| 2016 Under-21 Provincial Championship | |
| Countries: | South Africa |
| Date: | 5 August – 22 October 2016 |
| Matches: | 24 |
| Tries: | 179 |
| Top Point Scorer: | Shaun Reynolds (112) |
| Top Try Scorer: | Tristan Blewett and Elden Schoeman (6) |
| Prevseason: | 2015 |
| Nextseason: | 2017 |
The 2016 Under-21 Provincial Championship was the 2016 edition of the Under-21 Provincial Championship, an annual national Under-21 rugby union competition held in South Africa, and was contested from 5 August to 22 October 2016. The competition was won by who beat 38–34 in the final played on 22 October 2016.
There was seven participating teams in the 2016 Under-21 Provincial Championship. These teams played each other once over the course of the season, either at home or away.
Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by seven points or less. Teams were ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).
The top four teams qualified for the title play-off semi-finals. The team that finished first had home advantage against the team that finished fourth, while the team that finished second had home advantage against the team that finished third. The final was played as a curtain raiser for the 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division final.
The following teams took part in the 2016 Under-21 Provincial Championship:
The final league standings for the 2016 Under-21 Provincial Championship was:
| 2016 Under-21 Provincial Championship standings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts< | -- Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts--> |
| 1 | align=left | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 200 | 140 | +60 | 28 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 25 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | align=left | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 198 | 144 | +54 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 23 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | align=left | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 185 | 171 | +14 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 20 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | align=left | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 177 | 184 | −7 | 24 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 17 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | align=left | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 164 | 155 | +9 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | align=left | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 152 | 189 | −37 | 20 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | align=left | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 153 | 246 | −93 | 22 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Final standings. |
| Legend and competition rules | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Legend: | |||
| The top four teams qualified to the semi-finals. | P = Games played, W = Games won, D = Games drawn, L = Games lost, PF = Points for, PA = Points against, PD = Points difference, TF = Tries for, TA = Tries against, TB = Try bonus points, LB = Losing bonus points, Pts = Log points | ||
| Competition rules: | |||
The table below shows each team's progression throughout the season. For each round, their cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position in brackets:
| Team Progression – 2016 Under-21 Provincial Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Semi | Final | |||||||||||
| align=left | style="background:#97DEFF;" | 3 (2nd) | style="background:#ECECEC;" | 3 (5th) | style="background:#E8FFD8;" | 8 (3rd) | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | 10 (3rd) | style="background:#E8FFD8;" | 15 (1st) | style="background:#E8FFD8;" | 20 (1st) | style="background:#E8FFD8;" | 25 (1st) | style="background:#ECECEC;" | 25 (1st) | style="background:#E8FFD8;" | Won | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | Lost | |
| align=left | style="background:#ECECEC;" | 0 (5th) | style="background:#E8FFD8;" | 5 (2nd) | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | 6 (4th) | style="background:#E8FFD8;" | 10 (2nd) | style="background:#E8FFD8;" | 14 (3rd) | style="background:#ECECEC;" | 14 (4th) | style="background:#E8FFD8;" | 19 (3rd) | style="background:#E8FFD8;" | 23 (2nd) | style="background:#E8FFD8;" | Won | style="background:#E8FFD8;" | Won | |
| align=left | style="background:#97DEFF;" | 3 (2nd) | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | 4 (4th) | style="background:#E8FFD8;" | 9 (2nd) | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | 10 (5th) | style="background:#E8FFD8;" | 15 (2nd) | style="background:#E8FFD8;" | 20 (2nd) | style="background:#ECECEC;" | 20 (2nd) | style="background:#ECECEC;" | 20 (3rd) | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | Lost | |||
