SA Rugby Youth Festival weeks set to impress this week
Entry fee to the tournaments is R35 for adults and R20 for u-18s. Weekly tickets can also be purchased at R150 for adults and R100 for u-18s.
The South African Rugby Youth Weeks festival will reach an exciting conclusion in Paarl this week as the u-18 Coca-Cola Craven Week and Coca-Cola Academy Week teams battle it out for top honours in the last of seven tournaments at Paarl Boys’ High School’s Brug Street grounds, with a number of last year’s SA Schools team players selected to represent their provinces again.
Adrian Alberts (DHL Western Province), Morné Brandon (Bidvest Waltons Golden Lions), Jordan Clarke, Celimpilo Gumede (Sharks), Diego Appollis (Blue Bulls) and Banele Mthenjane (Pumas) all played for the SA Schools team in 2017 and will return to Paarl for more provincial action this week.
The action kicks off at 8.00am on Monday morning with the Sharks CD meeting the Blue Bulls CD, and Namibia taking on Valke CD in the opening Coca-Cola Academy Week games, while the Thepa Trading Griffons and the Blue Bulls XV will get the u-18 Coca-Cola Craven Week underway at 10.40am.
Four u-18 Coca-Cola Craven Week matches will be played on the opening day, with the Bidvest Waltons Golden Lions – who were the top team last season – taking on Eastern Province, and hosts DHL Western Province meeting the King Price Pumas, while Border takes on Limpopo.
The other 10 teams battling it out in the competition, which was revamped to ensure strength-versus-strength action, will take to the field in their opening round on Tuesday.
The Coca-Cola Academy Week, meanwhile, will feature seven day-one matches, with the main games pitting Boland up against the Sharks, and DHL Western Province against the Pumas. The Blue Bulls, who took top honours last year, will kick off their campaign on Tuesday against Eastern Province.
Entry fee to the tournaments is R35 for adults and R20 for u-18s. Weekly tickets can also be purchased at R150 for adults and R100 for u-18s.
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