10 Potential Super Rugby Botlers

10 potential Super Rugby bolters

Going into the opening round of the 2015 competition, here are 10 Super Rugby rookies whose names you may never have heard.

Perhaps by the end of the 2015 competition, some or all of them will have made a major impact and be regarded as Test prospects.

Seta Tamanivalu
Chiefs centre
Age 22
Super caps 0
ITM Cup Player of the Year 2014

Damian McKenzie
Chiefs flyhalf / fullback
Age 19
Super caps 0
New Zealand Age Grade Player of the Year 2014

Kane Koteka
Force flank
Age 21
Super caps 0
With Matt Hodgson out for eight weeks, Koteka could get an opportunity chance to step up to Super Rugby.

Mitchell Drummond
Crusaders scrumhalf
Age 20
Super caps 1 (as sub)
Willi Heinz is out for the season and Andy Ellis is in Japan; this could provide a huge opportunity for Drummond.

Huw Jones
Stormers centre
Age 21
Super caps 0
A standout in UCT’s 2014 Varsity Cup winning team

Jesse Kriel
Bulls fullback
Age 20
Super caps 1
A utility back who starred for SA Schools and SA under 20

Rory Arnold
Brumbies lock
Age 24
Super caps 0
2.08m tall – along with Andries Bekker, the tallest Super Rugby player ever

Rohan Janse van Rensburg 
Lions centre
Age 20
Super caps 0
An standout midfield back for SA Schools and SA under 20

Michael van der Spuy
Cheetahs centre
Age 23
Super caps 3
Why did the Stormers let him leave?

David Horwitz
Waratahs flyhalf
Age 20
Super caps 0
A NSW and Australian schoolboy and under 20 star, he was first invited to train with the Waratahs at age 18.