| align=left | style="background:#E8FFD8;" | 5 (1st) | style="background:#E8FFD8;" | 10 (1st) | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | 11 (1st) | style="background:#ECECEC;" | 11 (1st) | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | 11 (4th) | style="background:#E8FFD8;" | 15 (3rd) | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | 17 (3rd) | style="background:#ECECEC;" | 17 (4th) | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | Lost | |||
| align=left | style="background:#ECECEC;" | 0 (5th) | style="background:#E8FFD8;" | 4 (3rd) | style="background:#ECECEC;" | 4 (6th) | style="background:#E8FFD8;" | 9 (6th) | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | 10 (5th) | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | 10 (6th) | style="background:#E8FFD8;" | 15 (5th) | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | 16 (5th) | |||||
| align=left | style="background:#ECECEC;" | 0 (5th) | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | 1 (6th) | style="background:#E8FFD8;" | 6 (5th) | style="background:#E8FFD8;" | 10 (4th) | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | 10 (6th) | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | 11 (5th) | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | 12 (5th) | style="background:#ECECEC;" | 12 (6th) | |||||
| align=left | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | 1 (4th) | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | 1 (7th) | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | 3 (7th) | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | 3 (7th) | style="background:#ECECEC;" | 3 (7th) | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | 4 (7th) | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | 6 (7th) | style="background:#ECECEC;" | 6 (7th) | |||||
| Key: | win | draw | loss | bye |
The following matches were played in the 2016 Under-21 Provincial Championship:
The honour roll for the 2016 Under-21 Provincial Championship was:
| 2016 Under-21 Provincial Championship Honours | ||
|---|---|---|
| Champions: | ||
| Top Try Scorers: | Tristan Blewett, Sharks U21 and Elden Schoeman, Leopards U21 (6) | |
| Top Points Scorer: | Shaun Reynolds, Golden Lions U21 (112) | |
The following squads were named for the 2016 Under-21 Provincial Championship:
| Matthys Basson Jan-Henning Campher Mervano da Silva Aston Fortuin Stefaan Grundlingh Njabulo Gumede Jaco Holtzhausen Brian Leitch Sam Mitchell Abongile Nonkontwana Eli Snyman Jsuan-re Swanepoel Gavin van den Berg Dean van der Westhuizen Ruben van Heerden Luigy van Jaarsveld Alandré van Rooyen Marco van Staden Did not play: Wynand de Necker JD Fourie Arnold Gerber Denzel Hill Madot Mabokela Jozua Naudé Menzi Nhlabathi PJ Toerien Franco van den Berg Jan van der Merwe Salmon van Huyssteen | ||
| Tinus de Beer Stephan Enslin Dewald Human JT Jackson Manie Libbok Adrian Maebane Theo Maree Dewald Naudé Franco Naudé Divan Rossouw Keanan van Wyk Ivan van Zyl Kurt Webster Did not play: Heino Bezuidenhout Simon Bezuidenhout Daylan Daniels Jerry Danquah Corné de Klerk Keanu Langeveldt Tshepiso Mahasha Raegan Oranje Brendan Owen Sipho Phiri | ||
| Pote Human |
| Lusanda Badiyana Wihan Coetzer Wynand Grassmann Jedwyn Harty Justin Hollis Gerrit Huisamen JP Jamieson Arno Lotter Rob Lyons David Murray SF Nieuwoudt NJ Oosthuizen Jayson Reinecke Hayden Tharratt Roché van Zyl Xandré VosDid not play: Tango Balekile JP Barkhuizen Ronnie Beyl Matt Howes Sintu Manjezi Junior Pokomela Tyler Paul Elandré van der Merwe | ||
| Simon Bolze Michael Brink Luvo Claassen Malcolm Jaer Somila Jho Garrick Mattheus Jixie Molapo Rouche Nel Sibusiso Ngcokovane Luan Nieuwoudt Mabhutana Peter Stephen Rautenbach Keanu Vers Jeremy Ward Lindelwe Zungu Did not play: Nathan Augustus Davron Cameron Avelo Jubase Jordan Koekemoer Athi Mayinje |
| Erich de Jager Joseph Dweba Nardus Erasmus Johann Grundlingh Günther Janse van Vuuren Johan Kotze Daniel Maartens Gopolang Molefe Fiffy Rampeta Ruben Schoeman Robin Stevens Reinach Venter Brendan Verster Ntokozo Vidima Quintin Vorster Jasper Wiese Did not play: Janu Botha Junior Burger Tienie Burger Benjamin Jansen van Vuuren Alex Jonker Willem Daniel Koegelenberg Willandré Kotzenberg Johannes Labuschagné Victor Maruping Damian May Ox Nché Rayno Nel Kaden Prince Burger van Niekerk Conraad van Vuuren Xander van Wyk | ||
| Dian Badenhorst Darren Baron Heinrich Bitzi Carel-Jan Coetzee JP Coetzee TJ Goddard Lorenzo Gordon Julian Jordaan Gerrie Labuschagné Sechaba Matsoele Ali Mgijima Mosolwa Mafuma Armand Pretorius Niell Stannard Arno van Staden Did not play: Carlton Coeries Rewan Kruger Johan Nel Johannes Nel Jayden Alrich Onkers Vanian Pijoos Tiaan Schmulian Bjorn van Wyk Dawid Andries Rinke Venter Ruan Wasserman Dwayne Wessels | ||
| Did not play: Stephen Patrick Botha Nakkie Naudé |
| Le Roux Baard Driaan Bester Jo-Hanko de Villiers Estian Enslin Marnus Erasmus Rhyno Herbst Wiehan Jacobs Pieter Jansen Kyle Kruger Arnout Malherbe Juandré Michau Morné Moos Mac Muller FP Pelser Dwayne Pienaar Clinton Theron Koos Tredoux James Venter Did not play: Derik Bezuidenhout Stephen Bhasera CJ Conradie Justin Meintjies Henco Smit Sarel Smith Kenny van Niekerk | ||
