{"id":90496,"date":"2015-05-28T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/90496\/local-rugby-player-set-to-compete-in-mauritius\/"},"modified":"2015-05-28T11:56:56","modified_gmt":"2015-05-28T09:56:56","slug":"local-rugby-player-set-to-compete-in-mauritius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2015\/05\/28\/local-rugby-player-set-to-compete-in-mauritius\/","title":{"rendered":"Local rugby player set to compete in Mauritius"},"content":{"rendered":"

Primrose\u2019s Justin Adendorff is among the 12 Gauteng rugby players selected to compete in Mauritius.<\/span><\/p>\n

Justin and his Western Wolves team mates will compete in the Afrasia Bank International Seven\u2019s Tournament, from October 6 to 13.<\/p>

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Justin\u2019s father, John, told the GCN that the selection follows trials that were held at his son\u2019s school, Ho\u00ebrskool Primrose High School.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrials were held towards the end of March, which Justin attended, and soon after he was told that he had made it into the Western Wolves team,\u201d he said.<\/p>

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\u201cThis is a world tournament; there are teams coming from Europe, Australasia and Mozambique, to mention just a few.<\/p>\n

\u201cDue to South Africa being a big country, they are sending three u-18 teams and Western Wolves is one of them.<\/p>\n

\u201cWestern Wolves is also a development team, which falls under SPIF Sport and is made up of players from schools in Gauteng.\u201d<\/p>\n

All three these teams fall under SPIF Sport and are also referred to as SPIF Sport\u2019s invitational teams.<\/p>\n

SPIF Sport will be taking their professional team and the three development teams to Mauritius.<\/p>\n

Justin also plays rugby for his school.<\/p>\n

\u201cI play number seven flank in the school\u2019s first team; I love rugby and enjoyed it from the beginning,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love sports in general and used to play different sports in primary school, but I must say rugby is my passion, even though I only started playing it in Grade Eight.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 17-year-old youngster, who will play number two hooker for Western Wolves, is also performing well academically.<\/p>\n

\u201cJustin has always been good and focused on his books, he has a grade average of 90 per cent and, if he drops, it usually only goes down to 80 per cent,\u201d said his mother, Yolandie.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe gives his all in everything he does, but I am most happy that he is able to balance the two, as education is also important.\u201d<\/p>\n

Justin told the GCN that if his dream of being a professional rugby player doesn\u2019t materialise he would like to study medicine.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf things don\u2019t work out for me in rugby, I want to be an orthopaedic surgeon and help those with bone injuries; because most injuries in sports are bone-related I will still be linked to sport,\u201d he joked.<\/p>\n

John said the expenses for the trip to Mauritius are a challenge at the moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe cost of the whole trip amounts to R22 000, and although SPIF SPORT is sponsoring a large proportion of that amount, the players have to come up with R8 000,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are reaching out to the community and companies to help our children realise their dreams.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there is a company that wants to sponsor the team as a whole they are more than welcome to do so.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe company\u2019s branding will go on the team\u2019s kit.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf people want to sponsor Justin they can contact me on 072 915 8173, and if they want to sponsor the whole team they can contact the coach, Braam Pienaar, on 074 446 3055.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’d appreciate any amount, big or small.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Western Wolves are scheduled to go to Nelspruit from July 15 to 19, for a camp.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will be training and bonding as a team before we jet off to Mauritius,\u201d said Justin.<\/p>\n

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