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Boland Cavaliers

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Boland Cavaliers
Full nameBoland Cavaliers
UnionBoland Rugby Union
Founded1939
RegionCape 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
2024Champions
1st on log
Team kit
Official website
www.bolandrugby.co.za
Current season

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.

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

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Currie Cup First Division

Vodacom Cup

Vodacom Shield

Bankfin Nite Series

Current squad

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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

  • South Africa Michael Benadie
  • South Africa Schalk Oelofse
  • South Africa Carl Truter
  • South Africa Marlyn Williams
  • South Africa Ameer Hendricks

Loose forwards

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


Scrum-halves

Fly-halves

Centres

  • South Africa Xavier Mitchell
  • South Africa Jurick Lewis
  • South Africa Erik Lambrecht
  • South Africa Durin Nasson
  • South Africa Lunathi Nxele

Wingers

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

Fullbacks

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

References

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  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.