{"id":9561,"date":"2021-07-26T08:38:10","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T08:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rugby.supersportschools.com\/south-african-u18-team-for-tour-to-georgia-announced-2\/"},"modified":"2021-07-26T08:38:10","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T08:38:10","slug":"south-african-u18-team-for-tour-to-georgia-announced-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=9561","title":{"rendered":"South African u18 team for the tour to Georgia announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-9519\" style=\"margin: 0px 10px 5px 0px; float: left;\" src=\"https:\/\/rugby.supersportschools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/NewsGImadKhan.jpg\" alt=\"NewsGImadKhan\" width=\"380\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/NewsGImadKhan.jpg 733w, https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/NewsGImadKhan-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/>The South African u18 squad that will tour Georgia next month has been announced. The squad of 35 players will depart this Saturday for Tbilisi where they will play three matches.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Grey College<\/strong> of Bloemfontein has with seven representatives the most players in the squad. The lucky seven players are Neels Volschenk, JF van Heerden, Johan Louw, Jeanr\u00e9 Breitenbach, Caleb Abrahams, Jean Smith and Alfondso Isaacs.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Paarl Gimnasium<\/strong> has with six players the second most representatives within the squad.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This is not an SA Schools&#8217; squad but a South African u18 team. The team will however be coached the <strong>Katleho Lynch<\/strong> (St John&#8217;s College) and <strong>Cobus van Dyk<\/strong> (Ho\u00ebrskool Waterkloof). Both coaches were to coach the SA Schools&#8217; side this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The management team will also include <strong>Bafana Nhleko<\/strong> (SA u20 coach), Dean Moodley (team manager, Kearsney College), and <strong>Nico Serfontein<\/strong> (EPD Manager).&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>The touring squad is:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Backs:<\/strong> Diego Cupido (Helpmekaar), Risima Sambo (Affies), Alfondso Isaacs (Grey College), Katlego Letebele (Kingswood College), Logan Opperman (Paarl Gimnasium), Suleiman Hartzenburg (Diocesan College), Keagan Smith (Paarl Boys&#8217; High), Bruce Sherwood (Diocesan College), Damian Markus (Stellenberg), PA van Niekerk (Paarl Gimnasium), Compion von Ludwig (Paarl Boys&#8217; High), Imad Khan (Diocesan College), Jean Smith (Grey College), Liam Koen (Paarl Gimnasium), Caleb Abrahams (Grey College), Niel le Roux (Oakdale Landbou).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Forwards:<\/strong> Philip Kleynhans (Oakdale Landbou), Abu Ndabambi (Paarl Boys&#8217; High), Neels Volschenk (Grey College), Paul de Villiers (Oakdale Landbou), Sibabalwe Mashahe (Hudson Park), Liselihle Maphekhula (Graeme College), Gcino Mdletshe (Westville Boys&#8217; High), JF van Heerden (Grey College), Jan-Hendrik Gouws (Graaff-Reinet Volkskool), Sandile Nzuza (Glenwood), Hennie Sieberhagen (Paarl Gimnasium), Phatu Ganyane (Glenwood), Johan Louw (Grey College), Sifiso Magwaza (Monument), Stiaan de Bruyn (Affies), Dian Heunis (Oakdale Landbou), Corn\u00e9 Lavagna (Paarl Gimnasium), Luca Bakkes (Paarl Gimnasium), Jeanr\u00e9 Breitenbach (Grey College), Bryce Calvert (Westville Boys&#8217; High), Zach Porthen (Wynberg Boys&#8217; High).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[powr-comments id=&#8221;799f41f2_1627287747810&#8243;]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South African u18 squad that will tour Georgia next month has been announced. The squad of 35 players will depart this Saturday for Tbilisi where they will play three matches.&nbsp; Grey College of Bloemfontein has with seven representatives the most players in the squad. The lucky seven players are Neels Volschenk, JF van Heerden, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9519,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}