Bothma in for Junior Boks

Rikus Bothma will start at openside flank for the Junior Springboks in their World Rugby U20 Championship semi-final against England on Monday.

He replaces Jacques Vermeulen in the only change to the starting XV that thrashed Australia 46-13 last Wednesday.

There's also one change to the bench, with Malcolm Jaer replacing Grant Hermanus.

The match will be broadcast from 8:25pm on SuperSport 1.

Junior Springboks – 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Khanyo Ngcukana, 13 EW Viljoen, 12 Daniel du Plessis, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Brandon Thomson, 9 Ivan van Zyl, 8 Hanro Liebenberg (c), 7 Jean-Luc du Preez, 6 Rikus Bothma, 5 Rudolph Snyman, 4 Jason Jenkins, 3 Thomas du Toit, 2 Joseph Dweba, 1 Ox Nche.
Subs: 16 Jan van der Merwe, 17 Mzamo Majola, 18 Frans van Wyk, 19 Hyron Andrews, 20 Dan du Preez, 21 Marco Jansen van Vuren, 22 Tinus de Beer, 23 Malcolm Jaer.

Photo: Roger Sedres/Gallo Images

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