2019 Under-21 Provincial Championship

The 2019 Under-21 Provincial Championship was the 2019 edition of the Under-21 Provincial Championship, an annual national Under-21 rugby union competition held in South Africa, and was contested from 21 June to 7 September 2019.

Competition rules and information

There were six participating teams in the 2019 Under-21 Provincial Championship. Each team played the other five teams twice during the pool stage, once at home and once away. Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by seven points or less. Teams were ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored minus points conceded).

The top four teams in the pool stage qualified for the semi-finals, with the top-placed team hosting the fourth-placed team, and the second-placed team hosting the third-placed team. The two semi-final winners played in the final, played as a curtain-raiser for the 2019 Currie Cup Premier Division final.

Teams

The teams that competed in the 2019 Under-21 Provincial Championship are:

2019 Under-21 Provincial Championship teams

Regular season

Standings

The final standings in the 2019 Under-21 Provincial Championship were:

2019 Under-21 Provincial Championship standings Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts 1 10 8 0 2 483 233 +250 66 31 8 2 42 2 10 6 0 4 333 276 +57 45 37 7 2 33 3 10 6 0 4 420 442 −22 64 65 9 0 33 4 10 4 0 6 338 317 +21 46 44 5 3 24 5 10 4 0 6 260 333 −73 40 45 7 1 24 6 10 2 0 8 228 461 −233 31 70 5 1 14

Round-by-round

The table below shows each team's progression throughout the season. For each round, each team's cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position in brackets.

Team Progression Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 SF F 5 (1st) 10 (1st) 15 (1st) 19 (1st) 24 (1st) 25 (1st) 27 (1st) 32 (1st) 37 (1st) 42 (1st) Won Won 0 (6th) 5 (5th) 6 (4th) 8 (5th) 12 (4th) 16 (4th) 21 (3rd) 26 (3rd) 31 (3rd) 33 (2nd) Won Lost 1 (5th) 2 (6th) 7 (3rd) 12 (2nd) 17 (2nd) 22 (2nd) 27 (2nd) 32 (2nd) 32 (2nd) 33 (3rd) Lost 2 (4th) 6 (2nd) 10 (2nd) 11 (3rd) 13 (3rd) 18 (3rd) 18 (4th) 18 (4th) 19 (4th) 24 (4th) Lost 5 (2nd) 5 (4th) 5 (6th) 10 (4th) 10 (5th) 11 (5th) 16 (5th) 17 (5th) 19 (5th) 24 (5th) 5 (3rd) 6 (3rd) 6 (5th) 7 (6th) 7 (6th) 8 (6th) 8 (6th) 9 (6th) 14 (6th) 14 (6th) Key: win draw loss bye

Matches

The following matches were played in the 2019 Under-21 Provincial Championship regular season:

Round one

Round two

Round three

Round four

Round Five

Round Six

Round Seven

Round Eight

Round Nine

Round Ten

Play-offs

Semi-finals

Final

Honours

The honour roll for the 2019 Under-21 Provincial Championship was:

2019 Under-21 Provincial Championship Champions: Top points scorer: Theo Boshoff, (153) Top try scorer: Cohen Jasper, (13)

Players

The squads and player appearance and scoring statistics for the 2019 Under-21 Provincial Championship are as follows:

Name App Try Con Pen DG Pts Dewald Maritz 1 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 5 Werner Fourie 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 16 2 2 12 4 0 0 0 20 Mornay Smith 3 3 3 3 23 3 23 3 3 23 3 3 12 2 0 0 0 10 Ryno Pieterse 4 4 4 4 18 4 18 4 4 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 Ruan Nortjé 5 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 Stephan Smit 6 19 19 6 6 6 6 1 0 0 0 5 Hanru Sirgel 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 11 2 0 0 0 10 Muller Uys 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 5 0 0 0 25 Lian du Toit 9 9 9 9 20 9 9 7 1 0 0 0 5 Theo Boshoff 10 10 10 10 21 10 21 21 21 10 10 10 12 3 48 12 2 153 Damian Bonaparte 11 22 2 1 0 0 0 5 Wian van Niekerk 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 21 12 12 12 5 0 0 0 25 Diego Appollis 13 13 2 1 0 0 0 5 Jay-Cee Nel 14 22 22 22 22 22 12 7 3 0 0 0 15 Andrew Kota 15 15 15 15 15 21 6 2 0 0 0 10 Joe van Zyl 16 17 16 16 4 0 0 0 0 0 Cabous Eloff 17 23 23 23 3 23 3 23 23 3 23 23 12 2 0 0 0 10 Carl Els 18 18 18 18 4 18 4 4 18 5 18 18 12 1 0 0 0 5 JC Pretorius 19 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 0 0 0 20 Johan Mulder 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 7 0 0 0 0 0 Lionel April 21 21 21 21 21 5 1 1 1 0 10 Gershwin Mouton 22 14 11 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 12 5 0 0 0 25 Etienne Janeke 23 17 1 1 17 17 17 17 17 17 9 1 0 0 0 5 Cameron Hufke 11 1 2 0 0 0 10 Wiehan Bezuidenhout 16 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 Ewart Potgieter 19 19 7 8 19 19 4 19 19 8 2 0 0 0 10 Sango Xamlashe 22 22 22 13 13 22 5 2 0 0 0 10 Janko Swanepoel 5 5 5 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 Marnus Potgieter 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 8 1 0 0 0 5 Sabastian Jobb 14 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 9 0 0 0 45 Keagan Johannes 20 20 9 20 20 9 9 9 9 9 10 5 0 0 0 25 Jaco Labuschagné 19 7 7 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 Vaughen Isaacs 10 15 10 10 10 21 5 0 11 7 0 43 Llewellyn Classen 16 16 16 16 16 2 16 16 6 1 0 0 0 5 Kudzwai Dube 17 17 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 1 0 0 0 5 Raymond Nel 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 Orateng Koikanyang 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 Richard Kriel 15 15 15 15 15 15 6 3 0 0 0 15 Reinhardt Venter 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 Willem Steenkamp 19 1 1 0 0 0 5 Micheal Amiras 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 Phillip Potgieter 19 1 1 0 0 0 5 Dawid Kellerman 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 penalty try – 1 – – – 7 Total 12 74 60 20 2 558

