Loosehead prop Boan Venter made his Springbok debut on Saturday against Georgia at the Mbombela Stadium in Mbombela.
Venter, 28, became Springbok #950 and scored a try in South Africa’s 55-10 win.
Born in Kimberley, Venter also became Hoërskool De Aar’s first ever Springbok player.
Hoërskool De Aar was founded 101 years ago in 1924.
Meanwhile, Venter joined Marnus van der Merwe and Neethling Fouche in making their Springbok debuts against Georgia.
Van der Merwe became Springbok #951 and Fouche is Springbok #952.
The Test against Georgia had extra significance for Marnus van der Merwe who was born in Mbombela and attended Hoërskool Nelspruit.
He became Hoërskool Nelspruit’s sixth Springbok after Nico Wegner, Schutte Bekker, Duane Vermeulen, Marnitz Boshoff and team-mate on Saturday, Faf de Klerk, although De Klerk didn’t matriculate from the school, but rather moved to Waterkloof.
Finally, Neethling Fouche’s selection gave Grey College their 49th Springbok of all time as they closed the gap on Paul Roos who lead the way with 56 Springbok old boys.
Schools with 10 or more Springboks – UPDATED
| Rank | School | Players |
| 1 | Paul Roos Gymnasium | 56 |
| 2 | Grey College | 49 |
| 3 | Diocesan College (Bishops) | 43 |
| 4 | SACS | 32 |
| 5 | Paarl Gimnasium | 31 |
| 6 | Paarl Boys High | 26 |
| 7 | Kimberley Boys’ High | 23 |
| 8 | Rondebosch | 21 |
| T9 | Grey High School | 17 |
| T9 | Maritzburg College | 17 |
| 11 | Wynberg Boys High | 15 |
| 12 | Dale College | 13 |
| 13 | St Andrews, Grahamstown | 12 |
| T14 | Afrikaans Hoër Seunskool | 11 |
| T14 | Hottentots-Holland | 11 |
Below, a full list of the SCHOOLS the Springbok squad last Saturday attended:
| Position | Player | School |
| 15 | Aphelele Fassi | Dale College |
| 14 | Edwill van der Merwe | Paul Roos |
| 13 | Canan Moodie | Boland Landbou |
| 12 | Damian de Allende | Milnerton |
| 11 | Kurt-Lee Arendse | Paulus Joubert |
| 10 | Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu | Bishops |
| 9 | Grant Williams | Paarl Gimnasium |
| 8 | Cobus Wiese | Upington |
| 7 | Pieter-Steph du Toit | Swartland |
| 6 | Siya Kolisi | Grey High |
| 5 | Ruan Nortje | Wonderboom |
| 4 | Eben Etzebeth | Tygerberg |
| 3 | Neethling Fouche | Grey College |
| 2 | Marnus van der Merwe | Nelspruit |
| 1 | Boan Venter | De Aar |
| Reserves | ||
| 16 | Bongi Mbonambi | Voortrekker |
| 17 | Thomas du Toit | Paarl Boys’ High |
| 18 | Vincent Koch | Hugenote |
| 19 | RG Snyman | Affies |
| 20 | Kwagga Smith | HTS Middelburg |
| 21 | Faf de Klerk | Waterkloof |
| 22 | Handre Pollard | Paarl Gimnasium |
| 23 | Damian Willemse | Paul Roos |
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