u19, u20, u21 Rugby
Year 1 = uncertainty for school leavers
Junior rugby (under-19 to under-21 levels) has had a bit of a facelift and now very few people in the industry are sure of what the right path will be for an aspiring rugby player once he leaves school.…
u19 & u18 assessment camps for u20 world champs in 2019
31 Oct 2018. Junior Springbok coach Chean Roux invited two squads totalling 74 under-19 and under-18 players for assessment camps in Stellenbosch in November and January with an eye on preparing for the 2019 World Rugby u20 Championship in Argentina. …
u19 Currie Cup Championship 2018 – Sharks end 10 year wait for the title
The Shark who last played in and won a final back in 2018 are champions after beating the Bulls 40-27 in the final.…
u21 Championship 2018 – semi-finals
Golden Lions vs Free State
Western Province vs Blue Bulls…
Foot off the gas for the Bulls u19 after Durban thriller
2018 u19 Championship result:
Bulls u19 33 EP u19 31…
Sharks u19 end a 10-year home losing streak against the Lions u19
The mother of all home losing streaks is finally over. The record will now show that the Sharks u19 beat the Lions u19 25-10…
Sharks u19’s end their 5 year Pretoria drought
The Sharks u19’s beat the Blue Bulls u19’s 22-20 to record their first win in Pretoria since 2012.…
WP u19 team for the Bulls match
Western Province boasts quite a high profile team for their first round home match against the Blue Bulls in the Under-19 Championship of 2018.…
Lions hoping to make it 3 u19 Currie Cup titles in a row
The Golden Lions who have blown their opponents away during the last two under-19 Currie Cup finals, will get their 2018 campaign underway against EP this weekend with another strong group of players.…
South Africa u20 – 2018 World Rugby Championship
World Rugby u20 Champions 2018 – France beat England 33-25 to clinch their first ever junior world championship rugby title. England has 3 runner-up places to go along with 3 titles in the last 6 years. In that same period New Zealand have claimed 2 title from the only 2 finals their were in. South Africa’s last appearance in a final was in 2014 and their last championship title was on home soil back in 2012. Ireland (2016) and Wales (2013) are the only other nations to have made it to the finals in the last 6 years.
| POS | NAME | A/G | H | W | SCHOOL | PROVINCE | GEO | IRE | FRA | ENG | NZ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U20 CHAMPS SQUAD | W33-27 | W30-17 | L29-46 | L31-32 | W40-30 | ||||||
| PR | Nathan McBeth | u20 | 190 | 118 | 1 of 2 Monument | 1 of 12 Lions | 1 | 1 | 1 | Inj | Inj |
| PR | Alulutho Tshakweni | u20 | 183 | 107 | 1 of 1 Hudson Park | 1 of 1 EP | 17 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 1 |
| PR | Cohen Kiewit | u20 | 188 | 116 | 1 of 1 Hugenote | 2 of 12 Lions | – | – | – | – | – |
| PR | Tiaan van der Merwe | u20 | 185 | 104 | 1 of 1 Helpmekaar | 3 of 12 Lions | – | – | 16 | 2 | – |
| HK | Schalk Erasmus | u20 | 184 | 104 | 1 of 2 Affies | 1 of 12 WP | 16 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 16 |
| HK | Daniel Jooste | u20 | 187 | 105 | 1 of 4 HJS Paarl BH | 2 of 12 WP | 2 | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| PR | Sazi Sandi | u20 | 181 | 125 | 1 of 1 St Andrew’s | 3 of 12 WP | 3 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 3 |
