The South Africa President's XV is a South African rugby union team that represented South Africa in the 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup. They won the tournament, winning all three matches, but did not take part in the 2014 edition.
Previously, an Emerging Springboks team competed in the 2007 and 2008 IRB Nations Cup competitions.
History The team was created following the IRB's decision to create the Tbilisi Cup, to be held in Tbilisi, Georgia in 2013.
The team consisted of players playing in the First Division (second tier) of the South African domestic Currie Cup competition. First Division players have previously been selected for South African Barbarians teams that played against England during the 2012 mid-year rugby test series.
2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup The South Africa President's XV emerged victorious at the 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup with an undefeated record, beating , Emerging Ireland and . Loose-forward Uzair Cassiem ended joint top try scorer with two tries, while fly-half Carl Bezuidenhout ended third in the points scoring charts with 25 points.
Squad The following squad was named to compete in the 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup:
Props Martin Dreyer Ivann Espag Vincent Koch Khwezi Mkhafu
Hookers Ashton Constant Frank Herne
Locks Giant Mtyanda Brendon Snyman (c) Eduan van der Walt Loose forwards Renaldo Bothma Jaco Bouwer Uzair Cassiem Zandré Jordaan Brian Shabangu
Scrum-halves Ntando Kebe Sino Nyoka
Fly-halves Carl Bezuidenhout Ricardo Croy Centres Adriaan Engelbrecht Trompie Pretorius Stefan Watermeyer
Wingers Alshaun Bock Wilmaure Louw Rosko Specman
Fullbacks Jacquin Jansen Coenie van Wyk
Head coach Jimmy Stonehouse
Note: Marius Coetzer, Hoffmann Maritz and Joe Seerane were initially named in the squad, but were replaced by Eduan van der Walt, Stefan Watermeyer and Coenie van Wyk. In addition, Vince Gwavu and Inus Kritzinger were initially named, but not named in the final squad.
See also Emerging Springboks South African Barbarians
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