| Ronald Brown Kobus Engelbrecht Johan Esterhuizen Marco Jansen van Vuren Curtis Jonas Jaydrin Kotze Siya Masuku Godfrey Ramaboea Shaun Reynolds Cameron Rooi Jarryd Sage Barend Smit Boeta Vermaak Did not play: Wynand Botha Paul de Beer Jurie Linde Hendrik Mulder Kwanele Ngema Ralton Navan October Gerdus van der Walt |
| Tiaan Bezuidenhout Daniel Jacobus Crafford Petrus du Buson Hendrik du Plessis Louis Grey Ruan Groenewald Robert Hunt Francois Jacobs Mogau Mabokela Muziwandile Mazibuko Tshego Moloto Bhekisa Shongwe Wessel Steyn Jaco Swanepoel Louis van der Westhuizen Dolf van Deventer Joshua van Niekerk Danie van Wyk Did not play: Bradley Leijdekkers Gerhardus le Roux Johnathan Levin Kabelo Motloung Henry Searle | ||
| Julian Delicado Marco Donges Sydney du Plessis Eddie Engelbrecht Wilbri Gunter Garann Kriek Wessel Kuhn Tapiwa Mafura Nkosana Mathaba Nkululeko Mcuma Jimmy Mpailane Akhona Nela Timothy Prince Elden Schoeman Did not play: Lourens Basson Rashard Fuller Eugene Hare Tokkie Kasselman Allen Kemp Muller Diederik Oberholzer Roelof Liebenberg Scheepers De Wet Terblanche | ||
| Did not play: Wian Koekemoer Johannes Gerhardus Jacobus van Deventer Daniel Jacobus von Wielligh |
| Hyron Andrews Ngoni Chidoma Andrew du Plessis Johan du Toit Graham Geldenhuys Kyle Hatherell Erich Kankowski Ruan Kramer Mzamo Majola Michael Meyer Mthunzi Moloi Bandisa Ndlovu Johan Retief Ayron Schramm Pierre van der Walt Kerron van Vuuren Wian Vosloo Rikus Zwart Did not play: Andrew Acton Ryan Carlson Reyno du Toit Bernardus Haring Michael Hutton Jacobus Schalk Willem Kok Retief Marais Keagan Mills Ruan Smook Yuric Thambiran | ||
| Shane Ball Tristan Blewett Malcolm Cele Marcel Coetzee Ruben de Vos Kelvin Elder Jasper Genis Benhard Janse van Rensburg Morné Joubert Jaywinn Juries Marius Louw Justin Newman S'busiso Nkosi Damian Stevens Danrich Visagie Did not play: Matthew Alborough Curwin Bosch Tony Brandon Juan-Michel Botha Bradley Phillip Ellse Max Freydell Rowan Gouws Blake Mingay Zweli Silaule Alwayno Visagie |
| Saud Abrahams Jean-Pierre Botha Rikus Bothma Mitchell Carstens Jaco Coetzee Brenton Greaves Michael Kumbirai Daniël Maree Percy Mngadi Gary Porter David Ribbans Hanno Snyman Luke Stringer Nyasha Tarusenga Ruben Terblanche Christo van der Merwe Frans van Wyk Jacques Vermeulen Kyle Whyte Cobus Wiese Jaco Willemse Eduard Zandberg Did not play: Iver Aanhuizen Ruan Brits CF du Toit JD Schickerling Chad Solomon | ||
| Heinrich Buhr Dennis Cox Aidynn Cupido Paul de Wet Grant Hermanus Herschel Jantjies Eduan Keyter Rabz Maxwane Ryan Oosthuizen Justin Phillips Duncan Saal Tiaan Swanepoel Brandon Thomson Edwill van der Merwe EW Viljoen Leolin Zas Did not play: Siya Alam Michael Andrade Clayton Daniels Daniël du Plessis Justin Heunis Keenan Jacobs Yaseen Jacobs Kuziwa Kazembe Khanyo Ngcukana Wayne Smith Ernst Stapelberg Damian Stevens Etienne Swarts Fabian van der Vent | ||
| Did not play: Curtly Ambrose Thomas Marlo Louis Weich | ||
| Jerome Paarwater |
The following table contain points scored in the 2016 Under-21 Provincial Championship:
| Top Ten point scorers | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Team | T | C | P | DG | Pts< | -- Pos | Player | Team | Try | Con | Pen | DG | Pts--> |
| 1 | Shaun Reynolds | Golden Lions U21 | 1 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 112 | ||||||||
| 2 | Grant Hermanus | Western Province U21 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 77 | ||||||||
| 3 | Eastern Province U21 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 68 | |||||||||
| 4 | Tinus de Beer | Blue Bulls U21 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 56 | ||||||||
| 5 | Free State U21 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 46 | |||||||||
| 6 | Heinrich Bitzi | Free State U21 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 34 | ||||||||
| 7 | Sharks U21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| Elden Schoeman | Leopards U21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| 9 | Marco Donges | Leopards U21 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 28 | ||||||||
| 10 | Western Province U21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |||||||||
| Jasper Wiese | Free State U21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Other point scorers | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Team | T | C | P | DG | Pts< | -- Pos | Player | Team | Try | Con | Pen | DG | Pts--> |
| 12 | Malcolm Jaer | Eastern Province U21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||
| 13 | Morné Joubert | Sharks U21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||
| Dewald Naudé | Blue Bulls U21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |||||||||
| Franco Naudé | Blue Bulls U21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |||||||||
| Western Province U21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| James Venter | Golden Lions U21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |||||||||
| 18 | Jaywinn Juries | Sharks U21 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||
| 19 | Kobus Engelbrecht | Golden Lions U21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||
