Cape Town will host a new U20 International Series in May, serving as the Junior Springboks' final preparation ahead of their Junior World Championship title defence. Further details on opponents, venues and dates are yet to be confirmed.
The Junior Springboks will use a new U20 International Series in Cape Town in May as their final preparation block before defending their Junior World Championship title.
Few additional details have been confirmed at this stage, including the identity of the touring nations or the specific venues and dates within Cape Town.
The Junior Springboks open their U20 Rugby Championship campaign against Argentina at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Monday (4.10pm), with coach Kevin Foote prioritising fitness and ball-in-play tempo after lessons learnt from last year's tournament on the same ground. New Zealand face Australia in the day's first match at 2pm, with all three rounds of the four-nation competition again hosted in Gqeberha.
The Junior Springboks will host Georgia, Fiji, and Chile in a three-match-day U20 International Series at City Park in Cape Town from 21 to 31 May. Coach Kevin Foote will use the series to give his full wider squad game time and sharpen combinations before the Junior World Championship defence in Georgia at the end of June. South Africa and Georgia are in the same JWC pool, lending added significance to the 31 May fixture.
Vusi Moyo returns from a hip injury to take a bench spot in the Junior Springboks' U20 Rugby Championship opener against Argentina U20 in Gqeberha on Monday. He is joined by fellow Junior World Championship winners Riley Norton, Rambo Kubheka and Oliver Reid in the 23.
Kevin Foote has made an injury-enforced hooker change to the Junior Bok squad for the U20 Rugby Championship in Gqeberha. Details on the players involved were not available at time of publication.
Kevin Foote has been forced into a hooker change in the Junior Boks squad for the U20 Rugby Championship in Gqeberha due to injury. No further squad details have been confirmed.