Junior Springboks make one change for Argentine tour – from SARugby.net
May 05, 2015
Vodacom Blue Bulls lock RG Snyman on Tuesday was withdrawn from the Junior Springbok touring squad to Argentina due to an ankle ligament injury.
The big lock hurt his ankle during a training session in Stellenbosch and will be out of action for between two and four weeks. Loose forward Rikus Bothma, the former SA Schools captain and skipper of last year’s DHL Western Province Under-19 team, has been named as his replacement.
Snyman will continue with his rehabilitation until Friday and will return to the camp when the squad reassembles after the tour. He will undergo a fitness test on his return.
The Junior Boks fly out to South America early on Friday morning for their two-match series against the Argentina Under-20 team. The two teams will clash on 12 and 16 May in Rosario as part of their final preparations for the upcoming World Rugby Under-20 Championship in Italy.
The young South Africans will have one more hit-out before the tour on Wednesday when they take to the field at 10h00 against the Western Province Rugby Institute at the Paul Roos Markotter Stadium in Stellenbosch.
Meanwhile, two more players have joined the national Under-20 training squad. Wing Duhan van der Merwe, who was a member of the Junior Bok squad that travelled to New Zealand last year, and his Vodacom Blue Bulls team-mate, flyhalf Thinus de Beer, were added to the squad on Monday.
The Junior Springbok squad to represent South Africa at the World Rugby Under-20 Championship in June will be announced after the touring party have returned from Argentina on 18 May.
Original touring squad:
| POS | NAME | A/G | SCHOOL | UNION | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PR | Ox Nche | u20 | Louis Botha | Free State |
| 2 | PR | Thomas du Toit | u20 | HJS Paarl BH | Sharks |
| 3 | PR | Ruan Kramer | u20 | Grey College | Sharks |
| 4 | PR | Mzamo Majola | u20 | Westville | Sharks |
| 5 | PR | Frans van Wyk | u20 | Monument | WP |
| 6 | PR | Njabula Gumede | u20 | Maritzburg College | Blue Bulls |
| 7 | HK | Jan van der Merwe | u20 | Pretoria BH | Bulls |
| 8 | HK | Joseph Dweba | u20 | Louis Botha | Free State |
| 9 | LK | Jason Jenkins | u20 | St Albans | Blue Bulls |
| 10 | LK | Hyron Andrews | u20 | Garsfontein | Sharks |
| 11 | LK | RG Snyman | u20 | Affies | WP |
| 12 | FL | Abongile Nonkontwana | u20 | St Alban’s | Blue Bulls |
| 13 | FL | CJ Velleman | u20 | Grey HS | EP Kings |
| 14 | FL | Jean-Luc du Preez | u20 | Kearsney | Sharks |
| 15 | FL | Jacques Vermeulen | u20 | Paarl Gim | WP |
| 16 | #8 | Hanro Liebenberg | u20 | Drostdy | Bulls |
| 17 | #8 | Daniel du Preez | u20 | Kearsney | Sharks |
| 18 | SH | Ivan van Zyl | u20 | Affies | Blue Bulls |
| 19 | SH | Marco Janse van Vuuren | u19 | Transvalia | Golden Lions |
| 20 | FH | Brandon Thomson | u20 | Ermelo | WP |
| 21 | FH | Ernst Stapelberg | u20 | Framesby | WP |
| 22 | CT | JT Jackson | u19 | Oakdale | Blue Bulls |
| 23 | CT | Daniel du Plessis | u20 | Paul Roos | WP |
| 24 | CT/FB | Warrick Gelant | u20 | Outeniqua | Blue Bulls |
| 25 | WG | Leolin Zas | u20 | Hermanus | WP |
| 26 | WG/FB | Grant Hermanus | u20 | Paarl Gim | WP |
| 27 | FB | Malcolm Jaer | u20 | Die Brandwag | EP Kings |
| 28 | FB | Khanyo Ngcukana | u20 | Rondebosch | WP |
Sien Dawie het nou Rikus kaptein gemaak vir die eerste wedstryd. Dis nogals n groot sprong.
