Nothing comes easy
The Windhoek Draught Welwitschias face a tough encounter when they host Steval Pumas in the SuperSport Rugby Challenge in Windhoek on Saturday at Hage Geingob Stadium.
The Welwitschias suffered an irredeemable loss last weekend when they were mauled by Xerox Golden Lions 84-0 in the challenge on home-ground last weekend. The team is, however, not giving up their fight and hopes to impress the crowd with their young players who the coach is grooming and pushing for national and Welwitschia selection.
Most of their senior players are unavailable due to national duty in Uruguay and this will again be a challenge for the players.
Before the team faced the Lions last weekend, coach Lyn Jones said that a changing culture, a realisation of the daily commitment, excellent facilities and growing number of staff are all ingredients for long-term improvements in Namibian rugby.
He emphasised that the Namibia Rugby Union has a succession plan in place en route to the 2019 Rugby World Cup qualifiers which will allow the team to record their first win.
In the rugby challenge, the Blue Bulls are leading the pack, followed the Golden Lions, Pumas, Valke and than Welwitschias. The team has now lost six games in the competition, with four in the first round of the competition against the Valke (33-50), Xerox Golden Lions (14-112), the Vodacom Blue Bulls (25-50) and the Steval Pumas, 8-64.
The SuperSport Rugby Challenge is organised by the South African Rugby Union and this year takes place from 22 April to 16 July.
The squad for the game:
Desiderius Sethie Obert Nortje Andries Rousseau,Denzyl van Wyk, Max Katjijeko, RK/ Winmar Rust (c), Thomassau Forbes, Adrian Boysen, JC Winkler, Dirk von Weidts, Janry du Toit, Ethan Beukes, Francois Wiese, Russell van Wyk, David Philander, Neil van Vuuren, Christo Mcnish, Herman Grobblaar, Muniovita, Victor Rodriguez, TC and Macho Prinsloo.
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Most of their senior players are unavailable due to national duty in Uruguay and this will again be a challenge for the players.
Before the team faced the Lions last weekend, coach Lyn Jones said that a changing culture, a realisation of the daily commitment, excellent facilities and growing number of staff are all ingredients for long-term improvements in Namibian rugby.
He emphasised that the Namibia Rugby Union has a succession plan in place en route to the 2019 Rugby World Cup qualifiers which will allow the team to record their first win.
In the rugby challenge, the Blue Bulls are leading the pack, followed the Golden Lions, Pumas, Valke and than Welwitschias. The team has now lost six games in the competition, with four in the first round of the competition against the Valke (33-50), Xerox Golden Lions (14-112), the Vodacom Blue Bulls (25-50) and the Steval Pumas, 8-64.
The SuperSport Rugby Challenge is organised by the South African Rugby Union and this year takes place from 22 April to 16 July.
The squad for the game:
Desiderius Sethie Obert Nortje Andries Rousseau,Denzyl van Wyk, Max Katjijeko, RK/ Winmar Rust (c), Thomassau Forbes, Adrian Boysen, JC Winkler, Dirk von Weidts, Janry du Toit, Ethan Beukes, Francois Wiese, Russell van Wyk, David Philander, Neil van Vuuren, Christo Mcnish, Herman Grobblaar, Muniovita, Victor Rodriguez, TC and Macho Prinsloo.
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