St John's Festival Teams

On the opening day, there will be evening rugby under lights.

Maundy Thursday Fixtures

12.15: Paarl Boys' High vs Golden Lions XV

13.30: Monument vs Viadana

14.45: Helpmekaar vs St John’s Harare

16.00: Prep:

16.45: Paul Roos vs Hilton

18.00: Parktown vs Affies

19.15: St John’s College vs Nelspruit

The teams:

Affies: 15 Tristan Janse van Vuuren, 14 Carel Koch, 13 Andries Wiese, 12 Louritz van der Schyff, 11 Christiaan Strydom, 10 Ruan de Swardt, 9 Jack Hart, 8 Jaco Labuschagne, 7 Phillip Krause, 6 Regardt du Plessis, 5 Henk Pretorius, 4 Dylan du Preez, 3 Arno van Wyk, 2 Schalk Erasmus, 1 Cabous Eloff.

Replacements: 16 Johan van Zyl, 17 Jan-Hendrik Pretorius, 18 Ruben Dreyer, 19 Desede Nel, 20 Henro Coetser, 21 Charles Goedhals, 22 Ruan Schmulian, 23 James Combrinck.

Golden Lions XV: 15 Ethan Martins, 14 Chinedu Joseph, 13 Marc de Villiers, 12 Vendré Fourie, 11 Sihle Ndima, 10 Christian Humphreys, 9 Franco Claassen, 8 Athenkosi Mzekandaba, 7 Sabelo Mweza, 6 Jurgens Benz (captain), 5 Pieter van Heerden, 4 Shane Hitge, 3 Brandon Gouws, 2 Ryan Trusler, 1 Reck Maré.

Replacements: 16 Austin Brugen, 17 Martin Jacobs, 18 Slindohuhle Molefe, 19 Byron Botha, 20 Hennie Venter, 21 Jaco Vewas, 22 Nicholas Swarts, 23 Mazwi Pendu.

Helpmekaar: 15 Chuiner van Rooyen, 14 Jeremy Randall, 13 Keegan Hamann, 12 Zandré Kruger, 11 Sherman Rayners, 10 Tristan Oosthuizen, 9 Ruhan Viviers, 8 Robbie Slabbert, 7 Liam van den Berg, 6 Mark Snyman, 5 Lehan du Toit, 4 Luwan Ludick, 3 Etienne van der Merwe, 2 Tiaan van der Merwe (captain), 1 Ignis Meyer.

Replacements: 16 Pieter Coetzee, 17 Raymond Bock, 18 Chris Pieterse, 19 Tiaan Scholtz, 20 Damian Venter, 21 Frederick van Deventer, 22 Milan Fourie, 23 Daniel Coetsee.

Hilton: 15 Cameron Badenhorst, 14 Ethan Way, 13 Hein Marx, 12 Nick Winskill, 11 Darren McGhee, 10 Angus Curtis (captain), 9 Graeme Curtis, 8 Fortune Phiri, 7 Tristan Warren, 6 Vuaghn Williams, 5 Matthew Hull, 4 George Putter, 3 Andrew Peverelle, 2 Tim Denshan, 1 Sakhile Nyenbezi.

Replacements: 16 Kuza Khubwimana, 17 Jono Smit, 18 Nick Smith, 19 Richard Teichmann, 20 Cameron Downs, 21 Martin Watson, 22 Thomas Fraser, 23 Daniel da Costa.

Monument: 15 Dandré Prinsloo, 14 Karel Vahrmeijer, 13 Reyno Potgieter, 12 MJ Pelser, 11 Arno van der Westhuizen, 10 Luke Rossouw, 9 Tinus Combrinck, 8 PJ Jacobs, 7 Juandré Joubert, 6 Kevin le Roux, 5 Ruan Vermaak, 4 Christopher Havenga, 3 Dewald Schoeman, 2 PJ Botha (captain), 1 Nathan McBeth.

Replacements: 16 Larko Lindes, 17 Coneraad Vrey, 18 Jandré Botha, 19 Cristen van Niekerk, 20 Louwtjie Dyson, 21 Brendan Buitendag, 22 Jonathan Rabie, 23 Dylan Wood.

