SA Schools squads named for round two
The two SA School sides know which buttons to push as they prepare for the next round of matches in the U18 International Series, scheduled to take place in Paarl on Tuesday.
The two SA School sides know which buttons to push as they prepare for the next round of matches in the U18 International Series, scheduled to take place in Paarl on Tuesday.
Zachary Porthen and Camden Schoeman, who led the SA Schools teams last month, will again wear the captain’s armbands when the two SA U18 sides open the International Series against England and France in Paarl on Friday.
Two South African U18 sides, consisting of 26 players each, have been named to take on their age-group counterparts from France and England in a four-team international series in Paarl later this month.
SA Schools racked up a half-century of points in an entertaining clash with the SA Schools A side at Hamilton Rugby Football Club in Green Point on Saturday.
The SA Schools teams return to action in Cape Town on Saturday for the first time since in 2019 and – judging by the excitement in the camps as they prepared at Hoër Landbouskool Boland near Paarl – the players and their management teams can’t wait for the opportunity to play again.
The SA Schools selectors named two squads of 23 to represent the SA Schools and SA Schools A teams in 2022, with Kathleho Lynch and Cobus van Dyk appointed as the respective coaches.
SA Rugby’s annual Youth Weeks tournaments will come to a conclusion in Cape Town this week with the U18 Craven Week bringing together the best of SA schools’ rugby talent.
The resumption of schools rugby is a welcome relief for all who love the game, writes former Springbok STEFAN TERBLANCHE.
SA Rugby has confirmed that schools and club rugby will resume in April.
Flyhalf Kade Wolhuter has opened up about his premature move to Montpellier and his subsequent return to Western Province.