Border picks teams for schools weeks

Border has announced its teams for the Craven Week, the Academy Week and the Grant Khomo Week for Under-16 teams.

There are only two players back from last year, both from Queen's - the flyhalf Lionel Cronjeand fullback Kholo Ramashala.

Border Under-18 Craven Week team: D Berndt (Cambridge), E van Pletzen (Aliwal North), R Macfarlane, G Wood, C Shone, B Kretzmann, P Smith (all Selborne), J du Plessis, W Wagenaar, R Potgieter (all Grens), T Kwizera, S Cakwe, O Joyi, S Mtwa, J Hettema, B Zwane (all Stirling), L Cronje, K Ramashala, B Mbuqua (all Queen's College), L Basson, S Nyoka (both Dale), J Bekker (Hangklip).

Border Under-18 Academy Week team: O Gxamsa (Vulomasibuko), JP Swartz (Port Rex), H van Zyl, S van Heerden, M Hlawitka, M van Staden (all Aliwal North), J Green, C van Tonder (West Bank), S Burger, W Burger (both Hangklip), W Flanagan (Stirling), S Mani (Chalumna), T Mtembu (Dale), S Sitole (Burgersdorp), T Mbelani, S Mgumbela (both Hudson Park), J Bwowe, S Sitole (both Queen's), S Dudumashe (Baysville), R Ricks (JJ Serfontein), M Crouse (Grens).

Border Under-16 Grant Khomo Week team: G Hartley, A Mandaba, L Makiwane, C Ranger, B Callaghan, T Kambule, A Gxotiwe (all Queen's), M McFarlane, D Steyn, M Williams, S Ntabeni, D Sabbagh (all Selborne), L Kama, C Gwampi, L Ruiters (all Dale College), L Nel (Grens), M Rubushe (Buchule), T van Zyl, A Labuschagne (Burgersdorp), A Rasmeni (Hudson), R Roodt (Hangklip), A Mnei (Amantinde).