Namibia choose for Craven Week

Namibia have chosen their Under-18 team to take part in the Craven Week in Port Elizabeth, starting on 9 July, 2012.


Props Quinton Esterhuizen and GD Orlam, locks Jean-Pierre Grobler and Janco Venter, centres Daniel Aries and Divan Visser, and Ethan Beukes were at the 2011 Craven Week in Kimberley and are again in the side this year. This year's coaches are the same as last year's.


The Namibians will play two warm-up matches on their way to PE - against Western Province at Newlands and against Boland at Ceres on 4 July.

The match at Newlands on 30 June will be a curtain-raiser to the Stormers-Lions match when Super Rugby gets going again.


Namibia: 15 Ethan Beukes (Windhoek High School), 14 Leon Feris (Windhoek Gymnasium), 13 Divan Visser (Otji Rugby), 12 Daniel Aries (captain) (Windhoek), 11 Shirive Titus (Otji Rugby), 10 Chris Arries (Windhoek High School), 9 Hendrik Barkhuizen (Tsumeb Gymnasium), 8 Wian Conradie (Windhoek High School), 7 Immo Dresselhaus (Walvis Bay High), 6 DG Wiese (Otji Rugby), 5 JP Grobler (Otji Rugby), 4 Janco Venter (Windhoek High School), 3 GD Orlam (Windhoek High School), 2 Francois Robertse (Otji Rugby), 1 Quinton Esterhuizen (Windhoek High School), 16 Desmond Stramis (Windhoek Gymnasium), 17 Johan Retief (Windhoek Gymnasium), 18 Dyllan Husselmann (Windhoek Gymnasium), 19 Charlie Fourie (Windhoek High School), 20 JC Winckler (Jan Möhr), 21 Justin Newman (Windhoek Gymnasium), 22 Handré Bezuidenhout (Windhoek Gymnasium).


Manager: Christo Alexander

Coaches: Vince Dreyer, Henry Kemp