{"id":18756,"date":"2023-08-14T14:17:47","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T12:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rugby.supersportschools.com\/?p=18756"},"modified":"2023-08-14T14:17:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T12:17:47","slug":"nyali-to-captain-sa-u18-against-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=18756","title":{"rendered":"Nyali to captain SA u18 against France"},"content":{"rendered":"

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WELLINGTON, SOUTH AFRICA – JULY 13: Ian van der Merwe of SA Schools tackled by Herman Lubbe of SA Schools \u2018A\u2019 during the U18 International Series, warm Up match between SA Schools and SA Schools ‘A’ at Boland Stadium on July 13, 2023 in Wellington, South Africa. (Photo by Ashley Vlotman\/Gallo Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Xola Nyali (flanker) has been handed the captaincy as the South African Under-18 team prepare for their u18 International Series opener against France at Stellenberg High School in Durbanville, north of Cape Town, on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Nyali captained Western Province at the u18 Craven Week at the end of June and played for SA Schools against their \u2018A\u2019 team counterparts last month. Ian van der Merwe has been named vice-captain by SA u18 coach Katleho Lynch for the match against France, which kicks off at 15:00.<\/p>\n

Catch all the action from the u18 International Series live on SuperSport Schools<\/strong> <\/a>– (www.supersportschools.com<\/a>). Broadcast brought to you by Investec<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Lynch said the players were raring to go and that he was excited to see what this group can offer after the players delivered a spectacle in Wellington a month ago when the two SA Schools sides squared off.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are really looking forward to the series against France and England as there is no better way to give the boys the best possible experience of what it\u2019s like playing at international level,\u201d said Lynch.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve done some squad rotation and mixing and matching of players in positions and the main thing will now be to see what we\u2019ve been working on the last couple of weeks come to fruition and executed at test level.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have no doubt that we have some great talent in South Africa, it\u2019s now just a matter of putting it to the test and executing under pressure in an international match situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lynch was dealt a late blow when Divan Fuller (loose forward) was forced to withdraw from the squad, with his WP team-mate Riley Norton earning a call-up.<\/p>\n

Earlier on Tuesday, the England U18s will face a Western Province XV (13h00). The u18 International Series concludes at Paarl Boys\u2019 High\u2019s Brug Street fields on Saturday when South Africa take on England (15h00), preceded by the match between France and the WP XV (13h00).<\/p>\n

SA U18 to face France in Durbanville:<\/strong><\/p>\n

15 Luyanda Kunene,\u00a014 Scott Nel,\u00a013 Jameel de Jongh,\u00a012 Dominic Malgas,\u00a011 Cheswill Jooste,\u00a010 Ian van der Merwe (vice-captain),\u00a09 Christiaan van der Westhuizen,\u00a08 Batho Hlekani,\u00a07 Thando Biyela,\u00a06 Xola Nyali (captain),\u00a05 Ulrich van der Westhuizen,\u00a04 Jaco Grobbelaar,\u00a03 Simphiwe Ngobese,\u00a02 Imaani Pemba,\u00a01 Ranon Fouch\u00e9.\u00a0Replacements: <\/strong>16 Siphosethu Mnebelele,\u00a017 Lithemba Mfupi,\u00a018 Jean Erasmus,\u00a019 Riley Norton,\u00a020 JJ Theron,\u00a021 Haashim Pead,\u00a022 Janco Purchase,\u00a023 JC Mars,\u00a024 Marno Stopforth,\u00a025 Phiwayinkosi Kubeka,\u00a026 Gino Cupido.<\/p>\n

Issued by SA Rugby Communications<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Xola Nyali (flanker) has been handed the captaincy as the South African Under-18 team prepare for their u18 International Series opener against France at Stellenberg High School in Durbanville, north of Cape Town, on Tuesday afternoon. Nyali captained Western Province at the u18 Craven Week at the end of June and played for SA Schools […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}