Namibia and Uruguay in for tough encounter

The matches will be the last official matches for Namibia before the 2019 Rugby World Cup qualifiers start next year. The team will use the test matches in preparation for the world cup and to improve their world rugby ranking from the current 21st place to be within the top 20. The strong Uruguayans are not going to be a walk in the park as they also want to improve their ranking from 18 and will provide stern competition for Namibia who have much to improve on in their squad. The Uruguayans have been playing exceptional rugby and made history earlier this year when they hosted the Nations Cup in Montevideo and much to everyone surprise won the tournament for the first time. The junior team is also emulating the seniors and as they scooped bronze this year in the World Rugby u20 Trophy which they hosted in September. The junior Uruguay side won the match 34-12 against Namibia. The senior team will be without 11 of their regular players as they are unavailable due to injury, professional rugby commitments and university commitments. Team members who are not available for the test matches: Johannes Coetzee and Torsten van Jaarsveld, professional rugby commitments, Pieter-Jan van Lill, Janco Venter, Louis van der Westhuizen, Renaldo Bothma, Johan Deysel, Dirk von Weidtz, Shaun du Preez, Divan Rossouw and Wian Conradie are out due to studies. Management team: Head coach: Phil Davies, defence coach: Roger Thompson, backline coach: JP Nel, scrums coach: Jaco Engels, strength and conditioning coach: PD Stoman, assistant: Sergio de la Harpe, performance analyst: Sam Pickford, team doctor: Dr Vernon Morke. The selected Namibian squad: Props: Casper Viviers, André Rademeyer, Nelius Theron, Collen Smith and AJ de Klerk. Hookers: Obert Nortje and Niel van Vuuren. Locks: Tjiuee Uanivi (2nd test only), Adriaan Ludick, Mahepisa Tjeriko and Max Katjijeko. Back row: Prince! Goaseb, Rohan Kitshoff, Christo van der Merwe, Thomasua Forbes, Adriaan Booysen. Scrumhalf: Helarius Kisting, Eugene Jantjies, Damien Stevens and Wihan von Wielligh. Flyhalf: Theuns Kotze, Cliven Loubser, PW Steenkamp. Centre: Darryl de la Harpe, Justin Newman, JC Greyling, Lesley Klim and Heinrich Smit. Back 3: David Philander, Johann Tromp, Gino Wilson and Chrysander Botha. Namibia Breweries Ltd through its Windhoek Draught brand is the proud sponsor of the Namibian national team and of the November Namibian test matches. Entrance fees are as follows for each of the test matches: Adults: N$50. Students will pay N$10 after they provide student cards as proof.Tickets are available at www.webtickets.com.na, Pick n Pay stores and at the gate.Kickoff time for both test matches is 16:00. LIMBA MUPETAMI

Namibia and Uruguay in for tough encounter

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