SARU ANNOUNCES SA SCHOOLS AND SA SCHOOLS ACADEMY TEAMS

South African Schools and South African Schools Academy teams to play against France under-18 next month were announced at the end of the Coca-Cola Craven Week in Kimberley on Saturday. 

The Academy team will play in a curtain-raiser to the SA v Australia Tri-Nations Test in Port Elizabeth on August 13 and the SA Schools team before the New Zealand one week later.

South African Schools

Dries Swanepoel (Free State),  Jaco van der Walt (Golden Lions), Jan Serfontein (Free State), Nhlanhla Hlongwane (Free State), Percey Williams (SWD),
Ruwellyn Isbell (Free State), Sean Robinson (Blue Bulls), Siyabonga Tom (KwaZulu-Natal), Timothy Swiel (Western Province),
Tyler Fisher (KwaZulu-Natal), Andrew Beerwinkel (Boland), Eugene Le Maitre (Golden Lions), Irne Herbst (Blue Bulls), Jacques du Plessis (Pumas), 
Leneve Damens (Free State), Marne Coetzee (Blue Bulls), Morne du Plessis (Blue Bulls), Philip du Preez (Golden Lions), Pierre Schoeman (Blue Bulls),
Ruan Steenkamp (Golden Lions, captain), Sikumbuzo Notshe (Western Province), Thabo Mabuza (Blue Bulls).

South African Schools Academy

Lorenzo Baaitjies (Eastern Province), Gideon Meiring (Golden Lions), Edwin Sass (Western Province), John Kotze (Western Province), Suprise Mayekiso (Golden Lions), Dalton Kannemeyer (Western Province), Cyprial Mkhabela (KwaZulu Natal), Niklaas Rossouw (Boland), Malcolm Marx (Golden Lions), Willie Newman (Golden Lions), Armand du Preez (Eastern Province), Stefan Vermeulen (Golden Lions), Bart le Roux (Eastern Province), Chadley Wenn (Boland), Matthew Jones (KwaZulu-Natal), Hewson Petersen (Western Province), Siwa Mandlakhe (Eastern Province), Luan de Bruin (Blue Bulls), Tienie Burger (Free State), Balunga Mbangi (Eastern Province), Damian Engledoe (Boland), Linden Rhode (South West Districts).

 

Of the 40 years of its existence, Coca-Cola has been part of the week for the past 26, a statistic the company is proud of.  “Coca-Cola sponsors tournaments at the highest level and we are fully aware that no country can be successful without a strong development programme in place and Coca-Cola has played a major role in finding Springboks.  More than 90 percent of the current squad have competed in one of the Coca-Cola Youth Weeks,” said Zayd Abrahams, Head of Sparkling Beverages, Coca-Cola South Africa.

Abrahams said further: “But the four weeks we are involved with, namely the Coca-Cola U13, Academy, Under 16 and Under 18 weeks are also about living for a difference and living a healthy lifestyle.  These are the messages we also promote throughout each tournament.”