| CAPTAIN | PHENDULANI BUTHELEZI (2019) |
| COACH | CHEAN ROUX |
| MOST CAPS | ASENATHI NTLABAKANYE |
| HONOURS | U20 WORLD CHAMPS, 2012 |
About
History
The South African Under-20 team, nicknamed the Junior Springboks, have been competing in the World Rugby Under 20 Championship since its inception in 2008. This Under-20 tournament replaced the previously-held Under-19 and Under-21 Rugby World Championships, both of which were won by teams from South Africa on a number of occasions in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The Junior Boks won the title on home soil in 2012.
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Young Guns – getting schooled by the BoksA year ago, some of the 16 young guns selected to join the two squads in the build-up to the Castle Lager Springbok Showdown were still at school or playing for the Junior Boks, but this week they had the opportunity to learn and experience first-hand from a number of Rugby World Cup-winning Springboks and coaches.
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Young Guns named for dream Green and Gold WeekSixteen rising South African rugby talents have been named to join the Springbok Green and Gold squads for a training week in preparation for next Saturday’s Castle Lager Springbok Showdown.
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Productive EPD webinar series wraps upJunior Springbok assistant coach Bafana Nhleko and his SA Schools counterparts wrapped up a productive series of Elite Player Development (EPD) webinars with schools coaches from across the country last Friday.
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EPD programme makes big strides during lockdownThe SA Rugby Elite Player Development (EPD) programme continues to make big strides in identifying and grooming the top junior talent in the country – despite the lockdown – by engaging with provincial coaches and the players using series of communications methods.
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Cancellation of World Rugby U20 Champs necessarySA Rugby CEO Jurie Roux said on Friday that while the cancellation of the World Rugby U20 Championship and the Junior Springboks’ warm-up matches was disappointing, these steps were necessary to assist in countering the COVID-19 pandemic.