| 20 | Ronald Brown | Golden Lions U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||
| Carel-Jan Coetzee | Free State U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||||||||
| Jaco Coetzee | Western Province U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||||||||
| Mervano da Silva | Blue Bulls U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||||||||
| Julian Delicado | Leopards U21 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | |||||||||
| TJ Goddard | Free State U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||||||||
| Golden Lions U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Siya Masuku | Golden Lions U21 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 | |||||||||
| Jixie Molapo | Eastern Province U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||||||||
| Golden Lions U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Wessel Steyn | Leopards U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||||||||
| Ivan van Zyl | Blue Bulls U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||||||||
| 32 | JT Jackson | Blue Bulls U21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||
| 33 | Benhard Janse van Rensburg | Sharks U21 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 34 | Aidynn Cupido | Western Province U21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||
| 35 | Le Roux Baard | Golden Lions U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||
| Tiaan Bezuidenhout | Leopards U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
| Malcolm Cele | Sharks U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
| JP Coetzee | Free State U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
| Marcel Coetzee | Sharks U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
| Golden Lions U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Ruben de Vos | Sharks U21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
| Nardus Erasmus | Free State U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
| Wilbri Gunter | Leopards U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
| Western Province U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Somila Jho | Eastern Province U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
| Eduan Keyter | Western Province U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
| Adrian Maebane | Blue Bulls U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
| Tapiwa Mafura | Leopards U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
| Western Province U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Fiffy Rampeta | Free State U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
| Jarryd Sage | Golden Lions U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
| Dolf van Deventer | Leopards U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
| Ruben van Heerden | Blue Bulls U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
| Blue Bulls U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Marco van Staden | Blue Bulls U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
| Frans van Wyk | Western Province U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
| Keanan van Wyk | Blue Bulls U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
| Keanu Vers | Eastern Province U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
| Jeremy Ward | Eastern Province U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
| Jaco Willemse | Western Province U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
| 61 | Western Province U21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |||||||||
| 62 | Damian Stevens | Sharks U21 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||
| 63 | Dian Badenhorst | Free State U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||
| Michael Brink | Eastern Province U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Heinrich Buhr | Western Province U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Mitchell Carstens | Western Province U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Sydney du Plessis | Leopards U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Graham Geldenhuys | Sharks U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Lorenzo Gordon | Free State U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Wiehan Jacobs | Golden Lions U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| JP Jamieson | Eastern Province U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Günther Janse van Vuuren | Free State U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Pieter Jansen | Golden Lions U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Curtis Jonas | Golden Lions U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Garann Kriek | Leopards U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Kyle Kruger | Golden Lions U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Manie Libbok | Blue Bulls U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Mosolwa Mafuma | Free State U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Michael Meyer | Sharks