The Junior Boks started their World Rugby U20 Championship campaign with six tries in a 43-19 victory over Scotland in Rosario on Tuesday.
The rugby rivalry between South Africa and New Zealand will enter another chapter on Saturday when the Junior Springboks...
Markus Muller (SA Schools) and Jeandre Uithaler (SA Schools ‘A’) will captain their respective sides in the annual clash...
Junior Springbok coach Kevin Foote and captain Riley Norton credited their hard work and defence after the South African...
The Junior Springboks booked their spot in the final of the World Rugby U20 Championship, but they had to work very hard...
Quintin Potgieter has been called up to the SA Schools squad following confirmation that Josh Neill has been ruled out d...
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Junior Springbok coach Chean Roux praised his team’s attitude and character in their opening match of the World Rugby U20 Championship, against Scotland at the Racecourse Stadium in Rosario on Tuesday, for a bonus-point victory of 43-19.
Springbok Sevens captain Philip Snyman is confident the next generation of Blitzboks will make South Africa proud in the next couple of years and said they have shown during the 2018/19 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series that the future for the team is bright.
Vaughen Isaacs, Angelo Davids and Dian Bleuler will make their Junior Bok debuts in the World Rugby U20 Champs opener against Scotland in Rosario on Tuesday, with another player, Keagan Glade, also set to earn his first cap if he takes to the field.
It was a proper old arm wrestle in the rain in Auckland, where the Blues and the Vodacom Bulls drew their Vodacom Super Rugby encounter by 22-22.
The Emirates Lions scored a bonus point victory over the DHL Stormers in Johannesburg, winning their Vodacom Super Rugby derby by 41-22. their first win over a South African team in 2019.
The Cell C Sharks have made some minor tweaks to their starting team for their vital Vodacom Super Rugby match with the Jaguares in Buenos Aires on Saturday evening.
Three players are set to make their Vodacom Super Rugby debut for the DHL Stormers in their encounter with the Sunwolves at DHL Newlands in Cape Town on Saturday. Kick-off in this Round 17 encounter is 17h15.
UPDATED: Emirates Lions coach Swys de Bruin was forced to make a few late changes to his team for Saturday’s important Vodacom Super Rugby home match against the Hurricanes in Johannesburg, which starts at 15h05 and will be shown live on SuperSport 1.
There will be a straight shoot-out between Tafel Lager Griquas and the Xerox Golden Lions XV in Kimberley, where the team from Gauteng face an improbable task if they want to make it to the SuperSport Rugby Challenge semi-finals.
SA Rugby High Performance manager and Junior Springbok assistant coach, Louis Koen, said on Thursday the team had a solid base to build on in the World Rugby U20 Championship in Rosario.
Junior Springbok coach Chean Roux praised his team’s attitude and character in their opening match of the World Rugby U20 Championship, against Scotland at the Racecourse Stadium in Rosario on Tuesday, for a bonus-point victory of 43-19.
The Cell C Sharks have made some minor tweaks to their starting team for their vital Vodacom Super Rugby match with the Jaguares in Buenos Aires on Saturday evening.
News
SA and NZ set to write another chapter in special rugby rivalryThe rugby rivalry between South Africa and New Zealand will enter another chapter on Saturday when the Junior Springboks face their NZ U20 counterparts in the final of the 2025 World Rugby U20 Championship in Rovigo, Italy.
Team announcement
Muller and Uithaler to captain SA Schools teamsMarkus Muller (SA Schools) and Jeandre Uithaler (SA Schools ‘A’) will captain their respective sides in the annual clash between the cream of the crop in South Africa’s schoolboy rugby at Hoërskool Middelburg in Mpumalanga on Thursday afternoon.
Reaction
Foote and Norton credit defence for semi-final winJunior Springbok coach Kevin Foote and captain Riley Norton credited their hard work and defence after the South Africans beat Argentina in Viadana on Monday night to book their place in Saturday’s World Rugby U20 Championship final against New Zealand.
Match report
Junior Boks outlast Argentina in tough semi-finalThe Junior Springboks booked their spot in the final of the World Rugby U20 Championship, but they had to work very hard for their 48-24 victory (half-time 28-10) over Argentina on a hot and humid Monday evening at the Stadio Luigi Zaffanella in Viadana.
FNB Youth Weeks
SA Schools injury replacements confirmedQuintin Potgieter has been called up to the SA Schools squad following confirmation that Josh Neill has been ruled out due to a rib injury.
