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Junior Springbok coach Chean Roux named the same starting team that came out firing against New Zealand for their World Rugby U20 Championship semi-final against defending champions, France, at the Racecourse Stadium in Rosario on Monday.<\/p>\nJunior Springbok coach Chean Roux named the same starting team that came out firing against New Zealand for their World Rugby U20 Championship semi-final against defending champions, France, at the Racecourse Stadium in Rosario on Monday.<\/p>\n
The last time the Junior Springboks advanced to the final of the tournament was in 2014, while France made the most of their home final last year by defeating England 33-25 to win the trophy. The match kicks off at 20h30 SA Time.<\/p>\n
With the player combinations settled and delivering on their roles, Roux said it was important to maintain consistency as they enter the final stages of the tournament.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe tried to keep the momentum we have built up going, so we opted to name the same team that started in the last game,\u201d said Roux.<\/p>\n
The coach expects a big onslaught from France, who proved to be tough opponents in the last two World Rugby U20 Championships \u2013 France defeated the SA u20\u2019s 46-29 in the south of France in 2018, while the teams played to a 23-23 draw in the pool stages of the 2017 edition of the competition in Tbilisi, Georgia, before the Junior Springboks defeated them 37-15 in the third and fourth-place playoff to win the bronze medal.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrance have a physical pack of forwards and a solid halfback combination that tends to kick a lot,\u201d said the coach. \u201cThey are a talented team and they enjoy speeding up the game. I am not sure what the weather will hold, but if it is wet they will have a good kicking plan, so we need to be ready for that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Commenting on what he wanted to see from his team in the vital match, Roux said:<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we need to build on what we did in our last match. We need good first phases from the scrums and lineouts to ensure that our backs get quality possession, and we have to play in the right areas of the field. Hopefully our defence will also stand up to them, while it will also be important to use our opportunities when they arise.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, South African referee Rasta Rasivhenge will officiate the match between Georgia and Fiji at the Old Resians Club in Rosario on Monday.<\/p>\n
Junior Springbok team to face France:<\/strong><\/p>\n 15 \u2013 Vaughen Isaacs (Vodacom Blue Bulls),\u00a014 \u2013 Angelo Davids (SA Rugby contracted),\u00a013 \u2013 Marnus Potgieter <\/span>(Vodacom Blue Bulls),\u00a012 \u2013 Rikus Pretorius (vice-captain \u2013 DHL Western Province),\u00a011 \u2013 Thaakir Abrahams (Cell C Sharks),\u00a010 \u2013 James Mollentze (Toyota Free State),\u00a09 \u2013 Jaden Hendrikse (Cell C Sharks),\u00a08 \u2013 Phendulani Buthelezi (captain \u2013 Cell C Sharks),\u00a07 \u2013 Sibusiso Sangweni (Xerox Golden Lions),\u00a06 \u2013 Dylan Richardson (Cell C Sharks),\u00a05 \u2013 Elrigh Louw (Toyota Free State),\u00a04 \u2013 JJ van der Mescht (Cell C Sharks),\u00a03 \u2013 Asenathi Ntlabakanye <\/span>(Xerox Golden Lions), 2 \u2013 Fezokuhle Mbatha (Cell C Sharks),\u00a01 \u2013 Dian Bleuler (DHL Western Province).\u00a0Replacements:\u00a0<\/strong>16 \u2013 Dameon Venter (Xerox Golden Lions),\u00a017 \u2013 Kudzwai Dube (Vodacom Blue Bulls),\u00a018 \u2013 Keagan Glade (Xerox Golden Lions),\u00a019 \u2013 Thabiso Mdletshe (Cell C Sharks),\u00a020 \u2013 Jaco Labuschagne <\/span>(Vodacom Blue Bulls),\u00a021 \u2013 Celimpilo Gumede (Cell C Sharks),\u00a022 \u2013 Zwelendaba Mnombo (DHL Western Province),\u00a023 \u2013 Sanele Nohamba (Cell C Sharks),\u00a024 \u2013 Janko Swanepoel (Vodacom Blue Bulls),\u00a025 \u2013 Emile van Heerden (Cell C Sharks),\u00a026 \u2013 Caleb Dingaan (Cell C Sharks),\u00a027 \u2013 David Coetzer (DHL Western Province),\u00a028 – David Kriel (DHL Western Province).<\/p>\n Issued by SA Rugby Communications<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Junior Springbok coach Chean Roux named the same starting team that came out firing against New Zealand for their World Rugby U20 Championship semi-final against defending champions, France, at the Racecourse Stadium in Rosario on Monday. The last time the Junior Springboks advanced to the final of the tournament was in 2014, while France made […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8871","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\/8871","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=8871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8871\/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=8871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}