Ackermann makes SA return
SA Rugby has successfully brought Johan Ackermann back to South Africa as a national team consultant starting in January.
Junior Boks slay Wales for seventh
The Junior Springboks put on a showcase of attacking rugby to end their U20 Championship campaign on a high by beating Wales to seal seventh place.
Injury-hit Junior Boks forced to shuffle
New call-up Wandile Mlaba will make his debut off the bench as the Junior Springboks have made a plethora of injury-enforced changes for the seventh-place playoff against Wales in Cape Town on Friday.
Junior Boks miss out on fifth place finish
A second-half comeback Junior Springboks fell short as the U20 Championship hosts were knocked out by Argentina in the fifth-place semi-final in Cape Town.
Nhleko: Defeat doesn’t define ‘brilliant’ Junior Bok talent
A massively disappointed Bafana Nhleko commended the Junior Springboks for showing fight in their pool defeat to England, but said an early exit from the U20 Championship shouldn’t define the talent in the squad.
England knock out Junior Boks
The Junior Springboks failed to qualify for the U20 Championship playoffs for the first time in over a decade after falling to a late defeat to tournament-favourites England in Athlone on Tuesday.
Junior Boks’ clash to go ahead despite Cape monsoon
World Rugby have confirmed that the Pool C finale between the Junior Springboks and England at Athlone will go ahead as scheduled on Tuesday night.
Junior Boks shuffle for England clash
Wing Likhona Finca is set to make his startind debut for the Junior Springboks in one of seven changes to the starting lineup for the do-or-die U20 World Championship clash against England in Athlone on Tuesday.
Junior Boks delighted with ‘big boy’ Batho
Captain Zach Porthen nominated lock Bathobele Hlekani as the unofficial man of the match after helping the Junior Springboks make a physical statement against Fiji in their U20 World Championship opener.
TMO expanded for Bok Test, U20 Champs
World Rugby have announced an expansion of the TMO’s powers for Saturday’s Test between the Springboks and Wales, as well as the upcoming U20 Championship in Cape Town.
