20 schools to play at Loftus

Two of the teams are from primary schools and not all of the schools are from the Blue Bulls Rugby Union.

Provinces of Origin

Blue Bulls: Garsfontein, Menlopark, Oos-Moot, Pretoria Boys High, Pretoria Technical High, St Alban's, Zwartkop

Free State (Griffons): Bethlehem Voortrekker, Goudveld, Welkom Gimnasium

Golden Lions: Jeppe, Monnas

Griquas: Diamantveld

Leopards: Potchefstroom Gimnasium

Limpopo: Ben Vorster, Curro Heuwelkruin

Valke: Dr EG Jansen, Kempton Park

Six of the schools ended in the 2016 final FNB Top 20 - Garsfontein, Welkom Gim, Jeppe, Monument, Diamantveld and Dr EG Jansen, and Ben Vorster of Tzaneen was also close to the group. Last year Ben Vorster had 10 players at Craven Week and another seven at the Academy Week.

Prestige Rugby Evening Fixtures, 7 March 2017

12.00: Midstream U13 vs Curro Heuwelkruin U13

13.00: Pretoria Boys High vs Oos-Moot

14.00: Pretoria Technical High School vs Curro Heuwelkruin

15.00: Ben Vorster vs St Alban's College

16.00: Kempton Park vs Goudveld

17.00: Zwartkop vs Potchefstroom Gimnasium

18.00: Menlopark vs Jeppe

19.00: EG Jansen vs Bethlehem Voortrekker

20.00: Monnas vs Welkom Gimnasium

21.00: Garsfontein vs Diamantveld

The matches will be 25 minutes a half.

There will be no kicks at goal.

Teams will be allowed to have 26 players each.

Rolling substitutions will be allowed.

Each team will have a Blue Bulls player to mentor him.

Blue Bulls coaching staff, including coach Nollis Marais, will name a man of the match for each match.

The player named player of the evening will be offered a Blue Bulls contract.

Werner de Beer, Blue Bulls' man in charge of schools and amateur rugby, said: "The evening provides players the opportunity to play on one of South Africa's iconic rugby fields, Loftus Versfeld, while giving the high performance department an opportunity to identify talent that they may not always have access to as players do slip through the cracks."