Damian Markus will earn a first start for the Junior Springboks against England on Friday, while SA U20 head coach Bafana Nhleko was also forced to make a few changes due to injuries for their World Rugby U20 Championship third place playoff at Athlone Stadium in Cape Town.
Markus played off the bench in all four matches of the tournament thus far, and on Friday will run out at inside centre, while Hakeem Kunene (fullback. shoulder), JF van Heerden (lock, shoulder) and Ghudian van Reenen (flanker, concussion) have been ruled out of the match.
Regan Izaks will start at fullback, as...
SA Rugby’s Director of Rugby Rassie Erasmus and Junior Springbok head coach Bafana Nhleko reacted enthusiastically to the announcement made earlier on Thursday by SANZAAR that a new U20 Rugby Championship will kick off in 2024.
The Championship, which will be hosted in the Gold Coast in Australia next year in April (exact dates to be confirmed), will see up and coming stars of Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa do battle on an annual basis.
The competition will be played annually in one country and will comprise a round robin where all four teams will play each...
SA Rugby’s Director of Rugby Rassie Erasmus and Junior Springbok head coach Bafana Nhleko reacted enthusiastically to the announcement made earlier on Thursday by SANZAAR that a new U20 Rugby Championship will kick off in 2024.
The Championship, which will be hosted in the Gold Coast in Australia next year in April (exact dates to be confirmed), will see up and coming stars of Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa do battle on an annual basis.
The competition will be played annually in one country and will comprise a round robin where all four teams will play each...
The Junior Springboks suffered a heart-breaking 24-19 defeat against Australia in their second outing in the U20 Rugby Championship at a wet Sunshine Coast Stadium on Tuesday, but showed great fighting spirit until the final whistle despite a red card in the first half.
The first half was a tense affair as both teams threw everything at one another on attack, but a combination of the tenacious defence and the wet ball denied them from capitalising on a few try-scoring chances.
Australia came out firing in the opening minutes, applying solid pressure on the Junior Boks close...
The Junior Springboks suffered a heart-breaking 24-19 defeat against Australia in their second outing in the U20 Rugby Championship at a wet Sunshine Coast Stadium on Tuesday, but showed great fighting spirit until the final whistle despite a red card in the first half.
The first half was a tense affair as both teams threw everything at one another on attack, but a combination of the tenacious defence and the wet ball denied them from capitalising on a few try-scoring chances.
Australia came out firing in the opening minutes, applying solid pressure on the Junior Boks close...
Junior Springboks Asad Moos and JF van Heerden are under no illusion about the enormity of the task that await their team when they meet in-form England in a vital pool match of the World Rugby Under-20 Championship on Tuesday night at the Athlone Stadium in Cape Town.
The crunch encounter kicks off at 19h00 and will be broadcast live on SuperSport.
It’s the Junior Boks’ final Pool C fixture before the playoffs on Sunday, with the SA U20s in a position where they must beat England and hope other results go their way to qualify for the semi-finals.
England currently lead Pool C with...
The Junior Springbok season will kick off in all earnest with the invitation of a big group of players to the first SA Rugby Under-20 Academy camp, which will be held at the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport from 26 January to 16 February.
The Junior Springboks got their short tour of Georgia off to a good but cold start with a live training session against the Lelo Saracens club in Tbilisi on Wednesday afternoon.
