SA Rugby Future is Still Bright

SA U20 Team 2008 at the IRB Junior World Cup

15 Wilton Pietersen (Sevens hero and Cheetahs player....sadly he's injured, might not be able to walk again)
14 Stephan Dippenaar (Played S14 for the Bulls this year)
13 Stefan Watermeyer (Played S14 for the Bulls this year)
12 Robert Ebersohn (Sevens Phenominon)
11 Omphile Seabela (Regular Vocaom player)
10 Francois Brummer (in the S14 squad and regular Vodacom Blue Bulls player)
9 Dewaldt Duvenage (Incumbent Stormers scrummie)
8 Gerrit Jan van Velze (c) (captain Bulls Vodacom Cup.....in charge of Mametsa, Tiger and Wayne Julies...hahahahhaha)
7 Nick Koster (Stormers)
6 Thiliphaut Marole (lions S14 squad)
5 Cornell Hess
4 Martin Muller (played for Stormers against Chiefs this past weekend)
3 Frederick Kirsten
2 Pieter Janse Van Vuuren
1 Corne Fourie (Bulls Vodacom)

Replacements: 16 Henri Bantjes, 17 Jean-Jacques Rossouw, 18 Sobelo Nhlapo, 19 Lusaseni Luvuyiso, 20 Josias Ebersohn (vodacom Cup Cheetahs) , 21 Vainon Willis, 22 Cecil Afrika (CC Hero)


South Africa is always blessed to have an abundance of young players that are good enough to compete at senior level. When i looked at this U20 squad from last, i begin to appreciate the wealth of talent that we have for the future. However, it pains me to note that a player of Wilton's calibre may never be able to rugby again. He has been in ICU for the past two months after being involved in a car accident. Had he been available, i'm sure our fullback concerns could have been laid to rest.

More so, a briliiant player in the form of Ebersohn has decided to commit himself to the shorter version of the game. Man, this guy is MASTER, as Jean De Villiers would say.