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This is who featured over the course of the U23 tournament. Wonder who plays in the CC? I don’t see many URC guys featuring to avoid burnout.

Forwards

Props

Loosehead (LH):

• Cameron Dawson
• Simphiwe Ngobese
• Simphiwe Matanzima
• Lee-Marvin Mazibuko
• Kai Pratt

Tighthead (TH):

• Dian Heunis
• Mawande Mdanda
• Phiwayinkosi Kubheka

Hookers

• Willem van den Heever
• Jacques Marais
• Liam van Wyk
• Ntuthuko Mthembu

Locks

• Thomas Dyer
• Sphephelo Mbonambi
• Coetzee le Roux
• Meno Barnard
• Zian Erasmus
• Van Heerden Pretorius
• Deon Slabbert

Back Row

Blindside Flanker (BF):

• Luan Olivier
• Tinotenda Mavesere
• Jean-Henri Smit
• Claude Steyn

Openside Flanker (OF):

• Sipho Nonyalela
• Jannes Potgieter
• Wasi Vyambwera

Number 8 (N8):

• Hanu Pieterse (C)

Backs

Scrum-halves

• Juan Loots
• Ceano Everson
• Ross Braude
• Philip McLaren

Fly-halves

• Tiaan Meyer
• Pieter Bergh
• Chris Horak
• Stefan Moolman

Centres

• Marnus Potgieter
• Albie Bester
• Janco Purchase
• Litelihle Bester

Wingers

• Gregan Jansen
• Maurice Willemse
• Khuthi Rasivhaga
• William Ridl
• Scott Nel
• Phikolomzi "PK" Sobahle
• Henrico Germishuizen

Fullbacks

• Divan Fourie
• Chijindu Okonta
• Hakeem Kunene

Id gladly take it! Also noted in there is Braude could be off.

Could use some help with the positions on a few of these, please let me know if/where you see errors. (Particularly Simphiwe Ngobese, I think he’s a loosehead)

Forwards

Props

Loosehead (LH):

• Cameron Dawson
• Simphiwe Ngobese
• Simphiwe Matanzima
• Lee-Marvin Mazibuko
• Phiwayinkosi Kubheka

Tighthead (TH):

• Kai Pratt
• Dian Heunis
• Mawande Mdanda

Hookers

• Willem van den Heever
• Jacques Marais
• Liam van Wyk
• Ntuthuko Mthembu

Locks

• Thomas Dyer
• Sphephelo Mbonambi
• Coetzee le Roux
• Meno Barnard
• Zian Erasmus
• Van Heerden Pretorius
• Deon Slabbert

Back Row

Openside Flanker:

• Luan Olivier
• Tinotenda Mavesere
• Jean-Henri Smit
• Claude Steyn

Blindside Flanker:

• Sipho Nonyalela
• Jannes Potgieter
• Wasi Vyambwera

Number 8 (N8):

• Hanu Pieterse (C)

Backs

Scrum-halves

• Juan Loots
• Ceano Everson
• Ross Braude
• Philip McLaren

Fly-halves

• Tiaan Meyer
• Pieter Bergh
• Chris Horak
• Stefan Moolman

Centres

• Marnus Potgieter
• Albie Bester
• Janco Purchase
• Litelihle Bester

Wingers

• Gregan Jansen
• Maurice Willemse
• Khuthi Rasivhaga
• William Ridl
• Scott Nel
• Phikolomzi "PK" Sobahle
• Henrico Germishuizen

Fullbacks

• Divan Fourie
• Chijindu Okonta
• Hakeem Kunene

How do you guys think it’ll go? Curious what U20 and U23 guys we play.

Really would like to see Everson and Moyo at 9/10, and then see Drico or Horak for bench perhaps. Need the young wings in, like Okonta.

Maybe a Bester/Bester midfield?

Goal kicking aside, good stuff. Really not convinced by Davids. Slow.

Was great to see Lili Bester have a decent amount of time.

Mchunu looks reborn, but he couldn’t give a fuck when he was with us? We give youth a shot like Giliomee but he leaves for Bulls.

Why can we not hold players, or get the best?