Die Burger Finals Details

The three finals of Die Burger Rugby Competition for High Schools will take place on Saturday 30 August in Cradock.

The three categories are Big Schools, Medium Schools and Small Schools. The finalists have arrived after selection with into four southern princes - Western Province, Boland, South Western Districts and Eastern Province.

There are three finalists from Eastern Province, two from Western Province, one from Boland and none from South Western Districts.

Paarl Boys' High are Big School finalists. Their journey to Cradock was not easy. They left Paarl by bus early on Thursday morning, headed for Graaff-Reinet because Cradock was booked out. They slept over on Thursday in Graaff-Reinet, intending to head for Cradock the next morning. It's a mountain region and the sudden cold snap that took control of South Africa produced snow in the mountains and blocked the road. Paarl Boys' High were shut out. They were  resigned to spending the night in Graaff-Reinet and hoping to get through on the Saturday but mercifully for them the pass was opened and they could get through to Cradock on Friday afternoon.

Programme for Finals

09:00: Small Schools:  Bertram (Eastern Province) vs Excelsior (WP)

10:30: Medium Schools: Die Brandwag (Eastern Province) vs Augsburg (Boland)

12:00: Big Schools:  Marlow (Eastern Province) vs Paarl Boys' High (Western Province)

Road to the final:

Big Schools:  Paarl Boys' High beat Drostdy (Boland) 15-13 in a match played at home ground of Drostdy (Worcester).

Marlow (at home) beat Outeniqua 17-10.

Medium Schools:  Augsburg beat Milnerton (at home).

Die Brandwag beat Punt (South Western Districts) in extra time in a match played at Mossel Bay.

Small Schools:  Excelsior beat Groendal (Boland).

Bertram beat Kairos (Heidelberg, South Western Districts).

Teams

Marlow: 15 Hannes Botha, 14 Stephan Botes, 13 Jaden Lourens, 12 Andre Krirzinger, 11 Dewald de Ridder, 10 Gerhard Potgieter, 9 Jordaan Schoeman, 8 Luigy van Jaarsveld, 7 Lourens Snyman, 6 Nelius van Heerden (captain), 5 Faffa Roodt, 4 Hannes Viljoen, 3 NJ Oosthuizen, 2 Arno le Roux, 1 Martin Ferreira

Replacements: 16 Paul du Randt, 17 Dano Erasmus, 18 Herman du Plessis, 19 Anrich Krause, 20 Hendrik Venter, 21 Johan le Roux, 22 Armand van den Heever

Coaches: Rikus van Dyk, Neels Dreyer

Paarl Boys' High: 15 Rayhaan Lombaard, 14 Ryan Lafite, 13 Curtley Grain, 12 Heinrich Möller, 11 Wian Gouws, 10 Stefan Gouws, 9 Paul de Wet (captain), 8 Christo Mostert, 7 JC van Schalkwyk, 6 Andreas van Wyk, 5 Ruben de Villiers, 4 Dean Swartz, 3 Derrick Marais, 2 Carel van Zyl, 1 Quintin Vorster

Replacements: 16 Thomas Corbett, 17 Wikus Groenewald, 18 Willem Erasmus, 19 Christo Sadie, 20 Andro Nieuwoudt, 21 Jan-Louis La Grange, 22 Tristin Solomon, 23 Jeanluc Cilliers

Coaches: Sean Erasmus, Elmo Wolfaardt

Medium Schools

Die Brandwag: 15 Rivan Lemmer, 14 Davian Swanepoel, 13 Derick du Toit, 12 Wian Engelbrecht, 11 Michael Venter, 10 Shevaan Hendricks, 9 Brandon O’ Neill, 8 Stefan Janse van Vuuren (captain), 7 Dandré Delport, 6 Morney Moos, 5 Bernardus Coetzee, 4 Frankie Fourie, 3 Erich de Jager, 2 Louis Schnetler, 1 Kaden Prince

Replacements: 16 Armand Ferreira, 17 Travis Williams, 18 JP van der Merwe, 19 Hein Janse van Rensburg, 20 Christen Berry, 21 Darren Ruiters, 22 Dewald van Dyk

Coaches: Christiaan van Schalkwyk, Wikus Viljoen

Manager: Jannie Erasmus

Augsburg Landbougimnasium: 15 Fabian Sowa, 14 Johan van Zyl, 13 Jaydrin Kotze, 12 Ruben Brand, 11 Tiaan van Zyl, 10 Alfred Esterhuyse, 9 Jecean Klaase, 8 Hugo lambrechts, 7 Junior Grobblaar, 6 Lenard Coetzee, 5 Pieter Wiese, 4 Willem Coetzee, 3 Dere Carstens, 2 Adriaan de Waal, 1 Adriaan Oberholzer

Replacements: 16 Erenst Smit, 17 Tom Malan, 18 MC Veldsman, 19 Marius Basson, 20 Johan van Zyl, 21 Louis de Villiers, 22Lamazo Cloete, 23 Agmet Oertel

Coaches: JP van Rhyn, Vernon Muller

Excelsior: 15 Lyle Marcus, 14 Eugene Raubenheimer, 13 Daniel Joubert, 12 Clint Damon, 11 Tyler Faro, 10 Dennis Cox (captain), 9 Mikhail Philander, 8 Denver Beukes, 7 Mikhail Lavigre, 6 Christopher Diedericks, 5 Renaldo Mattyssen, 4 Denver Beukes, 3 Chriszin Wynhand, 2 Luvuezo Antonio, 1 Tashreeq Adams

Repolacements: 16 Moegamat Christians, 17 Keagan du Preez, 18 James Appollis, 19 Denver Isaks, 20 Noel Makiet, 21 Randall Parsley, 22 Reagan Benn

Coaces: Rodney H Jacobs, Rodney Jacobs

Manager: Samuel Marcus

Bertram: 15 Adrian Uithaler, 14 Jeraldo Arends, 13 Jerome de Bruyn (captain), 12 Caylem Goliath, 11 Fredwin Thom, 10 Ruhard Jantjies, 9 Ruan Jantjies, 8 Xavier Burness, 7 Daylon Tshazibane, 6 Renaldo Oosthuizen, 5 Jayden Alexander, 4 Geovan Arends, 3 Nathan Booi, 2 Shaunton Arends, 1 Courtney Jantjies

Replacements: 16 Jermain Scheepers, 17 Damian Goldman, 18 Ferdinand Mbungwe, 19 Marlon Kelly, 20 Remano Diedericks, 21 José Arends, 22 Rudwaan Tamana

Coaches: Ashwell Stride, John Hendon

Manager: Chris Koeberg

Previous Big Schools Winners

2005: Outeniqua

2006: Paul Roos

2007: Paarl  Boys' High

2008:  Paarl Gimnasium

2009: Outeniqua

2010: Paarl Gimnasium     

2011: Paarl Boys' High

2012: Outeniqua

2013: Paarl Gimnasium.