Paarl Gimnasium vs Paarl Boys' High: Every Springbok produced
Both sides have had stellar seasons to date and stand head-and-shoulders above every other school in the country, but they haven't faced one another.
Yet.
That will all change on Saturday, 2 August at Faure Street Stadium in Paarl when, if reports are to be believed, somewhere between 25 000 and 30 000 spectators are expected.
Old boys from both schools are said to be flying in from around the world to attend.
In terms of the number of Springboks produced by each school, Paarl Gimnasium lead 31-26.
The last Paarl Gimnasium Springbok was John Grobbelaar (#939 – out of 952), while Paarl Boys' High's most recent green and gold old boy was Cameron Hanekom (#945).
Both schools boast a who's-who of Springbok old boys from Jan Pickard, Jean de Villiers, Schalk Burger (senior and junior), Kobus Wiese and Handre Pollard (all Paarl Gimnasium) to Boy Louw, Ryk van Schoor, Mannetjies Roux, Carel du Plessis, Corne Krige, Frans Malherbe and Thomas du Toit (all Paarl Boys' High).
The result is a coin flip.
All we hope is that the weather stays fair, the referee doesn't try steal the limelight – and you don't miss the match! Springboks Date of birth Japie Le Roux 21 Aug 1882 Boy de Villiers 1 May 1884 Pietie le Roux 22 Jan 1885 Tommy Thompson 4 Oct 1886 Stevie Joubert 8 Apr 1887 Attie van Heerden 10 Mar 1898 Manus de Jongh 10 Oct 1902 Pierre de Villiers 14 Jun 1905 Pieter Morkel 1 Jul 1905 JC van der Westhuizen 22 Nov 1905 Jan Pickard 25 Dec 1927 Hugo van Zyl 20 Aug 1932 Wynand Mans 21 Feb 1942 Schalk (snr) Burger 6 Oct 1955 Kobus Burger 31 Mar 1964 Kobus Wiese 16 May 1964 Balie Swart 18 May 1964 Mornay Visser 30 Mar 1969 Pieter Rossouw 3 Dec 1971 Louis Koen 7 Jul 1975 Chris Rossouw 14 Nov 1976 De Wet Barry 24 Jun 1978 Marius Joubert 10 Jul 1979 Jean de Villiers 24 Feb 1981 Schalk (jnr) Burger 13 Apr 1983 Ashley Johnson 16 May 1986 Lourens Adriaanse 5 Feb 1988 Louis Schreuder 25 Apr 1990 Handré Pollard 11 Mar 1994 Grant Williams 22 Jul 1996 Johan Grobbelaar 30 Dec 1997 Springboks Date of birth Louis Louw 23 Jun 1884 Cocky Hahn 7 Jan 1886 Dirkie de Villiers 20 Jul 1889 Theuns Kruger 17 Jun 1896 Champion Myburgh 10 Oct 1897 Jack Bester 6 Oct 1898 Manie Geere 9 Sep 1905 Boy Louw 21 Feb 1906 Fanie Louw 16 Sep 1909 Ben du Toit 10 Nov 1912 Ryk van Schoor 3 Dec 1921 Theuns Briers 11 Jul 1929 Piet du Toit 9 Oct 1935 Mannetjies Roux 12 Apr 1939 Haas Schoeman 15 Mar 1940 Carel du Plessis 24 Jun 1960 Corné Krige 21 Mar 1975 Wium Basson 23 Oct 1975 Gürthro Steenkamp 12 Jun 1981 Frans Malherbe 14 Mar 1991 Thomas du Toit 5 May 1995 Salmaan Moerat 6 Mar 1998 Evan Roos 21 Jan 2000 Quan Horn 27 Jun 2001 Cameron Hanekom 10 May 2002 Ruan Venter 29 Nov 2002
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