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Under 20 WC - Squad Membership

Started by clevermike9 REPLIES262 VIEWS· 28 May 2014, 08:02
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28 May 2014, 08:02
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28 May 2014, 08:02#1

Very little is known outside of their own countries about players to watch out for in the Under 20 WC starting on Monday.   A few of the players have played on Super 15 level or at least have been part of the Super 14 squads.


It would be interesting to have more background information of players from the various national teams to be on the look out for.   I for instance has already amrked down Simon Hickey - the NZ capptain as a player to watch out for - but there is every likelihood that there are others as well.


Insofar as the SA players are concerned - the following players are likely to be standing out:-


Full back - Jesse Kriel


Wing       - Lloyd Greef


Center     - Andre Esterhuizen


Flyhalf     -  Handre Pollard (c)


No 8       -  Aidon Davis


Locks      -  Nicolaas Janse van Rensburg

                 JP (Jakkals) Schickerling


Props      -   Thomas du Toit

                  Wilco Louw


Hooker    -    Malcolm Marx


If there was a fantasy selection most of the above would be serious considerations on my part.


Can members please provide further infornmation on the squads of other countries to be on the look out for.           

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28 May 2014, 21:10
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28 May 2014, 21:10#2
Mike - Davis at 8 is no great shakes at all. Sergal Petersen on the wing will be a star, as will du Preez on the flank. I see his twin brother is out injured and has been replaced by flanker Jacques Vermeulen who should have been in the squad originally. There is much window dressing in the looseforward department and the squad is a lock short.
Here is a link to all the sides
http://www.irb.com/jwc/teams/index.html
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28 May 2014, 22:58
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28 May 2014, 22:58#3
 Saffex
Petersen was poor in the games against the Argentinians and they kept on bringing in Van der Merwe to ensure that he makes up for the poor play of Petersen.  I do not think he would make the grade.   They should have picked Van der Merwe instead of Petersen on the wing and not window dress in that case.
Davis was quite good in the Argentina games - hence my comments above.   As you say there is a lot of window dressing in the loosies and it could become a problem for us.   We must hope that the two locks last through the whole WC.       
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29 May 2014, 00:55
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29 May 2014, 00:55#4
 I did not think the Argentinian games had been televised?
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29 May 2014, 01:28
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29 May 2014, 01:28#5
 Saffe x
They were - but they showed only about 30 minutes of each game - mostly the highlight packages.  
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29 May 2014, 01:34
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29 May 2014, 01:34#6
Well Petersen was brilliant for the Kings last year, so U20 rugby should be a breeze for him - he is a class act
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29 May 2014, 14:27
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29 May 2014, 14:27#7
Mike, this is the squad of 28 that should have been selected:
In bold did not make the squad

15. J. Kriel 95kg 14. D. Kriel 103kg 13. R. Janse v/Rensburg 106kg 12. A. Esterhuizen 106kg 11. S. Petersen 82kg 10. H. Pollard 97kg 9. C. Wright 92kg 1.T. du Toit 132kg 2. M. Marx 113kg 3. W. Louw 130kg 4. J. Jenkins 126kg 2.01m 5. G. Koegelenberg 120 kg 2m 6. J .Vermeulen 107kg 7. JL. du Preez 113kg 8. A. Schramm 110kg 


16. J. Dweba 105kg (2) 17. P. Schoeman 117kg (1) 18. D. v/d Westhuizen 118kg (3) 19. JD. Schickerling 115kg 2.03m (4/5) 20. H. Venter 114kg (7/8)21. J. Philips 76kg (9)22. JL. du Plessis 88kg (10) 23. D. v/d Merwe 96kg (11/14) 24. D. du Plessis 93kg (12) 25. EW.Viljoen 94kg (15) 26. L. Greef 105kg (13/14) 27. C. Brink 112kg (7/8) 28. RG. Snyman 115kg 2.05m (4/5)


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29 May 2014, 17:03
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29 May 2014, 17:03#8
 Saffex
Even though I agree with you re the above - it is evident that the Government and SARU would not have accepted the squad indicated by you.   They had to find  enough Black players to fill 9 positions in the squad and that was the issue that counted - it had nothing to do with performances on the field of play.  
It weakened the team considerably and that is the end of it.  If the Baby Boks does not win the trophy this year,  there is one issue that will be the reason - the non-selection of the best players in each position because of the quota system.  I suppose we have to accept that rubbish and hope for the best.      
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29 May 2014, 17:47
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29 May 2014, 17:47#9
You are 100% right........how Wright, Philips, v/d Merwe, Koegelenberg, Schramm and Venter have not made the squad is insulting
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29 May 2014, 17:50
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