Baby Boks get varsity warm-up

Baby Boks get varsity warm-up

8 Jan 2013

The SA U20s will play friendlies against three Western Cape universities in January.

Baby Boks coach Dawie Theron has named 34 players for the camp in preparation for the Junior World Championship to be played in France in June.

The camp, to be held in Stellenbosch between 14 and 27 January, will include trials and friendly matches against the UWC (18 January), Maties (23 January) and UCT (26 January).

‘This is a very important camp for us,’ Theron said. ‘We need to settle on a squad and this will be another opportunity for us to do so. There are a lot of boxes that we will have to tick in the two weeks of the camp to make sure we are on track.

‘The trials should confirm our selections and the training matches will give us a better idea of the various combinations available to us. We will also have to settle on our game plan once we have a clear understanding of our playing personnel.’

BABY BOKS TRAINING SQUAD:

Fullbacks: Cheslin Kolbe, Tim Swiel (Western Province)
Wings: Seabelo Senatla (Free State Cheetahs), Luther Obi, Sylvian Mahuza (Leopards)
Centres: Jan Serfontein, Dries Swanepoel (Blue Bulls), Justin Gedult, JP Lewis (Western Province), Tyler Fisher (KZN)
Flyhalves: Handre Pollard (Blue Bulls), Robert du Preez (KZN)
Scrumhalves: Kirshwin Williams (Golden Lions), Hanco Venter, Stefan Ungerer (KZN)
Loose Forwards: Leneve Dames, Roelof Smit, Ruan Steenkamp (all Blue Bulls), Albertus Smit (Golden Lions), Jurie van Vuuren (Western Province)
Locks: Dennis Visser, Irnè Herbst, Jacques du Plessis, Marvin Orie (all Blue Bulls)
Props: Justin Forwood, Andrew Beerwinkel, Neethling Fouchè (all Blue Bulls), Luan de Bruin (Free State Cheetahs), Marnè Coetzee (KZN), Sti Sithole (Western Province)
Hookers: Jacques du Toit (Free State Cheetahs), Devon Martinus (Golden Lions), Morne du Plessis (KZN), Freddie Kirsten (Western Province)


17 Comments

  • 1.Baydu: Reply to this comment
    8 Jan 2013, 07:44 am

    RT @keocoza: Baby Boks get varsity warm-up: The SA U20s will play friendlies against three Western Cape universities in Ja… http://t.c …

  • 2.sacsrugby: Reply to this comment
    8 Jan 2013, 07:47 am

    RT @keocoza: Baby Boks get varsity warm-up: The SA U20s will play friendlies against three Western Cape universities in Ja… http://t.c …

  • 3.grant10: Reply to this comment
    8 Jan 2013, 08:24 am

    go RETAIN IT bOYS!!

  • 4.WP-Forever: Reply to this comment
    8 Jan 2013, 08:26 am

    Interesting seeing Timo Swiel bracketed at fullback, as opposed to flyhalf.

  • 5.i_love_u_bakkiesbotha: Reply to this comment
    8 Jan 2013, 08:32 am

    looking forward to seeing pollard in action.

  • 6.Taahirah: Reply to this comment
    8 Jan 2013, 08:52 am

    Robert du Preez is a 10 now? Saw him playing at 9 in schools rugby, really looked a chip of the old block.

  • 7.gunther: Reply to this comment
    8 Jan 2013, 09:11 am

    @Taahirah-4:

    What you mean he couldn’t tackle?

  • 8.BuckTrendy: Reply to this comment
    8 Jan 2013, 09:47 am

    Happy New Year!! Lets keep the insults to a minimum and the injuries nonexistent!

  • 9.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    8 Jan 2013, 09:57 am

    @Taahirah-4: rdp is flyhalf & played & captained the Sharks U19 last year in the Currie Cup.

  • 10.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    8 Jan 2013, 09:59 am

    @WP-Forever-2: ek weet…just yesterday he was getting tested by the Stormers people along with EJ.

  • 11.Taahirah: Reply to this comment
    8 Jan 2013, 10:31 am

    @gunther-5: lol. No, the bullet-pass and snipes.

  • 12.Horings: Reply to this comment
    8 Jan 2013, 10:37 am

    Locks: Dennis Visser, Irnè Herbst, Jacques du Plessis, Marvin Orie (all Blue Bulls)

    Hopefully Matfield can work wonders with all these young locks at the Bulls. I know Jacques du Plessis is a good prospect.

  • 13.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    8 Jan 2013, 10:41 am

    @Horings-10: juandre kruger just left..think matfield might be a ****-tator?

  • 14.gunther: Reply to this comment
    8 Jan 2013, 11:20 am

    @Taahirah-9:

    Bullet mouth?

  • 15.hendrikp: Reply to this comment
    8 Jan 2013, 13:03 pm

    Biggest shock…

    No Justin Benn. Thought he was a sure thing.

  • 16.Kid_Senekal: Reply to this comment
    8 Jan 2013, 15:26 pm

    Didn’t Marvin Orie play age group rugby for WP? Looked a good prospect back then.

  • 17.CharlesM: Reply to this comment
    8 Jan 2013, 15:29 pm

    @Kid_Senekal-14: He was signed by the Bulls when in Tygerberg Hoërskool. I think he played WP U/18. He was a member of the Tuks’ team that won the U/20 Varsity Cup

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