The PACS 100 is our annual list of the top prospects we will be keeping an eye out on for the forthcoming 2021 season.
Last year a rankings system was in play but we have opted against that this year rather listing all players alphabetically and not focusing on individual rankings as of yet.
On Wednesday we will release via YouTube our Top 15 prospects to watch and finally on Friday we will announce our Number 1 prospect for the 2021 season.
When doing this list we tried to avoid just focusing on the top schools and introduced some talent from the lesser known schools who we think may need the extra exposure, with no rugby played last year we had to rely a lot on Grant Khomo footage as well as our network.
We are focusing only on Under 18 players, there are an abundance of Under 17 talents that will get their turn next year and there are Under 19’s who will be returning that are massive players, if we did not mention Merwe Olivier and Ebenezer Tshimanga as examples we would be doing any list of prospects a disservice.
This is not to say these are the only players we will be watching and nor is it saying players not included are not worth keeping an eye on, the sheer abundance of talent in South Africa is truly beyond the grasp of many and it will be our mission to give as many of these young players exposure as we possibly can.
Keep an eye out for our release of the English 100 followed by our World Under 20 100.
Herewith the South African PACS 100 for 2021:
NAME
POSITION
SCHOOL
Abulele Ndabami
Loose Forward
Paarl Boys
Aidan Oosthuizen
Lock
EG Jansen
Barend Bezuidenhout
Prop
Menlopark
Ben Currie
Flyhalf
Wynberg
Bevan Simons
Back 3
Paul Roos
Bouwer du Plessis
Scrumhalf
Selborne
Bradley Mokwena
Loose Forward
Ben Vorster
Bronson Mills
Flyhalf
KES
Bryce Calvert
Hooker
Westville
Christian Els
Scrumhalf
Glenwood
Coetzee le Roux
Lock
Paarl Boys
Compion von Ludwig
Flyhalf
Paarl Boys
Corbin Thunder
Hooker
Maritzburg
Corne Lavanga
Prop
Paarl Gim
Damian Engelbrecht
Lock
Monument
Damian Markus
Center
Stellenberg
Damian Oosthuizen
Loose Forward
Affies
Daniel Botha
Lock
Maritzburg
Daniel Deutschmann
Loose Forward
Selborne
Dante Burger
Lock
Paarl Boys
Deacon Pretorius
Back 3
Piet Retief
Deleon Bernardu
Lock
Grey College
Dendre Aucamp
Center
Welkom Gim
Dian Heunis
Prop
Oakdale
Diego Cupido
Back 3
Helpmekaar
Diego Lottering
Back 3
Grey College
Dillon Oppelt
Center
Garsfontein
Divan Moss
Flyhalf
Grey High
Dries du Preez
Lock
Monument
Dwayne Pharo
Back 3
Kingswood
Ethan Hooker
Center
Westville
Francois Oosthuizen
Lock
Menlopark
Gcino Mdletshe
Loose Forward
Westville
Gerrit Ockerse
Loose Forward
Glenwood
Gershwone Smith
Back 3
Aliwal North
Gert Steyn
Center
Grey College
Ghudian van Reene
Loose Forward
Worcester Gim
Gustav Laubscher
Hooker
Boland Landbou
Hakeem Kunene
Center
Paarl Boys
Hanno Wessels
Center
Paarl Boys
Jack Haynes
Prop
Paarl Gim
Jannes Potgieter
Lock
Hilton
Jared Rees
Back 3
Paarl Boys
Jason Johnson
Prop
Paul Roos
Jean Smith
Flyhalf
Grey College
JH Gouws
Loose Forward
Volkskool (EP)
Johan Leonard
Center
Outeniqua
Jorim Bangue*
Loose Forward
Pretoria Boys
Josh Hanekom
Loose Forward
Boland Landbou
Joshua Africa
Back 3
Paul Roos
Juan Steyl
Loose Forward
Garsfontein
Juann Else
Prop
Grey College
Justin Fourie
Lock
Menlopark
Keagan Smith
Back 3
Paarl Boys
Kelly Mpeku
Back 3
KES
Kerneels Coetzer
Center
Garsfontein
Kevin Locke
Prop
Menlopark
Kristof du Randt
Lock
Grey College
Kwakanya Kamteni
Lock
Queens
Layron Willborrow
Flyhalf
Glenwood
Layton Horn
Scrumhalf
Affies
Liam Zocchi-Dommann
Prop
Hilton
Luca Ribbens
Loose Forward
Paarl Boys
Ludick Muller
Loose Forward
Outeniqua
Lyle O’Connell
Loose Forward
Grey High
Matthew Coetzer
Loose Forward
Selborne
Michael Koch
Scrumhalf
Paarl Gim
Mogamad Khan
Scrumhalf
Bishops
Morne Else
Flyhalf
Oakdale
Munashe Dukuswa
Back 3
Glenwood
Nasser de Kock
Loose Forward
Bishops
Nathan Lainis
Loose Forward
Helpmekaar
Nayren Solomons
Back 3
Drostdy
Neels Volschenk
Loose Forward
Grey College
Neil le Roux
Scrumhalf
Oakdale
Nicholas Hatton
Loose Forward
Hilton
Nick Moekesti
Hooker
Affies
Paul de Villiers
Loose Forward
Oakdale
Percy Basson
Center
Drostdy
Phatu Ganyane
Prop
Glenwood
Philasande Ngcobo
Back 3
SACS
Philip Kleynhans
Loose Forward
Oakdale
Quewinn Norje
Back 3
Affies
Reagan Izaks
Center
Grey College
Riaan Gerber
Flyhalf
Affies
Roger Peterson
Prop
Monument
Roydon Swift
Prop
Maritzburg
Ryan Manuel
Center
Glenwood
Simion Oosthuizen
Center
Oakdale
Suleiman Hartzenberg
Back 3
Bishops
Thansville Mayman
Prop
Garsfontein
Thonga Mbatha
Hooker
Helpmekaar
Tiaan Kriek
Flyhalf
Westville
Tiaan Muller
Loose Forward
Affies
Tristan van Dyk
Loose Forward
Paul Roos
Tshireletso Noko
Prop
Lichteburg
Vusi Nhlapho
Lock
Parktown
Waldo van den Berg
Center
Monument
Wela Takata
Loose Forward
Maritzburg
Wian Faber
Center
Menlopark
*Player has matriculated but still fall in the under 18 category
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