Hoërskool De Aar has its first ever Springbok old boy
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. 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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