Teams for the St. John’s College Easter Festival of 2015
This year’s St. John’s College Easter Festival sponsored by Standard Bank will see some of the countries top school rugby sides clash.
Paul Roos Gimnasium of Stellenbosch, Garsfontein of Pretoria, Paarl Boys’ High and Monument of Krugerdorp will all be in action in the City of gold. These four teams will all most likely count in the Top 10 school rugby sides of South Africa.
Viadana from Italy gives some international flavour. They will face Paul Roos, the Golden Lions XV and St. Charles College in their three mathes. The top clash of the Easter Festival will take place on Saturday between Paarl Boys’ High and Monument. Monnas will return from touring Ireland just in time to take part at the Easter Festival. The clash between Nelspruit’s Rhinos and Garsfontein on the Saturday also promises to produce some fireworks as this is a re-match of last year’s Beeldtrofee final which was won by Nelspruit.
The hosts St. John’s College will face Paarl Boys’ High, Hilton College and the Golden Lions XV in their three matches. Paul Roos Gimnasium will clash with Monument on Monday in another Clash of the Titans.
The teams:
Garsfontein: 15 Austin Davids, 14 Shakeel Fredericks, 13 Barend van Heerden, 12 Abner van Reenen, 11 Ruan Henning, 10 JP Wegner, 9 Embrose Papier, 8 PJ Toerien, 7 Hendrik Bezuidenhout (captain), 6 Luke Fortuin, 5 PJ Steenkamp, 4 Wickus Opperman, 3 Stephano Matthyse, 2 Armand Roets, 1 JP Ferreira. Replacements: 16 Dewald van der Vyver, 17 Hendrik Eloff, 18 Christiaan Els, 19 Carling Forwood, 20 Jacobus Botha, 21 Calderon Levens, 22 Emelio Adonis, 23 Shaun Williams.
Hilton College: 15 Cameron Badenhorst, 14 Nic Brown, 13 Dan Loftus, 12 Keaton Bottriell, 11 Darren McGhee, 10 Dan Hirschowitz, 9 Matt Dahl, 8 Sebastian de Marigny, 7 Nkanyiso Nzimande, 6 Nicholas Lello, 5 Jean Nel, 4 Matthew Swan, 3 Adam Holdcroft, 2 Matthew MacKenzie, 1 Andrew Peverelle. Replacements: 16 Lloyd Williams, 17 Sakhile Nyembezi, 18 Marnich Aucamp, 19 Ryan Whyte, 20 Fortune Phiri, 21 Jonty Jewels, 22 Angus Curtis, 23 Matthew Little.
Jeppe Boys’ High: 15 Bradley Robins, 14 Cameron Burg, 13 Wandisile Similane, 12 Damian Paysley, 11 Nathan Grove, 10 Tyron Green, 9 Dylan Wadeley, 8 Hachivah Dayimani, 7 Martin Mangwiro, 6 Patrick Wait, 5 Andile Ngobe, 4 Travis Cameron, 3 Henry Wickens, 2 Nolo Naka, 1 Rickey Ngwabara. Replacements: 16 Sibusiso Mbaniwa, 17 Marc Harmison, 18 Gary Edwards, 19 Duncan Tverdon, 20 Moemisi Musheledi, 21 Sydney Mdluli, 22 MJ Mbobo.
Golden Lions Presidential XV: 15 Nicholas Swarts, 14 Sazi Mtyali, 13 Greg Surmany, 12 Dino Gouveia, 11 Sihle Ndima, 10 Tristian McLeod, 9 Franco Claasen, 8 Enrico Luit, 7 Alex Tsidibi, 6 Jurgens Bence (captain), 5 Rico Meyer, 4 Pieter van Heerden, 3 Mlungisi Msibi, 2 Ryan Trussler, 1 James Anderson. Replacements: 16 Jonathan Mouton, 17 Chumani Poyana, 18 Igno Labuschagne, 19 Rylan Naidoo, 20 Ross Bruce, 21 Wade Weber, 22 Marc de Villiers, 23 Chinedu Joseph.
Monument: 15 Ivan Smit, 14 Desbie Joubert, 13 Goodman Mkhwanazi, 12 Ernst Beumer, 11 Odwa Nkunjane, 10 Xander Kruger, 9 Jacques Joubert, 8 Len Massyn, 7 Thomas Meyer, 6 MJ Pelser, 5 Reinhard Nothnagel, 4 Ruan Vermaak, 3 CJ Botes, 2 Justin Brandon (captain), 1 Nathan McBeth. Replacements: 16 PJ Botha, 17 Coenraad Very, 18 Dewald Schoeman, 19 Henro Liebenberg, 20 Franco Tiedt, 21 Stian Joubert, 22 Elmar du Plessis, 23 Reyno Potgieter.
