IRB Juniors

Dawie TheronThe SA Under-20 squad had their first training session at the Green Point Track in Cape Town on Monday afternoon after the 28-man squad and four standby players assembled in the Mother City ahead of their friendly international against Namibia.

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Junior BoksDawie Theron, the South African Under-20 coach, has made several changes for the team’s final match on Saturday against Argentina Under-20 in Buenos Aires.

The young South Africans will be hoping to bounce back after suffering a 27-42 defeat in their second tour match on Tuesday in Corrientes.

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Dawie TheronThe South Africa Under 20 training squad scored a convincing 52-19 win over UCT at a wind-swept Brookside on Saturday to end their training camp on a high note.

Playing into a stiff breeze in the first half, the SA Under 20’s did well to score three tries on their way to building a halftime lead of 19-12.

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Dawie TheronSouth African Under 20 coach, Dawie Theron, expressed his satisfaction on the performance of his national training squad in their friendly match against the University of the Western Cape in Stellenbosch on Friday.

The SA Under 20’s won the match 65-7 after a half-time lead of 31-0.

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Dawie TheronSouth Africa Under-20 head coach Dawie Theron on Monday named 34 players for the latest training camp in preparation for the IRB Junior World Championships to be played in France in June. The Junior Springboks will defend the title won in South Africa last year.

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The SA schools team started the Under-18 International Series with a win against France in their opening match on Friday. The match was played at the Hugenote High School in Wellington.

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The national selectors have named the SA Schools team for the Under-18 International Series opening match on Friday against France at the Hugenote High School in Wellington. The match starts at 17h00 while Six Nations rivals England and Wales will get the Series underway in the first match at 15:00.

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The final round of matches in the pool stages of the Junior World Rugby Trophy (JWRT) took place yesterday, 26th June, in Salt Lake City, USA, on fields surrounded by lovely snow capped mountains.

The JWRT now heads into the play off stage, with these games coming up on Saturday 30th June. The matches will take place during the night SA Time.

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SA Bokkies (9) 22 / (10) 16 NZ Baby Blacks (Final Score)

South Africa and New Zealand did battle in the IRB Junior World Championships FINAL at Newlands, Cape Town at 18:45 SA Time.

This was the live match discussion Article.

The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & CSN on TV in SA.

The South African Under 20 Bokkies are the WORLD CHAMPIONS!

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All the attention for Junior rugby has been focussed, quite rightly, on the Junior World Championship being held in Cape Town, which culminates in the final tonight. However, let’s not forget the smaller rugby playing nations.

The IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy is currently taking place in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

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Argentina (0) 17 / (19) 25 Wales (Final Score)

Argentina and Wales did battle in the IRB Junior World Championships, 3rd Place Play-off, at Newlands, Cape Town at 16:30 SA Time.

This was the live match discussion Article.

The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & CSN on TV in SA.

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Ireland (6) 18 / (0) 7 France (Final Score)

Ireland and France did battle in the IRB Junior World Championships, 5th Place Play-off, at Newlands, Cape Town at 14:15 SA Time.

This was the live match discussion Article.

The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & CSN on TV in SA.

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Beeld and Die Burger report that Handre Pollard has indeed been snaffled up by the Bulls.

In addition, the contract was signed last year already!

So much for reports which intimated that his parents were still negotiating with various Unions.

This was indeed good succession planning by the Bulls, but where does it leave players like Louis Fouché, Tony Jantjies and Lionel Cronje?

Hello friends,

This is a reminder that there is indeed a SuperBru competition for the Junior World Championships 2012, taking place from early June 2012.

The details are:

 

 

Pool Name: Rugby-Talk JWC 2012

Pool Code: haspweak

Remember folks, to be part of a Rugby-Talk SuperBru pool, you HAVE TO BE registered here at Rugby-Talk.

Last might we all felt that the South African game plan was poor and uninspiring. Perhaps we need to be just a little less reflex and hot under the collar in branding South Africans who support various New Zealand rugby causes instantly traitorous. This article by Rob Houwing , sums up my thoughts of the game too.

Could there be at least some element of such people throwing their weight behind teams from that country because they simply seem to play a more vibrant and joyous game so much of the time?

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