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Eleven Golden Lions Under-20 players have been invited by the coach of the national Under-20 side, Eric Sauls, to a training camp in Cape Town from January 19-27.
The Lions played in last year’s final of the Absa Under-19 competition where they lost to the Free State, who have four players in the training squad. The Blue Bulls, like the Lions, have 11 players in the group.
The invited Lions players are:
Garth April, Wandile Mjekevu, Rinus Riekert, Thurlow Kohler, Christiaan du Rand, Sebastian de Chaves, Ruan Dreyer, Elton Jantjies, Francois du Toit, Divan Ferguson and Jaco Taute
The national team will again be coached by Sauls, with the Blue Bulls Nico Serfontein (backs) and Pine Pienaar from the Free State (forwards) as his assistants.
The full training squad with management is:
Blue Bulls: Clayton Blommetjies, Sampie Mastriet, Ernst Dinkelmann, Andries Ferreira, CJ Stander, Mlungisi Bali, Vincent Koch, Lohan Jacobs, Branco Du Preez, Lean Schwartz, Francois Venter
Eastern Province: Thabiso Mngomezulu
Free State: Jamba Ulengo, Zandre de Bruin, Jacobus Scheepers, Marcell van der Merwe
Lions: Garth April, Wandile Mjekevu, Rinus Riekert, Thurlow Kohler, Christiaan du Rand, Sebastian de Chaves, Ruan Dreyer, Elton Jantjies, Francois du Toit, Divan Ferguson, Jaco Taute
KwaZulu-Natal: Kenechukwu Okafor, Johan Schoonbee, Peet Marais, Lubabalo Mtembu, Sibusiso Sithole, Monde Hadebe
Western Province: Berton Klaassen, Louis Schreuder, Helmut Lehman, Ruan Combrink, Willem Badenhorst
Management:
Eric Sauls, head coach (Blue Bulls)
Pine Pienaar, assistant coach (Free State)
Nico Serfontein, assistant coach (Blue Bulls)
Willem Oliphant, team manager (Eastern Province)
Tim Dlulane, logistics manager (Blue Bulls)
Elliot Fana Mntunwekhaya, technical assistant (Border)
Dr Arthur Williams, team doctor (SARU)
Wayne Hector, physiotherapist (Western Province)
Graham Bentz, conditioning coach (SARU)
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