Hammies vs Sir Lowrians – Preview

Hamilton SP RFC vs Sir Lowrians - SLA 2015

1st XV:
The league is starting to take a little shape even though not all sides are on the same amount of games played. Stellenbosch and UCT lead the way having played 6 games with us sitting in 3rd with 4 games and only 6 points off number 1 spot.We have a Sir Lowrians side that will be tough to beat but 5 points is a must to keep the pressure on the other side. Sir Lowrians beating Belhar & Helderberg but losing to Maties in their opening 3 games.

1- Denzel Riddles
2- Greg van Jaarsvels
3- Albert Loubser
4- Seb Ferreira
5- Henk Franken
6- Niel Cleghorn
7- Gareth Rowe
8- Jody Burch

9   – Jason Marcus
10- Monty Dumond
11- Earl Lewis
12- George Tossel
13- Jandre du Plessis
14- Janno van Zyl
15- Pierre Cronje

16- Franna Esterhuyzen
17- Chris McNish
18-Michael Badenhorst
19- Chris Cloete
20- Dustin Jinka
21- Shane Vallender
22- Braam Gerber

2nd XV:
There is a log jam at the top of the 2nd Team SLA log with us and False Bay the only unbeaten sides so far. A Bonus point win for us will put us top of the log for the time being with 2 games in hand on Maties & UCT. Sir Lowrians 2nds have had a tough time this season with 1 win from 3 games in 12th position

1- Jonathan Raphael
2- Robbie Trueman
3- Daniel Pikker
4- Sandile Buthelezi
5- Jan-Hendrick van der Linden
6- Paul Maxwell
7- Marthinus Coetzee
8- Ross Beckett

9   – Andy Coetzee
10- Lohan Lubbe
11- Iewan Bartels
12- Morgan Newman
13- Calvin Kotze
14- Craig Pfeiffer
15- Angelo Nelson

Replacements:
To Be Confirmed

3rd XV
Despite drawing the first game of the season the Thirds are well on track to top the league if they carry on their current form. A few players losses this week have forced the coaching staff to shuffle a few players around into unusual positions but with the strength and numbers in the squad all is in order to face Sir Lowrians who are yet to taste victory in their opening 3 games

1- Brett Timmerman
2- Laz Chisaya
3- Ebrahim Oosthuizen
4- Rian Lategan
5- Denis Njilo
6- Bradley Ndlovu
7- Mncedisi Joni
8- Kaizer Ngabayena

9   – Gareth Bithel
10- Sean Simpkins
11- Daniel Mackenzie
12- Ginao Lupini
13- Monre Lingeveldt
14- Ryan Draver
15- Jason Poleman

Replacements:
To Be Confirmed

U20 XV
As with the other senior leagues Hammies have a few games to catch up on the log leaders. They face a Sir Lowrians side down on their luck with 3 big losses in a row and they will not be looking forward to facing a side yet to concede a point so far this year while running in an average of 9 tries per game.

1 – Paul Oberholzer
2 – Brenton Greaves
3 – Nathan Meilhon
4 – Thomas Swanepoel
5 – Glen Rodeman
6 – Roodt van Zyl
7 – Brenden Esterhuizen
8 – Dean Basson

9  – Kazemba Kuziwa
10- Tiaan Stander
11- Wynand Maclachlan
12- Wayne Smith
13- Ivan Kuntz
14- Marnu Bartels
15- Wich Marlo

Replacements:
To Be Confirmed