| PR | Asenathi Ntlabakanye | u19 | 182 | 138 | 1 of 1 St Stithians | 4 of 12 Lions | 18 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 18 |
| LK | Salmaan Moerat | u20 | 200 | 101 | 2 of 4 HJS Paarl BH | 4 of 12 WP | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| LK | Ruan Nortje | u20 | 200 | 103 | 1 of 1 Wonderboom | 1 of 1 Bulls | 5 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 5 |
| LK | Ruan Vermaak | u20 | 199 | 105 | 2 of 2 Monument | 5 of 12 Lions | 19 | 19 | 5 | – | 19 |
| LK | Ben-Jason Dixon | u20 | 198 | 111 | 1 of 3 Paul Roos | 5 of 12 WP | 20 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 7 |
| FL | Dian Schoonees | u20 | 188 | 100 | 1 of 1 Grey Collge | 6 of 12 Lions | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 20 |
| FL | PJ Steenkamp | u20 | 196 | 108 | 1 of 1 Garsfontein | 7 of 12 Lions | 7 | 20 | 7 | 7 | – |
| N8 | Muller Uys | u20 | 191 | 115 | 1 of 3 Paarl Gim | 6 of 12 WP | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| SH | Jack Hart | u20 | 178 | 76 | 2 of 2 Affies | 8 of 12 Lions | – | – | – | 21 | 21 |
| SH | Zak Burger | u20 | 174 | 81 | 2 of 3 Paarl Gim | 1 of 3 Sharks | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | – |
| SH | Rewan Kruger | u20 | 180 | 76 | 1 of 2 Grey College | 1 of 2 Free State | 21 | 21 | 21 | – | 9 |
| FH | Lubabalo Dobela | u20 | 175 | 80 | 1 of 2 Grey HS | 2 of 2 Free State | 22 | 22 | 10 | 22 | 22 |
| FH | Damian Willemse | u20 | 184 | 90 | 2 of 3 Paul Roos | 7 of 12 WP | 10 | 10 | Inj | Inj | Inj |
| WG | Sihle Njezula | u20 | 183 | 87 | 2 of 2 Grey HS | 8 of 12 WP | 11 | – | 23 | 23 | 11 |
| CT | Lyle Hendricks | u20 | 186 | 92 | 3 of 3 Paul Roos | 9 of 12 WP | 23 | 12 | 12 | – | 12 |
| CT | Rikus Pretorius | u19 | 192 | 102 | 2 of 2 Grey College | 10 of 12 WP | 12 | Inj | Inj | 12 | – |
| CT | Manny Rass | u20 | 174 | 84 | 3 of 4 HJS Paarl BH | 9 of 12 Lions | – | 23 | 13 | 13 | 23 |
| CT | Wandisile Simelane | u20 | 179 | 90 | 1 of 2 Jeppe | 10 of 12 Lions | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 13 |
| WG | Tyrone Green | u20 | 179 | 88 | 2 of 2 Jeppe | 11 of 12 Lions | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| FB | Gianni Lombard | u20 | 178 | 78 | 4 of 4 HJS Paarl BH | 12 of 12 Lions | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| FB | Muller du Plessis | u19 | 187 | 82 | 3 of 3 Paarl Gim | 2 of 3 Sharks | – | 11 | Inj | Inj | Inj |
| FH | David Coetzer | u19 | 174 | 85 | 1 of 2 Selborne | 11 of 12 WP | x | x | 22 | 10 | 10 |
| N8 | Pepsi Buthelezi | u19 | 188 | 102 | 1 of 1 DHS | 3 of 3 Sharks | x | x | – | 6 | 6 |
| PR | Leon Lyons | u20 | 187 | 108 | 2 of 2 Selborne | 12 of 12 WP | x | x | – | 17 | 17 |
Best ever prepared SA u20 team ready to take on the World Rugby u20 Championships 2018!…
u20 Baby Boks of 2018 no longer “captured”
Unlike those that came before them in the last five years, players of the 2018 South African under-20 national team will not be country tried or “captured” as World Rugby likes to put it.
This basically means that even after they have played for the SA under-20 national team, Baby Boks will still be able to lay down roots in another country and represent the senior national team of that other country one day.…
SA u19 provincial rugby 2017 – game-time anaylsis
As the preparations for the 2018 World Rugby Under 20 Championships very very slowly move forward towards the June event, here’s a look at how much game-time was afforded to key players. …