Preview – Jim Fouche Sevens Tournament
Will any of the other six teams at the annual Jim Fouche Sevens tournament have it in them to upset Louis Botha of Bloemfontein and Hentie Cilliers of Virginia? The two teams will without a doubt be the favourites to be crowned champions of the tournament in the City of Roses.
Hentie Cilliers will be lead by South African u16 Green Squad member of 2012, Jaywinn Juries. The team’s other key players will be Jonathan April and Sylvester Lewis. Louis Botha has a formidable team which is led by Free State Craven Week centre of 2013, Ali Mgijima.
Besides Mgijima they also have more than capable players in Patrick Mbangi, Sheldon Meyer, Dale Koopman and Sharwin Cupido. Wilgerivier of Frankfort lost to both finilists in their only two defeats during last week’s Voortrekker Sevens in Bethlehem. The Trekkers and Middelburg of Mpumalanga played each other in the final with the latter coming out on top.
Wilgerivier’s Gerrie Muller is one of the exciting players in the squad. He will be one of the team from Frankfort’s key players during their season. The champions of the Koffiefontein Sevens, Kimberley Boys’ High will also be in action in Bloemfontein. They replaced Zastron in Pool A. The hosts are drawn with Hentie Cilliers, Witteberg of Bethlehem in this pool.
Landboudal of Jacobsdal, Louis Botha, Wilgerivier and HTS Sasolburg will contest the other pool. The team from Sasolburg is coached by Spanjool Wessels and Schikkie Geldenhuys. Wessels coached Wilgerivier’s first XV with Frans Crous untill last year, while Geldenhuys coached Schweizer-Reneke’s first XV.
The Pools:
Pool A: Jim Fouche, Hentie Cilliers, Witteberg, Kimberley Boys’ High.
Pool B: Louis Botha, Wilgerivier, HTS Sasolburg, Landboudal.
The teams:
Jim Fouche: JP van der Westhuizen, Hanno Spies, JP Steyn, Marco Vermeulen, Tiaan Schutte, Marcel Briedenhann, Daneel Stone, Brendan Peyper, Tumie Phuroe, Sheldon Jansen, Ruan Wasserman, Cornelius Botha.
HTS Sasolburg: Riaan Nel, Juandre Pretorius, James Gouws, Dyllon Jones, Kenny Pheleu, Braidy Wagman, Pieter de Ru, Heinrich van Tonder, Tyron du Plooy, Rudi Cilliers.
Landboudal: Morne Kleynhans, Willie Mans, Teubes Brits, Dirk Heyman, Guillaume Oberholster (captain), Erick Reinecke, Petri Fourie, Kat Mabaleng, Andre Cornelissen, CD Wilke.
Wilgerivier: MJ Lourens, Stean Marais, Jan-Hendrik Muller, Stefan Bierman, Mils Kruger, Gerrie Muller, Alre van Heerden, GJ Janse van Rensburg, Schalk Wilkinson, Ricardo Frade.
Witteberg: Stephan Maree, Liamier James, Pieter Jordaan, Louis Spershott, Tsepi Mofokeng, Darryl Wilson, Aristeo Desiderio, Renier de Kock, Wiaan Pittendrich, Gerhard van Huysteen, Christiaan de Jongh, Reinhardt Chapman.
Hentie Cilliers: Nathan Kemp, Melton Wentzel, Damian May, Jaywinn Juries, Sylvester Lewis, Luciano Jones, Jonathan April, Siyabonga Luwaca, Siyamamkela Ngxesha, Ezrick Alexander, Benji Muller, Jerome Lottering.
Louis Botha: Victor Maruping, Ali Mgijima, Gopolang Molefe, Patrick Mbangi, Sheldon Meyer, Dale Koopman, Yamkelani Ngodwana, Molefe Monama, Sharwin Cupido, Ewan Adams, Qhama Masiza, Christiaan Jeandre.
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