The national selectors have confirmed the Junior Springbok match-23 to face a strong Varsity Cup Dream Team in Stellenbosch on Tuesday evening. The match will kick-off at 18:30 SA Time at the Danie Craven Stadium and will be televised live on SuperSport 1.
4 Players who represented the Junior Springboks at the 2014 Junior World Championship in New Zealand – Warrick Gelant (fullback), Dan du Preez (flank), Abongile Nonkontwana (lock) and Joseph Dweba (hooker) – will again line up for the Junior Boks.
The historic clash, which marks the 1st of its kind between the sides, is an important part of the Junior Springboks’ preparation for the newly named World Rugby Under 20 Championship which will be hosted in Italy in June.
“This match is exactly what the team needs at this stage,” said Junior Springbok coach Dawie Theron. “Although we started a while back with our training camp in Stellenbosch, we only had the full training squad together for a short while as some of the players had Varsity Cup and provincial commitments.”
Theron expected a tough test on Tuesday and said: “We had a good training session on Thursday morning against the WP Rugby Institute and it was great to test the guys in match like conditions. The Varsity Cup Dream Team, however, is very strong and they will no doubt give us a good workout.
“The Dream Team consists of the best players of the Varsity Cup and they also have several players who have played for the Junior Springboks in the past, so they will be familiar with our structures.”
Junior Springboks: 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Kanyo Ngcukana, 13 JT Jackson, 12 Daniel du Plessis , 11 Leolin Zas , 10 Ernst Stapelberg, 9 Ivan van Zyl, 8 Hanro Liebenberg, 7 Dan du Preez, 6 CJ Velleman, 5 RG Snyman, 4 Abongile Nonkontwana, 3 Ruan Kramer, 2 Joseph Dweba, 1 Ox Nche
Replacements: 16 Mzamo Majola, 17 Jan van der Merwe, 18 Frans van Wyk, 19 Jason Jenkins, 20 Jean-Luc du Preez, 21 Marco Janse van Vuuren, 22 Brandon Thomson, 23 Grant Hermanus.
Date: Tuesday 21 April
Venue: Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch
Kick-off: 18:30 SA Time (16:30 GMT)
Referee: TBC
Wat het van Carel du Plessis se seun Jean-Luc geword? Nie die span gehaal nie, beseer of te oud?
@ McLook:
Te oud ….alreeds verlede jaar 20 geword….. speel tans vir WP Vodacom span .. die senter van junior springbok span (Daniel) is sy neef ( Michael se seun).
@ robzim:
OK, thanks for that info. What about Willie du Plessis? Does he have any children playing rugby. His wife was an athlete if I remember correctly.
@ McLook:
As far as I can remember Willie married Brenda Krogman, ex wife of the long distance runner Andries Krogman. I think she was also an athlete in her own right. Not sure whether they have children playing any sport.
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