South African schools at the World Cup

Published: Wednesday, 31. August, 2011 in category Southern Hemisphere

The Springboks are not the only South Africans going to the World Cup. There are others, too, playing for Australia, Canada, England, Italy, Namibia and the USA. We look at their schools. There are no marks for guessing which school will have the most Old Boys at the World Cup but there may be a mark for guessing who had second most.

South Africa

Willem Alberts: Monument
Gio Aplon: Hawston
Bakkies Botha: HTS Vereeniging
Heinrich Brüssow: Grey College
Schalk Burger: Paarl Gim
Juan de Jongh: Hugenote, Wellington
Jean de Villiers: Paarl Gim
Bismarck du Plessis: Grey College
Jannie du Plessis: Grey College
Fourie du Preez: Affies
Jaque Fourie: Monument
Bryan Habana: Kin Edward VII School (KES)
François Hougaard: Paul Roos
Butch James: Maritzburg College
Patrick Lambie: Michaelhouse
Francois Louw: Bishops
Victor Matfield: Pietersburg
(Tendai Mtawarira: Peterhouse, Zimbabwe)
Johann Muller: Oakdale
Odwa Ndungane: Hudson Park
Ruan Pienaar: Grey College
JP Pietersen: General Hertzog
CJ van der Linde: Grey College
Chiliboy Ralepelle: Pretoria Boys High
Danie Rossouw: Rob Ferreira
John Smit: Pretoria Boys High
Pierre Spies: Affies
Gurthrö Steenkamp: Paarl Boys' High
François Steyn: Grey College
Morné Steyn: Sand du Plessis

Australia

Dan Vickerman: Bishops

Canada

DTH van der Merwe: Worcester Gim

England

Matt Stevens: Kearsney College

Italy

Carlo Del Fava: Queen's College
Quintin Geldenhuys: Monument
Corn van Zyl: Ficksburg

Namibia

Jané du Toit: Wesvalia
Raoul Larson: Grey College
Marius Visser: HTS Welkom
Rohan Kitshoff: Drostdy
Jacques Nieuwenhuis: Hoogland
Piet van Zyl: Paarl Boys' High
Danie Dames: Duineveld
Theuns Kotze: Upington

USA

JJ Gagiano: Bishops

Scores:

7: Grey College
3: Bishops, Monument
2: Affies, Paarl Boys' High, Paarl Gim, Paarl Boys' High
1: Drostdy, Duineveld, Ficksburg, General Hertzog, Hawston, Hoogland, HTS Welkom, HTS Vereeniging, Hudson Park, Hugenote (Wellington), Kearsney, King Edward VII School (KES), Maritzburg College, Michaelhouse, Oakdale, Paul Roos, Pietersburg, Queen's College, Sand du Plessis, Upington, Wesvalia, Worcester Gim