John Dobson, head coach of DHL WP, today named the team to take on the Boland Cavaliers at Boland Stadium, Wellington on Wednesday 15 June at 18h00 in a compulsory Absa Currie Cup friendly. DHL WP will use the friendly as pre-season preparation, for players not currently involved in Vodacom Super Rugby.

The team is as follows:

15. Ederies Arendse
14. Danie Poolman
13. Stokkies Hanekom
12. Tim Whitehead
11. JJ Engelbrecht
10. Ismaeel Dollie
9. Nick Groom
8. Tertius Daniller
7. Yaasir Hartzenberg
6. Wimpie Van Der Walt
5. Stephan Greeff
4. De Kock Steenkamp
3. Tom Botha
2. Sidney Tobias
1. JD Moller (C)

Reserves:

16. Siyabonga Ntubeni
17. Brummer Badenhorst
18. Grant Hattingh
19. Jody Birch
20. Louis Schreuder
21. Shuaib Samaai
22. Tiger Bax
23. Ridhaa Damon

A number of other fixtures will also be played on the A & B fields, including:

Boland Stadium B-field

13h00: Boland u13 XV vs DHL WP u13 XV
13h45: Boland u16 Girls vs DHL WP u16 Girls
15h00: Boland u18 Academy vs DHL WP u18 Academy
16h15: Boland u16 Grant Khomo vs DHL WP u16 Grant Khomo

Boland Stadium A-field

15h00: Boland u13 Craven Week vs DHL WP u13 Craven Week
16h15: Boland u18 Craven Week vs DHL WP u18 Craven Week

Kick off at 18h00

Entry fee is R10 - Tickets are available from the Boland Rugby Union.

Nice to see Ederies getting a chance .. wonder how many of these guys will be in the Currie Cup setup ??? No place in the starting team for Bom ??

On Saturday Ederies looked the fittest Ive ever seen him

If that boy can just maintain proper conditioning then he can go all the way.
He also looked liked he picked up a yard of pace.

With proper conditioning and diet, there is no reason why Ederies can challange for a Stormers spot in 2012.

I would also play Jody Birch ahead of Hartzenberg.

agreed - Ederies is fitter than he has ever been. he has been praciting with the WP setup the entire year already and played 2 games already. You right when conditioned he can go all the way. Juast saw the team for Wed evening from a SKW perpsective that not so good because we playing on SAT so fatigue might be a problem - 5 players in this team

Where are u guys playing on Wednesday Lofty?

Glad to see Tiger Bax on the bench, one seriously talented youngster. Did not know he was back from the UK. We certainly have depth.

No they all playing Wed and then we playing SAT which means they playing 3 games in space of 1 week

Josh K wrote: Where are u guys playing on Wednesday Lofty?

SKW is not playing on Wednesday....Province is and we've got 5 players in the squad. We're playing on Saturday at the Track....

 I think its cool Dobson has chosen some club players - i think its a good call but brave to choose Ideries say ahead of a contracted guy like Bax. also agree Burch should have been in ahead of Yaya

Ederies have had a more consistent season to date and yes he deserves atleast a shot! As for Bom I think this guy is over rated. I have seen better wings playing in SLA 2nd teams so in my opinion we their is much better wings in the SLA. Yes he had a good game against Hammies but his defence has a huge question mark.

Ederies is a mecurial talent that in some ways had his career disrupted by unsound advice. I am just grateful he is plying his trade in our Province. He has the ability to be a SUPERSTAR. Hopefully his versatility won't count against him.

Nice looking team......

From which club is Ederies, what is his rugby backround...

all blacks wrote:

Ederies have had a more consistent season to date and yes he deserves atleast a shot! As for Bom I think this guy is over rated. I have seen better wings playing in SLA 2nd teams so in my opinion we their is much better wings in the SLA. Yes he had a good game against Hammies but his defence has a huge question mark.

Agree with your comments 100%. Ederies is top class and I hope he takes the opportunity. I saw Bom play earlier in the season for WP and he was awful, particularly on defence. However I dont want to judge him on one game, I believe he has been great at club level.

Naunu wrote: From which club is Ederies, what is his rugby backround...

Ederies came through the excellent ranks of Collegians.  He then moved to DurBell for a season before joining SKW last year.  Able to play all positions in the backline except scrum-half (maybe he can but I haven't seen him).

He is a potent force on attack, great turn of pace & deceptive swerve. IMO he needs to brush up on defence as well (let in a few soft tries against Durbies recently).  Also need to decide on where his best position is & concentrate on that, else being a utility back may restrict his progress.

Toffee wrote:

all blacks wrote:

Ederies have had a more consistent season to date and yes he deserves atleast a shot! As for Bom I think this guy is over rated. I have seen better wings playing in SLA 2nd teams so in my opinion we their is much better wings in the SLA. Yes he had a good game against Hammies but his defence has a huge question mark.

Agree with your comments 100%. Ederies is top class and I hope he takes the opportunity. I saw Bom play earlier in the season for WP and he was awful, particularly on defence. However I dont want to judge him on one game, I believe he has been great at club level.

I have seen Bom play a couple of games in the past as well as this season and he seldomly proved my judgement on him wrong. Like i said ealrier he had a good game against Hammies the past weekend but good players should consistently play well.