{"id":77299,"date":"2025-07-06T10:43:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T08:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=77299"},"modified":"2025-07-06T10:43:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T08:43:28","slug":"moyo-highlights-role-of-non-playing-squad-in-junior-bok-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=77299","title":{"rendered":"Moyo highlights role of non-playing squad in Junior Bok victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_76977\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76977\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-76977\" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/u20-world-cup-2025-sa-vs-eng-2-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-76977\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Action from the World Rugby U20 Championship 2025 Pool A match between England and South Africa at Stadio Mario Battaglini in Rovigo, Italy on 4 July. Photo credit: Maurilio Boldrini\u00a0\/\u00a0World\u00a0Rugby.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>SA U20 flyhalf Vusi Moyo praised the contribution and hard work of the non-playing squad members after the Junior Springboks secured a well-deserved 32-22 victory in their World Rugby U20 Championship pool clash over defending champions England in Rovigo on Friday evening.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>South Africa trailed 22-19 at the break after a slow start to the match, which saw England quickly take a 14-0 lead.<\/p>\n<p>However, two vital penalty goals by Moyo \u2013 one from almost 60m out \u2013 and a brilliant solo try by SA U20 vice-captain and scrumhalf Haashim Pead not only wiped out the deficit but also swung the momentum firmly in favour of the Junior Boks.<\/p>\n<p>With the victory, the South Africans became the first team to book their spot in the semi-finals, with one pool round to go.<\/p>\n<p>Moyo, the top points\u2019 scorer in the tournament so far, credited the non-playing squad members: \u201cThey prepared us well during the week by putting pressure on us, so when we got into those moments, we knew what to do.<\/p>\n<p>The SA flyhalf, who has scored 26 points in the first two games, said that even though they made a slow start and were behind early on, they always had belief: \u201cWe are a big detail-driven side, and we don\u2019t focus on other stuff; we just concentrate on what we have to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moyo\u2019s combination with Pead has been an important feature of the Junior Boks&#8217; attack so far, alongside his ability to bring their dangerous running backs into play.<\/p>\n<p>Pead is second behind Moyo on the list for most points with 20 from four tries \u2013 he scored a brace in each match so far, which is also the most five-pointers after two rounds of action.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from his two penalty goals against England, Moyo succeeded with three conversions, adding to the seven he slotted in the previous game against Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Junior Boks are enjoying a deserved rest day on Saturday before resuming training on Sunday for Wednesday&#8217;s last Pool A game against Scotland in Calvisano.<\/p>\n<p>The SA U20s&#8217; win means they lead Pool A on 10 points, five more than England and Australia, who face each other in the final pool round.<\/p>\n<p>In Pool B, France and Argentina both sit on 10 points each, while New Zealand top Pool C on nine points. The three pool winners and the best of the second-placed teams will go through to the semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Issued by SA Rugby Communications<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SA U20 flyhalf Vusi Moyo praised the contribution and hard work of the non-playing squad members after the Junior Springboks secured a well-deserved 32-22 victory in their World Rugby U20 Championship pool clash over defending champions England in Rovigo on Friday evening. South Africa trailed 22-19 at the break after a slow start to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":76977,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77299","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\/77299","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=77299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/76977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}