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Four players will make their first appearance at the third SA Rugby Under-20 alignment camp in Stellenbosch this week after being invited by Junior Springbok coach Chean Roux as the planning phase continues for the SA Rugby Academy and SA U20 season in the next few months.<\/p>\n
Thabo Ndimande (loose-forward), JJ Kotze (hooker), Keenan Opperman (loose-forward) and Simon Miller (utility forward) will feature in the camps for the first time in a group of 18 players.<\/p>\n
Ndimande and Kotze, in particular, are familiar with a number of the squad members, as they played alongside some of them in the SA Under-19 team on their two-match tour to Georgia late last year.<\/p>\n
Of the 18 players, 12 attended the two opening camps, and another two players \u2013 2019 Junior Springbok player of the year Jaden Hendrikse (scrumhalf), and Rynhardt Jonker (centre) \u2013 attended the second camp last week.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe alignment camps have been valuable in allowing us to work with the players and to guide them in terms of our standards and expectations with an eye on the talent identification process for the SA Rugby Academy programme and the Junior Springbok squad,\u201d said Roux.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe players who have attended the last two camps are grasping the structures well, so we are pleased with the progress we are making.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis week we welcome JJ, Keenan, Simon, Thabo and I am sure they will slot in with ease since they have either played with or against most of the players in this group at some stage.\u201d<\/p>\n
The fourth and last alignment camp will follow from 24 to 27 February, while the SA Rugby Academy will run from Thursday, 12 March, to mid-May.<\/p>\n
Third SA Rugby U20 alignment camp squad:<\/strong><\/p>\n Adriaan Alberts (Xerox Golden Lions; lock) Issued by SA Rugby Communications<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Four players will make their first appearance at the third SA Rugby Under-20 alignment camp in Stellenbosch this week after being invited by Junior Springbok coach Chean Roux as the planning phase continues for the SA Rugby Academy and SA U20 season in the next few months. Thabo Ndimande (loose-forward), JJ Kotze (hooker), Keenan Opperman […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9245","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\/9245","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=9245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nDewald Donald (Vodacom Blue Bulls; prop)
\nSphekahle Dube (Cell C Sharks; prop)
\nMorne Brandon (Xerox Golden Lions; flanker)
\nCelimpilo Gumede (Cell C Sharks; flanker)
\nJaden Hendrikse (Cell C Sharks; scrumhalf)
\nHanro Jacobs (Cell C Sharks; prop)
\nJJ Kotze (DHL Western Province; hooker)
\nRynhardt Jonker (Cell C Sharks; centre)
\nKeanan Opperman (Vodacom Blue Bulls; loose-forward)
\nThabiso Mdletshe (Cell C Sharks; prop)
\nSimon Miller (Vodacom Blue Bulls; utility forward)
\nLunga Ncube (Cell C Sharks; lock)
\nThabo Ndimande (Xerox Golden Lions; flanker)
\nEvan Roos (Cell C Sharks; No 8)
\nSibusiso Sangweni (Xerox Golden Lions; loose-forward)
\nCullen van der Merwe (Cell C Sharks; hooker)
\nEmile van Heerden (Cell C Sharks; lock)<\/p>\n