Junior Boks get Giliomee boost
Four fit-again players have been included in a Junior Boks training squad ahead of the U20 International Series in Cape Town later this month.
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Four fit-again players have been included in a Junior Boks training squad ahead of the U20 International Series in Cape Town later this month.
The extent of the knee injury suffered by Junior Boks centre Ethan Adams in Gqeberha has become clearer following further medical assessment.
Junior Boks coach Kevin Foote praised his side after a 29-29 draw with New Zealand in the U20 Rugby Championship on Saturday.
The Junior Springboks clinched their first Sanzaar U20 Rugby Championship title after drawing with New Zealand at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Saturday.
Kevin Foote has backed continuity ahead of Saturday’s U20 Rugby Championship decider against New Zealand in Gqeberha.
Assistant coach Melusi Mthethwa says “it doesn’t get bigger” than Saturday’s winner-takes-all U20 Rugby Championship finale between the Junior Springboks and New Zealand.
Be it the Investec Champions Cup semi-finals, the U20 internationals or in the Land of the Rising Sun, South Africans are number one.
The Junior Springboks have reportedly not yet clinched the U20 Rugby Championship title, despite earlier celebrations of the achievement.
Wing Khuthadzo Rasivhaga and flank Wasi Vyambwera featured prominently in this top try during the Junior Boks’ U20 Rugby Championship title-winning clash with Australia.
Head coach Kevin Foote was delighted following the Junior Springboks’ 56-17 drubbing of Australia to wrap up the U20 Rugby Championship title with a game to spare.