SA U20s team to represent South Africa at World Rugby u20 Championships
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Junior Springbok coach Chean Roux has named his team to compete at the World Rugby U20 Championship in Tbilisi, Georgia, with Ernst van Rhyn as captain, and eight players amongst the chosen 28 have played in the same tournament last year.
Van Rhyn, Curwin Bosch, Kwenzo Blose, Carlű Sadie, Zain Davids, Stedman Gans, Manie Libbok and Embrose Papier were all members of the Junior Springbok team that finished fourth in the World Rugby U20 Championship in Manchester in 2016.
The Junior Springboks will face France, Georgia and Argentina in the pool stages of the international spectacle in Tbilisi, which runs from 31 May to 18 June. The team will depart for Georgia on Thursday, 25 May.
Junior Springbok squad for the World Rugby U20 Championship
|
Juarno Augustus |
DHL Western Province |
Loose forward |
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Kwenzo Blose* |
Toyota Free State Cheetahs |
Prop |
|
Curwin Bosch* |
Cell C Sharks |
Flyhalf/Fullback |
|
David Brits |
DHL Western Province |
Centre |
|
Jean-Luc Cilliers |
Xerox Golden Lions |
Flyhalf |
|
Zain Davids* |
DHL Western Province |
Loose forward |
|
Francois de Villiers |
Cell C Sharks |
Scrumhalf |
|
Stedman Gans* |
Vodacom Blue Bulls |
Centre |
|
Johan Grobbelaar (vice-captain) |
Vodacom Blue Bulls |
Hooker |
|
Wikus Groenewald |
DHL Western Province |
Prop |
|
Daniel Jooste |
DHL Western Province |
Hooker |
|
Rewan Kruger |
Toyota Free State Cheetahs |
Scrumhalf |
|
Manie Libbok* |
Vodacom Blue Bulls |
Flyhalf/Fullback |
|
Gianni Lombard |
Xerox Golden Lions |
Fullback |
|
Len Massyn |
Xerox Golden Lions |
Loose forward |
|
Lee-Marvin Mazibuko |
DHL Western Province |
Prop |
|
Salmaan Moerat |
DHL Western Province |
Lock |
|
Reinhard Nothnagel |
Xerox Golden Lions |
Lock |
|
Embrose Papier* |
Vodacom Blue Bulls |
Scrumhalf |
|
Yaw Penxe |
EP Kings |
Winger |
|
Carlű Sadie* |
DHL Western Province |
Prop |
|
Wandisile Simelane |
Xerox Golden Lions |
Centre/Wing |
|
Hendre Stassen |
Vodacom Blue Bulls |
Lock |
|
Gerhard Steenekamp |
Vodacom Blue Bulls |
Prop |
|
Ruben van Heerden |
Vodacom Blue Bulls |
Lock |
|
Damian Willemse |
DHL Western Province |
Flyhalf |
|
Nama Xaba |
DHL Western Province |
Loose forward |
|
Ernst van Rhyn* (captain) |
DHL Western Province |
Loose forward |
*denotes 2016 World Rugby U20 Championship player
