile Simelane | Centre | Bidvest Golden Lions | Jeppe |
| PJ Steenkamp | Lock/Flank | Enrista Blue Bulls | Garsfontein |
| Muller Uys | Flank | DHL Western Province | Paarl Gym |
| Damian Willemse | Flyhalf | DHL Western Province | Paul Roos |
SA Schools A (in alphabetical order):
| Name | Position | Province | School |
| Zinedine Booysen | Scrumhalf | SWD Eagles | Oakdale |
| Austin Davids | Utility Back | Enrista Blue Bulls | Garsfontein |
| Lubabalo Dobela | Flyhalf | Eastern Province | Grey High, PE |
| Cabous Eloff | Prop | Enrista Blue Bulls | Affies |
| Schalk Erasmus | Hooker | Enrista Blue Bulls | Affies |
| Keagan Glade | Prop | Bidvest Golden Lions | KES |
| Tyrone Green | Flyhalf | Bidvest Golden Lions | Jeppe |
| Gugu Nelani | Prop | Sharks | Northwood |
| Christopher Havenga | Lock | Bidvest Golden Lions | Monument |
| Janco van Heyningen | Wing | Bizhub Free State | Grey College, Bloem |
| Cameron Hufke | Utility Back | GWK Griquas | Noord-Kaap |
| Jessie Johnson | Flank | DHL Western Province | Paul Roos |
| Athi Magwala | Flank | DHL Western Province | Boland Landbou |
| Tadendaishe Mujawo | Right wing | Bidvest Golden Lions | St Benedict’s |
| Sanele Nohamba | Scrumhalf | Sharks | DHS |
| Ayabonga Oliphant | Utility Back | Eastern Province | Grey High, PE |
| Ryno Pieterse | Lock/Flank | Enrista Blue Bulls | Garsfontein |
| Dylan Richardson | Hooker | Sharks | Kearsney College |
| Dian Schoonees | No 8 | Bizhub Free State | Grey College, Bloem |
| Mornay Smith | Prop | Enrista Blue Bulls | Eldoraigne |
| Mark Snyman | Flank | Bidvest Golden Lions | Helpmekaar |
| Sicelo Tole | Centre | Eastern Province | Muir College |
| Louritz Van der Schyff (captain) | Centre | Enrista Blue Bulls | Affies |
| Abner van Reenen | Fullback | Enrista Blue Bulls | Garsfontein |
| Jaco van Tonder | Lock | Bizhub Free State | Grey College, Bloem |
| Juan van der Mescht | Lock | Sharks | Glenwood |
U19 International Series fixtures:
Friday, 12 August (City Park Stadium – Crawford, Cape Town):
13h00 – France vs England
14h30 – SA Schools A vs Italy
16h00 – SA Schools vs Wales
Tuesday, 16 August (Bishops, Diocesan College – Rondebosch, Cape Town)
13h00 – Wales vs Italy
14h30 – SA Schools A vs England
16h00 – SA Schools vs France
Saturday, 20 August (Paarl Boys High – Paarl)
13h00 – France vs Italy
14h30 – SA Schools A vs Wales
16h00 – SA Schools vs England
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