Nelspruit: 15 Francois Esselen, 14 Hernus Pieters, 13 Marnus Kruger, 12 Dawid Jacobs, 11 Eduan Engelbrecht, 10 Wessel Muller, 9 Ideon van der Merwe, 8 Marnus van der Merwe, 7 Ruan Nieuwoudt, 6 Dawid Joubert, 5 Coenie Kruger (captain), 4 Jandré Coetzee, 3 Ricus Broodryk, 2 Harry Hearn, 1 Stephan de Jager. Replacements: 16 JJ Beeby, 17 Dewald Maritz, 18 Janco Steenkamp, 19 Arno Broekman, 20 Jaco Joubert, 21 Hannes Aucamp, 22 Riaz Adebayo, 23 Morgan Naudé.
Paarl Boys’ High: 15 Jean-Luc Cilliers, 14 Tyreeq February, 13 Manuel Rass, 12 Jan-Louis le Grange, 11 Elester Becker, 10 Rayhaan Lombaard, 9 Bradley Thian, 8 Khanya Ncusane, 7 JC van Schalkwyk, 6 Andreas van Wyk, 5 Salmaan Moerat, 4 Ruben de Villiers, 3 Leo Kruger, 2 MC de Jongh, 1 Wikus Groenewald. Replacements: 16 Daniël Jooste, 17 Reece Bezuidenhout, 18 Dean Schwartz, 19 Willem Moore, 20 Juandré Grobler, 21 Jacques Burger, 22 Kristo Sadie, 23 Adam Neethling.
Paul Roos Gimnasium: 15 Joshua Vermeulen, 14 Adrian van Niekerk, 13 Nico Leonard, 12 Sebastian Uys, 11 Jason Myburgh, 10 Damian Willemse, 9 Tiaan Coetzee, 8 De Wet Castelyn, 7 Roelf Burger, 6 Dean van Tonder, 5 Joa Swart (captain), 4 Louis Conradie, 3 Dre Calitz, 2 Robert Matthee, 1 Muammir Salie. Replacements: 16 Christiaan van Deventer, 17 Abraham Coetzee, 18 Stephan Annandale, 19 Lazlo Pschorn, 20 Malan Basson, 21 Jacques Hanekom, 22 Hein Steenkamp, 23 Stefan Burger.
St. Benedict’s College: 15 Mosolwa Mafuma, 14 Andrew Worthington, 13 Mudiwa Manhambo, 12 Keegan Marengo, 11 Tatendaishe Mujawo, 10 Tadiwa Gochera, 9 Michael Boswell, 8 Shawn Ingle, 7 Samuel Eshun, 6 Sean Pickup, 5 Daniel de Jesus (captain), 4 James Page, 3 Takura Nyamasoka, 2 Kudakwashe Mundove, 1 Ricky Longmans. Replacements: 16 Kgosi Etsile-Mpete, 17 Alex Nweke, 18 Matteo Biffi, 19 Moeketsi Moima, 20 Tiago de Barros, 21 Sean Kruger, 22 Shingirai Hlanguyo, 23 Mpho Khambule.
St. Charles College: 15 Declan Cox, 14 Dillon Bennett, 13 Sindile Sibisi, 12 Mthobisi Mchunu (captain), 11 Tyler Sharpley, 10 Jeremy Davidson, 9 Craig van der Merwe, 8 George Oosthuizen, 7 Dominic Robert, 6 Keagan Jones, 5 Charl van Lingen, 4 William Squires, 3 Duncan du Buisson, 2 Sibusiso Mkhize, 1 Mthokozisi Sokhela. Replacements: 16 Mbhuti Ncgobo, 17 Zipo Dabula, 18 Joshua Niel, 19 Thomas Moschides, 20 Cale-Reece Lombard, 21 Matteo Pailler, 22 Simphiwe Dubazana, 23 Peter Christodoulou.
St. John’s College: 15 Dorio Venter, 14 Francois Joubert, 13 Dillon Petyt, 12 Thomas Montgomery, 11 Bongani Molale, 10 Nicholas Zille, 9 Dean Medcalf, 8 Thomas Kirk, 7 Nicholas Cambanis, 6 Michael Siebert (captain), 5 Lorenzo Masselli, 4 Franz-Josef Retief, 3 Mohammed Omar, 2 Keenan Roberts, 1 William Kumwenda. Replacements: 16 Sibiya Sibiya, 17 Nicholas Peterson, 18 Sean Edwards, 19 Luca Cioffi, 20 Liam Peters, 21 Joseph Kamangu.
Viadana (Italy): 15 Marco Mussato, 14 Alessandro Pera, 13 Francesco Ricciardi, 12 Luca Durantini, 11 Francesco Micheli, 10 Edoardo Melegari (captain), 9 Gianluca Monticone, 8 Nicholas Gelati, 7 Gianpietro Ribaldi, 6 Patrick Boroni, 5 Marco Fasciani, 4 Jacopo Abram, 3 Davide Turola, 2 Maicol Gozzi, 1 Andrea Bacchi. Replacements: 16 Riccardo del Grosso, 17 Nicholas Domeneghini, 18 Nicola Biagini, 19 Mattia Bogiatto, 20 Giulio di Tria, 21 Leonardo Ferrami, 22 Cosimo Michelagnoli, 23 Lorenzo Migliori, 24 Carlo Leonardo Bellati, 25 Marco Maria Beretta.
