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Vaughen Isaacs (fullback), Angelo Davids (wing) and Dian Bleuler (prop) will make their Junior Springbok debuts in the World Rugby U20 Championship opener against Scotland at the Racecourse Stadium in Rosario on Wednesday, with another player, Keagan Glade (replacement prop), also set to earn his first cap if he takes to the field.<\/p>\n
Junior Springbok coach Chean Roux named a settled squad for the clash, featuring a number of tried-and-tested combinations, and he said his charges are raring to go.<\/p>\n
It will not be Davids\u2019 first taste of international rugby for South Africa through, as he made his Springbok Sevens debut earlier this year.<\/p>\n
All 28 players in Argentina were named in the match-day squad, however, only eight players on the expanded bench will be allowed to take to the field as replacements.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were lucky enough to play with most of these combinations during our UK tour,\u201d said Roux.<\/p>\n
\u201cA few players joined us after the tour, but we have been training for the last 10 days with the starting team in mind, so the combinations are working well.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a lot of excitement in the group, and the players cannot wait to take to the field. We have been preparing for the tournament for a while now, so it time to get to down to business and start playing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Roux expected a tough test from Scotland, who will be equally determined to get their campaign off on a winning note, especially with only the top team in each of the three pools and the next best-placed team in terms of log points advancing to the semi-finals.<\/p>\n
\u201cScotland are a well-drilled team,\u201d said Roux.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were unlucky in one or two U20 Six Nations matches, so one cannot read too much into that tournament. Their preparation has been good coming into the competition, and they are a well-coached side, so we need to be up for the challenge come game time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Roux emphasised the importance of a solid foundation up-front for the team to get the international showpiece off to a good start and said: \u201cWe have worked hard on set phases, so hopefully we will be able to execute that well and give our backs a good platform to attack from. It is also vital to take our point-scoring chances when they arise.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Junior Springboks will face Georgia in their second pool match on Saturday, 8 June, and will wrap up the pool stages against New Zealand on Wednesday, 12 June. Both matches will be played at the Racecourse Stadium.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, South African referee Rasta Rasivhenge will also be in action at the World Rugby U20 Championship on Wednesday as an assistant referees for the matches between New Zealand and Georgia, and England and Ireland respectively at the CRAI Club in Santa Fe.<\/p>\n
Junior Springbok team to face Scotland:<\/strong><\/p>\n 15 \u2013 Vaughen Isaacs (Vodacom Blue Bulls), 14 \u2013 Angelo Davids (SA Rugby contracted), 13 \u2013 Marnus Potgieter <\/span>(Vodacom Blue Bulls), 12 \u2013 Rikus Pretorius (vice-captain \u2013 DHL Western Province), 11 \u2013 Caleb Dingaan (Cell C Sharks), 10 \u2013 James Mollentze (Toyota Free State), 9 \u2013 Jaden Hendrikse (Cell C Sharks), 8 \u2013 Francke Horn (vice-captain \u2013 DHL Western Province), 7 \u2013 Phendulani Buthelezi (captain \u2013 Cell C Sharks), 6 \u2013 Jaco Labuschagne <\/span>(Vodacom Blue Bulls), 5 \u2013 Emile van Heerden (Cell C Sharks), 4 \u2013 JJ van der Mescht (Cell C Sharks), 3 \u2013 Asenathi Ntlabakanye <\/span>(Xerox Golden Lions), 2 \u2013 Fezokuhle Mbatha (Cell C Sharks), 1 \u2013 Dian Bleuler (DHL Western Province). Replacements: <\/strong>16 \u2013 Dameon Venter (Xerox Golden Lions), 17 \u2013 Kudzwai Dube (Vodacom Blue Bulls), 18 \u2013 Keagan Glade (Xerox Golden Lions), 19 \u2013 Thabiso Mdletshe (Cell C Sharks), 20 \u2013 Elrigh Louw (Toyota Free State), 21 \u2013 Dylan Richardson (Cell C Sharks), 22 \u2013 David Kriel (DHL Western Province), 23 \u2013 Sanele Nohamba (Cell C Sharks), 24 \u2013 Celimpilo Gumede (Cell C Sharks), 25 \u2013 David Coetzer (DHL Western Province), 26 \u2013 Zwelendaba Mnombo (DHL Western Province), 27 \u2013 Sibusiso Sangweni (Xerox Golden Lions), 28 \u2013 Thaakir Abrahams (Cell C Sharks).<\/p>\n Issued by SA Rugby Communications<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n [powr-comments id=”5a0d9c38_1559627094294″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Vaughen Isaacs (fullback), Angelo Davids (wing) and Dian Bleuler (prop) will make their Junior Springbok debuts in the World Rugby U20 Championship opener against Scotland at the Racecourse Stadium in Rosario on Wednesday, with another player, Keagan Glade (replacement prop), also set to earn his first cap if he takes to the field. Junior Springbok […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7598,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8842","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\/8842","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}