Diggers Junior Rugby
The Diggers Junior’s Rugby Club is affectionately known as the Impi’s!
For the uninitiated, the definition of an Impi is an armed band of Zulu warriors involved in urban or rural conflict, (otherwise known as a rugby field)! Our Impi warriors started in 1999 by Hans Marx and are divided into age groups starting from u/6’s, increasing in stealthy warrior age groups, skilled up into the oldest battle hardened u/18’s, before entering into the Senior Teams. After all, Diggers has produced 30 Springboks, 3 Springbok Captains and 2 Springbok Vice Captains!
Our Impi’s are trained by coaches who are all Boksmart certified and who have also attained a mixture of IRB Level 1 and IRB Level 2 Coaching certifications.
2025 Junior Registration and Pre-Season dates will be communicated
Some of our Impi warriors have been selected into other teams:
2024 – 18 x IPT Team players were selected from Diggers:
U14 - Juandre Bezuidenhout
U15 - Bryce Winstanley, Christiaan Britz (VC), Ethan De Bruin, Joel Vlok, Jordan Venter (C), Lincoln Schutte, Kyle Wolfaardt, Owen Stephans, Thomas Hunt
U16 - Caleb Sokolich, Jack Woolard (C), Ryan Niemann, Ryan van Wyk
U18 - Alerick Rachstein, Duncan Beaven (C), Jean-Antony Eblen, Nhlanhla Ncube
2024 - Diggers Coaches in the IPT Team:
Ethan Scrooby (U16 Boys Team Manager)
Keith Baillie (U16 Boys Backline Coach)
Josh van de Linde (U15 Boys Forwards Coach)
Ndi Soboyisi (U15 Boys Team Manager)
Reinhardt Rachstein (U15 Boys Backline Coach)
2023 – 26 x IPT Team players were selected from Diggers:
U13 - Bradley West, Sinalo Dlakana, Oliver Hayes, Hayden Fry, Ashton McHarg
U14 - Kyle Wolfaardt, Zusakhe cwati, Lincoln Schutte, Noah Tomkinson, Chris Smit
U15 - Phano Letsie, Caleb Sokolich, Acho Munaokorie
U16 - Alerick Rachstein, Tyler Maclennan, Oyena Ncala, Jensen Geyer, Evan Botha, Jean-Antony Eblen, Curwin Hill, Lathitha Buso
U18 - Jaden Baillie, Peter Diesel, Thimy Phanzu, Matthew Pretorius, Divan Venter
2023 - Diggers Coaches in the IPT Team:
Keith Baillie (U15 Boys Backline Coach)
Josh van de Linde (U15 Boys Team Manager)
Reinhardt Rachstein (U13 Boys Team Manager)
2022 – 28 x IPT Team players were selected from Diggers:
U13 - Jordan Venter, Hein Janse van Rensburg, Zachary Walbrugh, Lincoln Schütte, Chris Smit, Everett Carlin, Mumu Chirau, Noah Tomkinson, Didi Kleyn, Migael Coetzee
U14- Jacques Fourie, Ryan van Wyk, Phano Letsie, Jack Woolard
U15 - Matthew Hunt, Alerick Rachstein, Matthew Collyer, James Mackenzie, Joshua Mackenzie, Tyler Maclennan, Oyena Ncala, Tristan Daniels, Tyrin Crause, Konke Gxotani, Wijon Fritz
U16 - Duncan Bevan
U18 - Jaden Baillie, Bradley Moroney
2022 - Diggers Coaches in the IPT Team:
Keith Baillie (U14 Boys Backline Coach)
DUE TO COVID NO INTER PROVINCIAL TOURNAMENT TOOK PLACE IN 2020 OR 2021
2019 – 14 x IPT Team players were selected from Diggers:
U13 - Sean Lenauer, Ayden Davel, Duncan Beavan, Thabang Ramanala, Ryan Zvinavashe, Shandre Vermaak
U14- Bradley Moroney, Ethan Hayes, Liam Naude
U15 - Adam Andrade
U16 - Brydon Anderson, Luka Stenojevic, JD Moolman
U18 - Francesco de Filipes
2018 – 7 x IPT Team players were selected from Diggers:
U13 - Ethan Hayes, Daniel Button
U14- Adam Andrade
U15 - Brydon Anderson, Luka Stenojevic
U16 - Dylan Tregurtha, Amu Baloyi
2017 - 12 x IPT Team players were selected from Diggers:
U/13 - Divan Meyer (prop)
U/14 - Keagan Haine (prop), Luka Stanojevic (lock), Leon Muziva (wing), Jaydon Gouws (flank)
U/15 - Dylan Tregurtha (prop), Ben Hollenbrunt (flank), Francesso De-Fillips (8th Man)
U/16 - Chaya Manase (fly Half), Terry Richards (Scrum Half)
U/18 - Sasha Besemberg (Flank), Emile Wiemand (lock)
2016 - 5 x IPT Team players were selected from Diggers:
Luke Berry, Gabriel Berry, Luka Stanojevic, Jarrod Wilson, Mbongeni Moyo
2015 - Lions Craven Week team, Lions Presidents XV, Central and Central West Regional Rugby teams.
Diggers aims to provide a healthy environment filled with fun and enrichment, whereby the Impi’s are given a chance to develop not only their rugby skills but also their socialization skills and are taught the importance of honesty, integrity and team work, which are valuable tools to be taken forward into their adult lives.