After watching the Craven week this year a few players stood out as players I would like to be retained by the academy. I only had the Craven Week to monitor the players and I am sure the Academy scouts have been closely monitoring the players for a while now and will probably have a better idea as far as the quality of the players are concerned. And as consistency is a major factor to consider I am sure they will differ in some selections as they have better knowledge regarding the players. Here is a list of the players I would like to sign that represented the Eastern Cape (Border & EP) region. I have set it out as a starting XV as I heard somewhere that the Kings Academy look to sign at least 1 player in each position every year.
(some positions have more than one player as more than one player impressed - I put them in order of personal preference)
15) Riaan van Rensburg (EP)
14) Athi Halom (EPCD), Sihle Njezulu (EP)
13) Sibabalwe Mzanywa (EPCD), Johanathan Crankshaw (EPCD)
12) Sicelo Tole (EP), S Xamlashe (BOR)
11) Lubabalo Dobela (EP)
10) Vaughan Isaacs (EPCD)
9) Louis Strydom (EP), James Bruce (Bor)
8) Kwezi Bafu (EP), Olie Losaba (EPCD)
7) Hanru Sirgil (Bor), Dihan Odendal (EPCD)
6) Eurgens Human (EPCD)
5) Keanen Murray (EPCD)
4) Ruben le Roux (EP), Leon Lyons (Bor)
3) Sazi Sandi (EPCD), E Janneke (EP)
2) Viaan Wolmarans (EP), Gareth Heidtmann (Bor)
1) A Tshwakeni (Bor), Ewan Pieters (EPCD)
From the above list the following players made it to the trials for the SA Schools squad:
* players who made the final squad)
# players drafted into squad due to injury
With the Kings u19 and Kings u21 teams performing at the moment with Currie Cup premier division 2015 and Super rugby 2016 a guarantee for the region we should have more ammo when negotiating with the juniors and hopefully we can keep most of them and build a decent region throughout all the age groups and the senior team.
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