The 22-man South African Schools squad was announced on Saturday.The Blue Bulls (6) and Free State (5) have 11 players earning their national colours. The Lions (4), KZN (2), WP (2), SWD (1), Pumas (1) and Boland (1) make up the rest of the squad. The captain of the side is impressive Lions No 8 Ruan Steenkamp.
SA Schools squad
Backline players
Dries Swanepoel (Free State)
Jaco van der Walt (Lions)
Jan Serfontein (Free State)
Nhlanhla Hlongwane (Free State)
Percey Williams (SWD)
Ruwellyn Isbell (Free State)
Sean Robinson (Blue Bulls)
Siyabonga Tom (KZN)
Tim Swiel (WP)
Tyler Fisher (KZN)
Forwards
Andrew Beerwinkel (Boland)
Eugene le Maitre (Lions)
Irne Herbst (Blue Bulls)
Jacques du Plessis (Pumas)
Leneve Damens (Free State)
Marne Coetzee (Blue Bulls)
Morne du Plessis (Blue Bulls)
Philip du Preez (Lions)
Pierre Schoeman (Blue Bulls)
Ruan Steenkamp (captain, Lions)
Sikumbuzo Notshe (WP)
Thabo Mabuza (Blue Bulls).
The SA Academy team was also announced:
15 Lorenzo Baaitjies (EP), 14 Gideon Meiring (Lions), 13 Edwin Sass (WP), 12 John Kotze (WP), 11 Suprise Mayekiso (Lions), 10 Dalton Kannemeyer (WP), 9 Cyprial Mkhabela (KZN), 8 Niklaas Rossouw (Boland), 7 Malcolm Marx (Lions), 6 Willie Newman (Lions), 5 Armand du Preez (EP), 4 Stefan Vermeulen (Lions), 3 Bart le Roux (EP), 2 Chadley Wenn (Boland), Matthew Jones (KZN).
Replacements: 16 Hewson Petersen (WP), 17 Siwa Mandlakhe (EP), 18 Luan de Bruin (Blue Bulls), 19 Tienie Burger (Free State), 20 Balunga Mbangi (EP), 21 Damian Engledoe (Boland), 22 Linden Rhode (SWD).