Junior Boks to give it ‘one more go’
Bafana Nhleko said the Junior Springboks are hurting after Sunday’s loss to Argentina, but aim to bounce back in the final match of the 2024 U20 World Championship.
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Bafana Nhleko said the Junior Springboks are hurting after Sunday’s loss to Argentina, but aim to bounce back in the final match of the 2024 U20 World Championship.
A second-half comeback Junior Springboks fell short as the U20 Championship hosts were knocked out by Argentina in the fifth-place semi-final in Cape Town.
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Tylor Sefoor starts at flyhalf while JF van Heerden shifts to flanker in a new-look Junior Springbok 23 for Sunday’s U20 World Championship clash with Argentina in Cape Town.
A massively disappointed Bafana Nhleko commended the Junior Springboks for showing fight in their pool defeat to England, but said an early exit from the U20 Championship shouldn’t define the talent in the squad.
The Junior Springboks failed to qualify for the U20 Championship playoffs for the first time in over a decade after falling to a late defeat to tournament-favourites England in Athlone on Tuesday.
World Rugby have confirmed that the Pool C finale between the Junior Springboks and England at Athlone will go ahead as scheduled on Tuesday night.
The Junior Springboks are under no illusion about the task that awaits them against England in their must-win clash of the 2024 U20 World Championship in Athlone on Tuesday.
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Wing Likhona Finca is set to make his startind debut for the Junior Springboks in one of seven changes to the starting lineup for the do-or-die U20 World Championship clash against England in Athlone on Tuesday.