U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Ali Mgijima | Free State U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Jimmy Mpailane | Leopards U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Percy Mngadi | Western Province U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Mthunzi Moloi | Sharks U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Morné Moos | Golden Lions U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Bandisa Ndlovu | Sharks U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Akhona Nela | Leopards U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| FP Pelser | Golden Lions U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Justin Phillips | Western Province U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Timothy Prince | Leopards U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Jayson Reinecke | Eastern Province U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| David Ribbans | Western Province U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Divan Rossouw | Blue Bulls U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Duncan Saal | Western Province U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Ayron Schramm | Sharks U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Luke Stringer | Western Province U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Clinton Theron | Golden Lions U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Western Province U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Sharks U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Reinach Venter | Free State U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Western Province U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Xandré Vos | Eastern Province U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Western Province U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Lindelwe Zungu | Eastern Province U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| 104 | Simon Bolze | Eastern Province U21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| Dennis Cox | Western Province U21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| 106 | Marius Louw | Sharks U21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| — | penalty try | Free State U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||
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The following table contains all the cards handed out during the competition:
| Red cards or multiple yellow cards | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Team | < | -- Player | Team | Red | Yellow--> | |
| Grant Hermanus | Western Province U21 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Golden Lions U21 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Single yellow cards | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Team | < | -- Player | Team | Red | Yellow--> | |
| Darren Baron | Free State U21 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Matthys Basson | Blue Bulls U21 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Sharks U21 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Jaco Coetzee | Western Province U21 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| JP Coetzee | Free State U21 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Joseph Dweba | Free State U21 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Njabulo Gumede | Blue Bulls U21 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Rhyno Herbst | Golden Lions U21 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Justin Hollis | Eastern Province U21 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| JP Jamieson | Eastern Province U21 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Marius Louw | Sharks U21 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Daniel Maartens | Free State U21 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Tapiwa Mafura | Leopards U21 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Theo Maree | Blue Bulls U21 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Nkululeko Mcuma | Leopards U21 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Western Province U21 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Justin Phillips | Western Province U21 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Timothy Prince | Leopards U21 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Jarryd Sage | Golden Lions U21 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Ruben Schoeman | Free State U21 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Ayron Schramm | Sharks U21 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Frans van Wyk | Western Province U21 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Jeremy Ward | Eastern Province U21 | 0 | 1 | ||||
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The following referees officiated matches in the 2016 Under-21 Provincial Championship:
| Ben Crouse Stephan Geldenhuys Quinton Immelman AJ Jacobs Jaco Kotze Shuhei Kubo Vusi Msibi Sindile Ngcese Jaco Peyper Francois Pretorius Jaco Pretorius Egon Seconds Archie Sehlako Lourens van der Merwe | |||