SA U18 and SA U18 A have made wholesale changes for Tuesday’s U18 International Series matches at Boland Landbou.
The A team will again open the day’s schedule against Georgia U18 at 11:30am. That match will be followed by England U18 vs France U18 from 1:30pm and SA U18 vs Ireland U18 from 3:30pm. The games will be broadcast live on YouTube, by SuperSport and SuperSport Schools.
Both South African sides got off to a winning start last Friday in Durbanville, with the A team clinching a thrilling 32-31 win over Ireland U18 and SA U18 hammering France U18 59-7.
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SA U18 coach Lwazi Zangqa has retained only five players from the starting line-up that beat the French – captain and No 8 Jacobus de Villiers, flanker Jamie Wimble, lock Juvan Burden, right wing Anesu Kuzonyei and Lamla Mgedezi, who moves from fullback to left wing.
SA U18 A coach Flash Malinga has retained only four players from the starting XV that edged Ireland. Lock Martin van Niekerk keeps the captaincy and is the only forward to start a second match in a row. Among the backs, fullback Rhandzu Mkhabela, and midfielders Nathan Aneke and Amogelang Mataboge will start again.
SA U18 – 15 Luxolo Sonkononkono (Sharks, Westville), 14 Anesu Kuzonyei (Sharks, Northwood), 13 Thabiso Simelane (Blue Bulls, St Alban’s), 12 Ethan Barker (Western Province, Paarl Gimnasium), 11 Lamla Mgedezi (Free State, Grey College), 10 Achmat Behardien (Western Province, Wynberg), 9 Luke Doyle (Eastern Province, Graeme College), 8 Jacobus de Villiers (SWD, Oakdale) (c), 7 Jamie Wimble (Sharks, Northwood), 6 Siphesihle Marule (Pumas, Uplands White River), 5 Glodi Tshipamba (Golden Lions, Jeppe), 4 Juvan Burden (Western Province, Stellenberg), 3 Ruben Lombard (Blue Bulls, Garsfontein), 2 Theo Boshoff (Sharks, Maritzburg College), 1 Aphelele Chamane (Sharks, Michaelhouse).
Bench: 16 Charles Whitehead (Western Province, Paarl Gimnasium), 17 Clement Makelele (Sharks, Kearsney College), 18 Nicolas Salamousas (Sharks, Michaelhouse), 19 Jean Dreyer (Western Province, Paarl Gimnasium), 20 Stefan van der Vyver (Blue Bulls, Garsfontein), 21 Werner de Bruin (Western Province, Paul Roos Gymnasium), 22 Mickyle Booise (Western Province, Paarl Gimnasium), 23 Ethan van Biljon (Western Province, Stellenberg), 24 Alex Jankowitz (Sharks, Michaelhouse), 25 Erin Nelson (Eastern Province, Graeme College), 26 Ncutu Kepe (Border, Queen’s College).
SA U18 A – 15 Riyanas Mkhabela (Pumas, Nelspruit), 14 Drewyn Baron (Blue Bulls, Garsfontein), 13 Nathan Aneke (Sharks, DHS), 12 Amogelang Mataboge (Sharks, DHS), 11 Thomas Saunders (Western Province, Paarl Gimnasium), 10 Travis Pheiffer (Western Province, Paul Roos Gymnasium), 9 Liam de Villiers (Western Province, Paarl Boys’ High), 8 Zander Muller (Sharks, Hilton College), 7 AD Faul (Western Province, Paarl Boys’ High), 6 Nala Shabangu (Sharks, Northwood), 5 Martin van Niekerk (Blue Bulls, Affies) (c), 4 Bulelani Cebani (Sharks, DHS), 3 Sebastiaan Bekker (Western Province, Paarl Gimnasium), 2 Kwaza Gobingca (Western Province, Rondebosch), 1 Matthew Prins (SWD, Outeniqua).
Bench: 16 Charl Els (Blue Bulls, Affies), 17 Max Malan (Western Province, Paarl Boys’ High), 18 Priden Sibiya (Sharks, DHS), 19 Bernard Schulze (Western Province, Paarl Gimnasium), 20 Linakho Mehlomakulu (Western Province, Rondebosch), 21 Rufagon Hendricks (SWD, Outeniqua), 22 Jaydon Viljoen (Golden Lions, Monument), 23 Ruan Genis (Golden Lions, Monument), 24 Lucritia Magau (Eastern Province, Graeme College), 25 Niel du Randt (Free State, Grey College), 26 Albert Nel (Western Province, Paul Roos Gymnasium).
Photo: Roger Sedres/Gallo Images
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