Name F App Try Con Pen DG Pts Eddie Davids 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 Janus Venter 2 17 17 16 16 5 0 0 0 0 0 Thembinkosi Mangwana 3 3 3 3 18 17 17 17 8 0 0 0 0 0 Deon van Niekerk 4 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 Keanan Murray 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 2 0 0 0 10 Ruan Smit 6 6 6 6 6 19 6 7 19 9 2 0 0 0 10 Stefan Engelbrecht 7 20 19 19 19 7 19 20 19 20 8 0 0 0 0 0 Olie Losaba 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 Rewan Kruger 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 21 9 9 9 11 1 0 0 0 5 Charles Williams 10 10 2 0 5 1 0 13 Marthinus Boshoff 11 11 14 11 14 14 14 11 14 14 11 11 6 0 0 0 30 Aya Oliphant 12 13 13 23 22 23 23 23 22 13 9 0 3 0 0 6 Rassie Breedt 13 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 Janco van Heyningen 14 14 22 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 Cohen Jasper 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 10 13 0 0 0 65 Carl Wijburg 16 16 16 16 3 3 0 0 0 15 Gerrit Visser 17 18 3 3 3 18 18 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 Willem Marais 18 18 17 17 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 Nathan Jordan 19 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 Gustav Meyer 20 20 21 6 20 6 6 1 2 0 0 9 Darren Adonis 21 15 23 14 4 1 0 0 0 5 Keegan Haman 22 12 23 21 4 0 0 0 0 0 Conan le Fleur 23 23 22 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 23 9 11 0 0 0 55 Ruben Cross 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 10 3 0 0 0 15 Hannes Terblanche 6 20 20 20 21 22 6 7 1 0 0 0 5 Luyolo Dapula 7 19 4 4 19 20 22 6 1 0 0 0 5 Ruwald van der Merwe 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 2 0 0 0 10 RuHann Greyling 16 16 16 20 16 16 6 2 0 0 0 10 JW Meades 17 17 18 18 18 3 18 3 3 18 9 2 0 0 0 10 Jacques van Biljon 21 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 Lubabalo Dobela 22 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 3 16 1 0 50 Elrigh Louw 7 7 7 7 7 5 7 7 8 5 0 0 0 25 PJ Krugell 11 11 11 11 14 11 11 7 4 0 0 0 20 James Mollentze 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 9 1 22 1 0 52 Divan de Clerk 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 Zinedine Booysen 22 21 22 9 21 21 21 7 1 0 0 0 5 Mervyn Roos 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 Lourens Oosthuizen 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 Emilio Adonis 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 Total 11 65 48 3 0 430

