Villagers Worcester Rugby Football Club is an amateur rugby union club based in Worcester, South Africa. They are a member of the Boland Rugby Union and can provide players to the Boland Cavaliers provincial team and the Bulls URC Rugby team.
2012: Villagers Worcester's sevens team won the Boland Union Provincial sevens tournament. Villagers Worcester won the Boland Premier League title in 2012 and represented the union in the inaugural SARU Community Cup competition in 2013, where they finished fourth in Pool A and failed to qualify to the finals tournament in George.[1]
Six players from Villagers had the honour of wearing the green and gold of SARU:[when?] Johnny Neethling, Isak Neethling, Abe Felix, Maurice Hankey, Christy Noble and Charles January. Other former notable players include Lindsey Eksteen, John Vergotini, Yashrie Karriem ,Jovelian DeKoker. The clubs most capped player is Moggamat Faeez "Fazli" Isaacs. [citation needed]Wayne Julies who was a part of the 2007 Rugby world cup squad also represented the club.
In 1931, Schalk du Toit and Alvi van der Merwe were selected to tour with Bennie Osler's Springbok side to the United Kingdom with Van der Merwe playing in the test against Wales. His son Johan became Boland captain and later played for Villagers Worcester.
Wendal Wehr, currently playing with Griquas, also played for Villagers Worcester.
Theron, Paul; de Jong, A.L. (1990). Boland Rugby 50: die Eerste Halfeeu [Boland Rugby 50: the first half-century] (in Afrikaans). Bolandse Rugby-Voetbalunien.
Various articles from the Worcester Standard and Advertiser
Greyvenstein, Chris (1989). Springbok Saga: 100 Years of Springbok Rugby. Don Nelson. ISBN9781868060573.
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