The Varsity 7s tournament will be held at Kings Park in Durban in what promises to be an electrifying weekend of university sport from the 1st to the 3rd of December and the 10 competing universities have released their squads.
Maties: James Murphy, Jan Venter, Jacquin Marthinus, Angus van Niekerk, John Lourens, Carlisle Nel, Romario Abrahams, Iver Aanhuizen, Malcolm Kayes, Bjorn Bernardo, Mornè Taljaard, Willem Smal, Dana Fourie, Calvin Nell, Edrich-John Pretorius.
UFS: Stephen Botha, Wilandre Kotzenberg, Murray Bondesio, Jarik van der Walt, Henco Posthumus, Jeandre Louw, Marco Mason, Willem Barnard, Janco Cloete, Armand Pretorius, Charl Pretorius, Vuyani Maqina, Damian Cederas, Olehile Losaba, Neill Stannard.
UP-Tuks: Jaco Snyman, Hanco Sipsma, Chris Labuschagne, PJ Uys, Stephan Enslin, Ciaran Dayaram, Mervano da Silva, Stephan Smit, Dewald Naudé, Raegan Oranje, WJ Strydom, Jsuan-Ré Swanepoel, Lourens Pretorius, Erick Fourie.
CUT: Dian Dry, Johannes Heymans, Dean Jacobs, Ruan Smit, Lethole Mokoena, Dean Rossouw, NM Scheepers, Jean Smal, Masego Toolo, Olwethu Ndakisa, Songezo Ngozi, Denver Klue, Tisetso Madonsela, Gerhardus Nel, Desmond Robertson.
NWU: JW Durr, Wessel Kuhn, Hein Kritzinger, De Wet Terblanche, Diederik Oberholtzer, Gerhard Meyer, Jimmy Mpallane, Gideon van der Merwe, Buks Nel, BF van Staden, Caleb Louw, Eddie van Rooyen, Lungelo Gosa, Eddie Engelbrecht, Jandre Grobler.
UJ: George Raftopoulous, Johan Vermaak, Cameron Langenhoven, Johan Esterhuizen, Devon Mare, Vuyo Shongwe, Ricardo Duartte, Juandre Michau, Zachery Webb, James Campbell, Siphamandla Bingwa, Ronald Brown, Carlisle Jordaan, Martin van Wyk, Edwin Jansen.
UKZN: Kwezi Puza, Nduduzo Sithole, Sphephelo Mabuza, Lungelo Dlamini, Thobekani Buthelezi, Byron Booysen, Charl Cuttings, Thamsanqa Shabangu, Sibonakaliso Dubazane, Michael Sibiya, Ntandoyenkosi Nzuza, Nkanyiso Nzimande, Puseletso Mosiea, Siphelele Buthelezi, Ruan Kotze.
UWC: Ruan Mostert, Verno Treu, Bevan Botha, Roderick Moses, Ethan Setera, Courtney Cupido, Daniel Bock, Bradman Grove, Keegan Fortune, Darian Hock, Rohaan Adams, Shane Petersen, Done Davids, Andre Manuel, Kurt-Lee Arendse.
Madibaz: Tristan Fourie, Nathan Gogela, Ettiene Cilliers, Yavela Sigenu, Liam Blake-Taylor, Bryce Rennie, Justin Hollis, Luvo Claassen, Dean January, Simon Bolze, Lindelwe Zungu, Josiah Twum-Bofoa, Nathan Kemp, Siphumelele Msutwana, Michael Botha.
UCT: Nicholas Zille, Justin Heunis, Tristan Mouton, Sebastian Roodt, Suwilanji Chibale, Reitumetse Mogoje, Gerard Pieterse, Imraan Andrews, Ferhard Ahmed, Jesse Wilensky, Matthew Redman, Ty Wills, Kyle Bowman, Thomas Webber, Liam Furniss.
Be sure to catch all the action on Super Sport as the next generation of 7s stars do battle in Durban at the Varsity 7s tournament. Proudly brought to you by First National Bank, Steers and Samsung.
By Dan Lombard
