PROMINENT RUGBY PLAYERS FROM MARITZBURG COLLEGE

Amongst the school’s 329 international sportsmen and officials at all codes, the following 17 Old Collegians have represented, or formally been selected for, South Africa at 15-man rugby:

- Ernest “Baby” Shum (1912), Walter Clarkson (1921-1924), Cecil “Bill” Payn (1924), Bertram “Beevee” Vanderplank (1924), Philip Nel (19281937) (captain), George van Reenen (1937), Keith Oxlee (1960-1965), Ormond Taylor (1962), Andy van der Watt (1969-1970), Joel Stransky (1993-1996), Jeremy Thomson (1996), Pieter Dixon (2000), Butch James (2001-2008), Peter Grant (2007), Craig Burden (2012), Jessie Kriel (2015- ), Ntuthuko Mchunu (2022)

In addition, several Old Collegians have represented other countries, notably:

For England: Hubert Freakes (1938-1939), Geoff Appleford (2002), Don Armand (2018) For United States: Juan Grobler (1997-2001), Chad Erskine (2005-2007), Matthew Hawkins (2010)

For Italy: Wim Visser (1999-2002) (post- Martric

at Michaelhouse 1988)

For Germany: Frank Goedeke (2000-2001), Marcel Coetzee (2016-2019), Andrew Reintges (2023- )

For Zimbabwe: Brenton Catterall (1991)

For Cyprus: Andrew Binikos (2009)

For Spain: Andrew Norton (2019)

For Singapore: Warren Ansell (2016)

A further eight Old Collegians have earned selection for international teams in the popular seven-man version of the game:

Frank Goedeke (Germany 1999), Wayne Munn (SA 1999), Geoff Appleford (England 2001), Justin Hundley (USA 2007), Grant Rees (SA 2007), Matthew Hawkins (USA captain 2008), Andrew Binikos (Cyprus 2010), Marcel Coetzee (Germany 2016).

Current Sharks players from Maritzburg College include prop Ntuthuko Mchunu, hooker Fez Mbatha and lock Jeandre Labuschangne.