Nelspruit: 15 Francois Esselen, 14 Craig Bouwer, 13 Marnus Kruger (captain), 12 Riaz Adebayo, 11 Nico de Kock, 10 Stephan van der Bank, 9 Jaco Joubert, 8 Jocha Cronje, 7 Janco Steenkamp, 6 Junior Schmidt, 5 KP de Jager, 4 Marius Slabbert, 3 Dewald Maritz, 2 Morgan Naudé, 1 Wium Barnard.

Replacements: 16 Harry Hearn, 17 Gerald van Eeden, 18 Heinrich van Jaarsveld, 19 Renier Troskie, 20 Reinhard Grobler, 21 Joao Cristovan, 22 Chris van der Merwe, 23 Bartlo Nel.

Paarl Boys' High: 15 Nicolas Carstens, 14 Wilhelm Barnard, 13 Manuel Ras, 12 Hanri van Heerden, 11 Urgene Johannes, 10 Rayhaan Lombaard, 9 Cameron Dorfling, 8 Khanya Ncusane, 7 Ruan van der Merwe, 6 Charl Serdyn, 5 Ewie Loubser, 4 Salmaan Moerat, 3 Adam Neethling, 2 Daniel Jooste, 1 Reece Bezuidenhout.

Replacements: 16 Wilhelm Barnard, 17 MJ Strauss, 18 Vian Fourie, 19 Francke Horn, 20 Michael Visser, 21 Gerdré Ferreirra, 22 Henry Chamberlain, 23 Riaan Barnard, 24 Johan Serdyn.

Parktown: 15 Darron Solomon, 14 Lelethu Mahlangeni, 13 Madosha Tambwe, 12 Tyler Murray, 11 Thando Mabasa, 10 Ethan Anderson, 9 Matthew van Huysteen, 8 Ethan Frasca, 7 Jonathan Stafford, 6 Lesiba Molopa, 5 Che Carpede, 4 Warrick Lang, 3 Liam Clay, 2 Darnell Osuagwu, 1 Nkosikhona Masuku.

Replacements: 16 Makasizwe Hlatswayo, 17 Refilwe Pooe, 18 Neo Bosman, 19 Patrick Ndebele, 20 Junior Nthlane, 21 Ronald Tselane, 22 Wonga Matubatuba, 23 Christopher Seymour.

Paul Roos: 15 Joshua Vermeulen, 14 David-Ley Moses, 13 Dylan de Villiers, 12 Lyle Hendriks, 11 Aidan Lombard, 10 Damian Willemse (captain), 9 Gerado Jaars, 8 Jesse Johnson, 7 Johan Joubert, 6 Hans Koetsier, 5 Phillip van Dyk, 4 Ben-Jason Dixon, 3 Pieter Nel, 2 Daneel Steinman, 1 Cameron Dawson.

Replacements: 16 Juan-Marc Fryer, 17 Martin Louw, 18 Tristan Leitch, 19 Corné Wium, 20 Bruce Coetzee, 21 Tiaan Coetzee, 22 Cobus Joubert, 23 WJ Smit.

Viadana (Italy): 15 Joshua Liam May, 14 Francesco Galeotti, 13 Mattia Giovanni, 12 Filippo Panizzi, 11 Diego Favagrossa, 10 Micheli Francesco, 9 Pietro di Stefano, 8 Luca Bondioli, 7 Edoardo Fava, 6 Patrick Boroni, 5 Brad Calcagno, 4 Giacomo Bonfiglio (captain), 3 Maicol Gozzi, 2 Francesco Galeotti, 1 Nicolas Domeneghini.

St John's College: 15 Francois Joubert, 14 Joseph Kamangu, 13 Bongani Molale, 12 Quintus Kilbourn, 11 Herman Lubega, 10 Kieran Houlston, 9 Wim Burger, 8 Julian Zille, 7 Nicholas Cambanis, 6 Phillip Mparutsa, 5 David McAlphine, 4 James Braham,  3 William Kumwenda, 2 Sibya Sibya (captain), 1 Damien Henwood.

Replacements: 16 Brayden Loxton, 17 Gabriel Kritzinger, 18 Conor Woodward, 19 Conor Pearce, 20 Ronan Grobler, 21 Callum McCormack, 22 Lex Slabbert, 23 Henri van der Walt.