The South Africa Universities rugby union team – also called the South African Students rugby union team – is a South African representative rugby union team that is usually named on an annual basis and that would participate in first class matches on an intermittent basis.
Since the launch and subsequent growth in popularity of the Varsity Cup competition in 2008, the South African Universities rugby union team effectively became a team selected from the best Varsity Cup players; in 2015, the team was called the Varsity Cup Dream Team.
Players
The most recent squad was named after the 2015 Varsity Cup; this side would play against South Africa Under-20 in Stellenbosch:
Props John-Roy Jenkinson Nqoba Mxoli Joe Smith Dayan van der Westhuizen
Hookers Elandré Huggett Chad Solomon
Locks Irné Herbst Reniel Hugo Walt Steenkamp Loose forwards Wiaan Liebenberg Gerhard Olivier Jeandré Rudolph Henco Venter
Scrum-halves Zee Mkhabela Dillon Smit
Fly-halves Inny Radebe Johnny Welthagen Centres Rowayne Beukman Johan Deysel
Wingers Maphutha Dolo JP Lewis Lihleli Xoli
Fullbacks Rhyno Smith
Head coach Franco Smith
Dan Kriel and Jaco Visagie were originally selected in the 2015 Varsity Cup Dream Team, but subsequently replaced by Johan Deysel and Elandré Huggett respectively.
Results and fixtures
See also
Varsity Cup Emerging Springboks South African Barbarians
References