South Africa:15 Malcolm Jaer, 14 Grant Hermanus, 13 JT Jackson, 12 Daniel du Plessis, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Ernst Stapelberg, 9 Marco Janse van Vuuren, 8 Jean-Luc du Preez, 7 Jacques Vermeulen, 6 Rikus Bothma, 5 Jason Jenkins, 4 Abongile Nonkontwana, 3 Thomas du Toit, 2 Joseph Dweba, 1 Ox Nche.
Replacements: 16 Mzamo Majola, 17 Jan van der Merwe, 18 Frans van Wyk, 19 Hyron Andrews, 20 CJ Velleman, 21 Ivan van Zyl, 22 Brandon Thomson, 23 Warrick Gelant.
Date: Tuesday, May 12
Venue: Universitario Rugby club, Santa Fe
Kick-off: 14.30 (19.30 SAST, 17.30 GMT
The difference between good and great is one second of anticipation…..and the administrative ability to differentiate in a professional environment, sadly anxiety levels among administrators far out performs performance levels and self presivation is rife.
@beet:
Common misconception.
Marcell Coetzee didn’t go to that JWC because he was part of the Sharks Super Rugby squad. It wasn’t because he wasn’t highly rated, which he most definitely was, and if he’d been released he surely would’ve been in the team.
The same thing happened to the Stormers front-rowers (Steven Kitshoff, Scarra Ntubeni & Frans Malherbe) that year.
@Nemo: Hy sal hom bewys soos altyd.
@Ruggersake: You can’t really change the decisions made. Actions trump words. The best thing now is to prove to selector/s they got it wrong. Not so long ago Arno Botha went to the JWC while Marcell Coetzee didn’t. As far as career is concerned, the JWC still ranks below senior level rugby on a CV.
Personally a bad decision. Maybe the brains trust need to read Legacy! We keep on repaying the green fees.
Paarlbok, spelers word gekies op veel meer as net een game. Daar is voortdurende professionele toetse wat by SAS afgelê word, ligte kontakoefeninge, oefenwedstryde ens . Die somtotaal hiervan was nie oortuigend in vergelyking met ander spelers. Al wat ek sê is dat hul spelpeil van vorige jare en die feit dat hul laasjaar gespeel het, niks waarborg en dit help nie mense raak emosioneel daaroor as hul nou uitgelaat word. ‘n stelling soos “hy moes daar gewees het van die begin af” dra nie gewig – hy moet dit nou bewys.
@RBugger: That is bad news about Hyron. In my opinion, 80% of quota players are there on merit, including Hyron – just hope his injury doesn’t result in a quota player now being included that is not on merit!?
@Nemo: Ek kon dit nie maak na vanoggend se wedstryd nie – hoe het hulle gevaar? Wie het goed gelyk, en wie nie so goed nie?
I think Dan Du Preez will now be played at lock in RG place. I have also just heard that Hyron Andrews has buggered up his shoulder, not sure how bad it is yet though
@Nemo: Jammer maar ek verstaan nie nou lekker nie. Nie een het gespeel in daai wedstryd nie so hoe kon hulle iemand oortuig?
Paarlbok, jy het seker gesien nie een van hulle het gespeel teen Varsity Cup span? is gesê hul kry nog een kans so kom ons kyk of hul oortuig het ….
@Nemo: Snaaks dat hy hulle dan nou gekies het?
Sou dink hul sou RG vervang met ‘n ander slot/lynstaanopsie. Spelers word gekies op HUIDIGE spelpeil en derhalwe verstaan ek Dawie se keuses want nie Rikus of Jacques is naastenby op laasjaar se vlak. En intussen het ander spelers baie verbeter. Ek was by vorige en vanoggend se wedstryd.
@PaarlBok: Iemand uit die Noorde van die land gaan binnekort sy mond daaroor uitspoel
Great, Rikus moes daar gewees het van die begin af.