{"id":8845,"date":"2019-06-04T15:40:35","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T15:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rugby.supersportschools.com\/junior-springboks-off-to-a-winning-start-in-argentina\/"},"modified":"2019-06-04T15:40:35","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T15:40:35","slug":"junior-springboks-off-to-a-winning-start-in-argentina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=8845","title":{"rendered":"Junior Springboks off to a winning start in Argentina"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NewsGJadenHendrikse\"It wasn’t the most clinical performance by the Junior Springboks, but they did manage to bag a valuable bonus point victory of 43-19 over Scotland in the opening match of the annual u20 World Championship in Rosario, Argentina.<\/p>\n

The Junior Springboks<\/strong> managed to take a 17-12 lead into half-time. No. 8, Francke Horn<\/strong>, and flyhalf, James-Henry Mollentze<\/strong>, produced the sparks in the first half to keep Scotland at bay. The bench also had a major impact after they were introduced in the second half.<\/p>\n

South Africa had the upper-hand in the scrums, but came line-out time things didn’t run as smoothly. Hooker Fezo Mbatha<\/strong> missed his jumpers with his first three attempts. The Scottish capitalised on the Junior Springboks’ problems in this area of the game and managed to keep within touching distance.<\/p>\n

South African scrumhalf, Jaden Hendrikse<\/strong>, benefited from two breaks by\u00a0Mollentze\u00a0and Horn\u00a0respectively for his brace of tries. Horn produced a very solid performance and ignited the necessary spark in the first half with the opening try. Hendrikse’s replacement, Sanele Nohamba<\/strong>, was on the pitch for less than a minute before he crossed the try-line to break the Scots’ spirits.<\/p>\n

Before the burly lock JJ van der Mescht<\/strong> reached over the tryline for the Junior Springboks’ fourth and bonus point try the Scots fought back to trail only by 19-22 with 20 minutes more to play. Two tries in the next ten minutes by Van der Mescht and Nohamba to take the result beyond doubt.<\/p>\n

Former SA Schools’ lock Christen “Kwagga” van Niekerk<\/strong> came of the bench for Scotland to face his former team mates. Van Niekerk is a former pupil from Monument in Krugersdorp.<\/p>\n

Scorers:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

South Africa 43 (17) \u2013<\/strong> Try: Jaden Hendrikse (2), Francke Horn, JJ van der Mescht, Sanele Nohamba, Kudzwai Dube. Conversions: Jaden Hendrikse (3), Nohamba (2). Penalty: Hendrikse. Scotland 19 (12) \u2013<\/strong> Try: Murphy Walker, Ken Anderson, Penalty Try. Conversion: Ross Thompson<\/p>\n

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