Poor start costs SA U18 against France
A second-half comeback attempt from the SA U18 team was not enough to prevent an International Series-opening defeat to France U18 in Durbanville on Tuesday.
A second-half comeback attempt from the SA U18 team was not enough to prevent an International Series-opening defeat to France U18 in Durbanville on Tuesday.
Loose forward Xola Nyali will captain the South Africa U18 team in the International Series opener against France at Stellenberg High on Tuesday afternoon.
The bulk of the SA Schools teams were included in a 26-player SA U18 squad for next month’s U18 International Series against France and England.
The South African U18 team will face their age-group counterparts from France and England in Durbanville and Paarl near Cape Town when the annual U18 International Series kicks off next month.
JJ Theron (SA Schools) and Imaani Pemba (SA Schools ‘A’) will captain their respective sides when they face off at the Boland Stadium in Wellington on Thursday afternoon.
The SA Schools selectors on Saturday named two squads of 23 players each to represent the SA Schools and SA Schools A teams in 2023, with Katleho Lynch and Lwazi Zangqa appointed as the respective coaches.
The two SA School sides know which buttons to push as they prepare for the next round of matches in the U18 International Series, scheduled to take place in Paarl on Tuesday.
Zachary Porthen and Camden Schoeman, who led the SA Schools teams last month, will again wear the captain’s armbands when the two SA U18 sides open the International Series against England and France in Paarl on Friday.
Two South African U18 sides, consisting of 26 players each, have been named to take on their age-group counterparts from France and England in a four-team international series in Paarl later this month.
SA Schools racked up a half-century of points in an entertaining clash with the SA Schools A side at Hamilton Rugby Football Club in Green Point on Saturday.