Boland Cavaliers

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Boland Cavaliers
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Full nameBoland Cavaliers
UnionBoland Rugby Union
Founded1939
Region Cape Winelands and West Coast districts of Western Cape Province
Ground(s) Boland Stadium (Capacity: 12 000)
PresidentBennie van Rooi
Coach(es) Hawies Fourie
Captain(s)Thurlow Marsh
League(s) Currie Cup First Division
2024 Champions
1st on log
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The Boland Cavaliers (Boland Kavaliers in Afrikaans), also (known for sponsorship reasons as the Sanlam Boland Cavaliers ) are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual SA Cup and Currie Cup tournament. They draw players from the Cape Winelands and West Coast districts of Western Cape Province, and play out of Wellington at Boland Stadium.

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In October 2023 Boland announced a partnership with the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport and a consortium comprising companies controlled by South African billionaires Patrice Motsepe and Johann Rupert.

The partnership sees the Motsepe consortium and SAS own 74% of the Boland rugby professional arm with the Boland Rugby Union retaining 26%. [1]

Honours

Currie Cup First Division

Vodacom Cup

Vodacom Shield

Bankfin Nite Series

Current squad

The following players were included in the Boland Cavaliers squad for the 2024 Currie Cup First Division and SA Cup: [3]

Boland Cavaliers Currie Cup squad

Props

Hookers

Locks

  • Flag of South Africa.svg Michael Benadie
  • Flag of South Africa.svg Schalk Oelofse
  • Flag of South Africa.svg Carl Truter
  • Flag of South Africa.svg Marlyn Williams
  • Flag of South Africa.svg Ameer Hendricks

Loose forwards

  • Flag of South Africa.svg Sauliegh Arendse
  • Flag of South Africa.svg Emile Booysen
  • Flag of South Africa.svg Thurlow Marsh (c)
  • Flag of South Africa.svg Keenan Opperman
  • Flag of South Africa.svg Peter John Smit
  • Flag of South Africa.svg Gift Dlamini
  • Flag of South Africa.svg Taine-Randell Booysen


Scrum-halves

Fly-halves

Centres

  • Flag of South Africa.svg Xavier Mitchell
  • Flag of South Africa.svg Jurick Lewis
  • Flag of South Africa.svg Erik Lambrecht
  • Flag of South Africa.svg Durin Nasson
  • Flag of South Africa.svg Lunathi Nxele

Wingers

  • Flag of South Africa.svg André Manuel (rugby union)
  • Flag of South Africa.svg Cornell Engelbrecht
  • Flag of South Africa.svg Riaan Louw
  • Flag of South Africa.svg Duren Hoffman
  • Flag of South Africa.svg Noegh Hayward

Fullbacks

(c) Denotes team captain and Bold denotes internationally capped.

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References

  1. "Ground-breaking equity deal for Boland". rugby365.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  2. "MSN". www.msn.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  3. "Boland Squad". SA Rugby. Retrieved 30 March 2022.