SA Schools, Academy by school

After the final match of the 2011 Craven Week, two teams were announced to play French tour teams in Durban and Port Elizabeth as curtain-raisers to Tri-Nations Tests.

We look at the schools from which the players were selected.

Grey College of Bloemfontein, Waterkloof of Pretoria and Monument of Krugersdorp are most represented.

SA Schools

4 Grey College, Waterkloof
3 Monument
1 Affies, Bishops, Ermelo, Glenwood, Louis Botha, Marais Viljoen, Oudtshoorn, Porterville, Southdowns, Westville, Wynberg

SA Schools 2011:

Andrew Beerwinkel (Porterville, Boland)
Eugene le Maitre (Marais Viljoen, Golden Lions)
Irne Herbst (Waterkloof, Blue Bulls)
Jacques du Plessis (Ermelo, Pumas)
Leneve Damens (Grey, Free State)
Marne Coetzee (Waterkloof, Blue Bulls)
Morné du Plessis (Waterkloof, Blue Bulls)
Philip du Preez (Monument, Golden Lions)
Pierre Schoeman (Affies, Blue Bulls)
Ruan Steenkamp (Monument, Golden Lions - captain)
Sikumbuzo Notshe (Wynberg, Western Province)
Thabo Mabuza (Southdowns, Blue Bulls)
Dries Swanepoel (Grey, Free State - vice-captain)
Jaco van der Walt (Monument, Golden Lions)
Jan Serfontein (Grey, Free State)
Nhlanhla Hlongwane (Louis Botha, Free State)
Percy Williams (Oudtshoorn, South Western Districts)
Ruwellyn Isbell (Grey, Free State)
Sean Robinson (Waterkloof, Blue Bulls)
Siyabonga Tom (Glenwood, KwaZulu-Natal)
Timothy Swiel (Bishops, Western Province)
Tyler Fisher (Westville, KwaZulu-Natal)

SA Academy

This team is chosen from the Academy Week which is for players who did not make the Craven Week sides.

3 Monument
2 KES, Pearson
1 Affies, Bishops, DF Malherbe, Die Brandwag, Framesby, Glenwood, Grey College, Kearsney, Montagu, New Orleans, Punt, Schoonspruit, Tygerberg, Wynberg, Zandvliet 

SA Academy 2011:

15 Lorenzo Baaitjies (DF Malherbe, Eastern Province)
14 Gideon Meiring (Monument, Golden Lions)
13 Edwin Sass (Tygerberg, Western Province)
12 John Kotze (Bishops, Western Province)
11 Surprise Mayekiso (KES, Golden Lions)
10 Dalton Kannemeyer (Wynberg, Western Province)
9 Cyprial Mkhabela (Glenwood, KwaZulu-Natal)
8 Niklaas Rossouw (Montagu, Boland)
7 Malcolm Marx (KES, Golden Lions)
6 Willie Newman (Monument, Golden Lions)
5 Armand du Preez (Die Brandwag, Eastern Province)
4 Stefan Vermeulen (Monument, Golden Lions)
3 Bart le Roux (Framesby, Eastern Province)
2 Chadley Wenn (Schoonspruit, Boland)
1 Matthew Jones (Kearsney, KwaZulu-Natal)
16 Hewson Petersen (Zandvliet, Western Province)
17 Siwa Mandlakhe (Pearson, Eastern Province)
18 Luan de Bruin (Affies, Blue Bulls)
19 Tienie Burger (Grey, Free State)
20 Balunga Mbangi (Pearson, Eastern Province)
21 Damian Engledoe (New Orleans, Boland)
22 Linden Rhode (Punt, South West Districts).