Bafana proud of Junior Boks’ final push
Head coach Bafana Nhleko praised the character of the Junior Springboks after finishing their 2024 U20 World Championship campaign on a high note in Cape Town on Friday.
Head coach Bafana Nhleko praised the character of the Junior Springboks after finishing their 2024 U20 World Championship campaign on a high note in Cape Town on Friday.
Three-time winners France will face England in the 2024 U20 World Championship final this week, after beating New Zealand in a high-scoring clash in Cape Town on Sunday.
Tylor Sefoor starts at flyhalf while JF van Heerden shifts to flanker in a new-look Junior Springbok 23 for Sunday’s U20 World Championship clash with Argentina in Cape Town.
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.
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.
The Junior Springboks are under no illusion about the task that awaits them against England in their must-win clash of the 2024 U20 World Championship in Athlone on Tuesday.
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.
The Junior Springboks will miss the 2024 U20 World Championship semi-finals, unless they bounce back to demolish England on Tuesday.
The Junior Springboks were overpowered by a fired-up Argentina outfit in their second clash of the 2024 U20 World Championship in Stellenbosch on Thursday night.
Thabang Mphafi can’t wait for the loose-forward battle when the Junior Springboks and Argentina clash in Stellenbosch on Thursday evening in the U20 Championship.