Junior Boks tweak team for bronze playoff
Damian Markus will earn a first start for the Junior Springboks against England on Friday, while coach Bafana Nhleko made a few injury-enforced changes for the third-place playoff at Athlone Stadium.
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Damian Markus will earn a first start for the Junior Springboks against England on Friday, while coach Bafana Nhleko made a few injury-enforced changes for the third-place playoff at Athlone Stadium.
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Captain Paul de Villiers says the Junior Springboks want to be first out of the starting blocks when they face Ireland in the World Rugby U20 Championship semi-final at Athlone Stadium on Sunday.
The Junior Springboks will face Ireland in the World U20 Championship semi-final with an unchanged matchday squad at Athlone Stadium in Cape Town on Sunday afternoon.
The Junior Springboks rallied to beat Argentina at Athlone Stadium on Tuesday night to advance to the World Rugby U20 Championship semi-finals.
Skipper Paul de Villiers is fired up for the Junior Springboks’ “must-win” final Pool C clash of the World U20 Championship, against Argentina in Athlone on Tuesday.
Jean Smith will resume his role as the starting No 10 when South Africa take on Argentina in the decisive final Pool C clash in Athlone on Tuesday.
Coach Bafana Nhleko and captain Paul de Villiers believe the Junior Boks can bounce back from a shock defeat to Italy to qualify for the World U20 Championship semi-finals.
Italy punished the ill-disciplined Junior Springboks to stun the hosts of the World Rugby U20 Championship in atrocious conditions in Paarl on Thursday.
The Junior Springboks plan to deliver an energetic effort at a sold-out Paarl Gymnasium on Thursday afternoon, when they take on Italy in their second Pool C match of the World U20 Championship.