Name SF F App Try Con Pen DG Pts Nathan McBeth 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 3 0 0 0 15 PJ Botha 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 9 3 0 0 0 15 Cohen Kiewit 3 3 18 3 3 3 6 2 0 0 0 10 Mandisi Mthiyane 4 4 19 7 4 5 1 0 0 0 5 Ruan Vermaak 5 5 5 3 3 0 0 0 15 MJ Pelser 6 6 12 6 6 6 6 6 6 12 10 2 0 0 0 10 Dian Schoonees 7 7 7 8 8 8 6 4 0 0 0 20 Travis Gordon 8 8 6 8 8 20 6 1 0 0 0 5 Jack Hart 9 9 9 9 9 21 21 21 21 9 0 1 0 0 2 Ulrich Maritz 10 10 22 22 22 4 0 7 0 0 14 Kennedy Mpeku 11 15 11 15 15 23 6 1 0 0 0 5 Yanga Hlalu 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 8 1 0 0 0 5 Muzi Manyike 13 23 23 23 23 23 5 0 0 0 0 0 Prince Nkabinde 14 14 11 11 4 2 0 0 0 10 Shaun Baxter 15 15 15 15 15 15 6 2 0 0 0 10 Tiaan van der Merwe 16 16 17 17 2 16 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 Nkosikhona Masuku 17 17 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 Herman Agenbag 18 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 Adrian Alberts 19 19 4 3 1 0 0 0 5 Cal Smid 20 20 8 8 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 Shaun Williams 21 21 21 23 11 11 11 11 15 9 3 0 0 0 15 Wyclef Vlitoor 22 22 22 22 4 0 0 0 0 0 Mauritz Pretorius 23 14 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 Tatenda Mujawo 11 14 11 14 14 14 14 7 3 0 0 0 15 Manuel Rass 13 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 Tinus Combrinck 21 21 9 9 9 9 9 7 2 0 0 0 10 Keagan Lailvaux 22 10 10 10 10 5 0 7 1 0 17 Keagan Glade 3 18 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 Cristen van Niekerk 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 Austin Davids 10 22 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 Dameon Venter 16 16 16 3 2 0 0 0 10 Asenathi Ntlabakanye 18 18 3 3 3 18 18 7 0 0 0 0 0 Edward White 19 4 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 Morné Brandon 20 16 16 16 16 5 1 0 0 0 5 Ebot Buma 3 18 17 17 17 17 17 7 1 0 0 0 5 Emmanuel Tshituka 7 7 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 Seun Maduna 12 23 23 3 0 0 0 0 0 Frans Gerber 19 19 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 Phillip Krause 20 7 6 3 1 0 0 0 5 Luke Rossouw 12 12 12 12 12 13 6 1 1 1 0 10 Tristan Dullisear 20 20 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 Sibusiso Sangweni 7 8 7 19 4 0 0 0 0 0 Njabulo Mjara 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 Franco Schutte 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 Darrien Landsberg 5 5 5 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 Philip Apea-Adu 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 Marc Morrison 10 10 10 3 0 11 0 0 22 Hlumelo Ndudula 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 Vincent Tshituka 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 Total 10 40 27 2 0 260

Name SF F App Try Con Pen DG Pts Rehann Baumann 1 1 1 1 17 17 17 17 17 17 8 0 0 0 0 0 Stefanus Maré 2 16 16 16 2 2 2 2 2 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 Ruben du Plessis 3 3 3 23 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 1 0 0 0 5 Wihan Nel 4 4 4 4 4 4 19 19 6 0 0 0 0 0 Ruben Dreyer 5 8 7 8 7 20 7 7 5 8 1 0 0 0 5 Kagiso Woodbridge 6 18 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 Olivier de Beer 7 7 19 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 Andries Fouché 8 6 8 6 8 8 6 8 8 8 10 1 0 0 0 5 Sylvester Hassien 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 6 0 0 0 30 André van der Berg 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 2 19 6 0 66 Lehlohonolo Nyelele 11 22 14 14 23 11 23 7 1 0 0 0 5 Reinard Jordaan 12 12 12 22 13 13 13 7 4 0 0 0 20 Lincoln Daniels 13 13 13 13 13 13 11 11 11 9 2 0 0 0 10 Pienaar van Niekerk 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 8 2 0 0 0 10 Keagan Tait 15 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 Gustav du Rand 16 2 2 2 16 16 5 0 0 0 0 0 Ebi Davids 17 17 17 17 4 0 0 0 0 0 Ruan Spies 18 5 5 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 Chris Vermaak 19 19 6 19 6 6 6 6 6 9 2 0 0 0 10 Bernu Engelbrecht 20 21 20 20 21 5 2 0 0 0 10 Heinrich Botha 21 20 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 10 5 0 0 0 25 Siyabonga Khoza 22 11 11 11 23 23 11 22 8 1 0 0 0 5 Lukas Klopper 23 23 23 18 16 16 16 16 5 0 0 0 0 0 Janlu Steenkamp 21 12 12 12 13 12 10 7 0 3 2 0 12 Ishaad Snyman 22 22 11 23 23 3 0 0 0 0 0 Sampie Swiegers 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 7 1 0 0 0 5 Ernest Nebe 18 5 5 5 5 5 20 7 0 0 0 0 0 Lohann Jahns 21 22 22 12 12 22 12 5 0 0 0 0 0 Awethu Lushozi 19 19 4 4 4 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 Sheldon Veldsman 20 7 8 20 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 Cameron Dorfling 21 21 21 21 21 4 0 0 0 0 0 Eben Brand 18 18 18 18 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 Mark Etzebeth 20 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 Justin Sadie 19 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 Dihan Odendaal 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 Tristan Oosthuizen 22 10 2 0 1 1 0 5 Total 10 31 23 9 0 228