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The SA Rugby Under-20 Cup competition kicks off on the first weekend of August, with all the participating teams ready to give their all to make it to the playoffs in October.<\/p>\nThe SA Rugby Under-20 Cup competition kicks off on the first weekend of August, with all the participating teams ready to give their all to make it to the playoffs in October.<\/p>\n
The new Under-20 competition replaces the previous series for U19 and U21 teams, with seven teams taking part over a single round of matches in the build-up to the semi-finals and final, with a number of bye weekends worked into the schedule.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, the U20 Shield competition \u2013 which was scheduled to start at the end of August \u2013 had to be canceled following the withdrawal of five participating unions, as a result of the COVID pandemic. The other teams will still be allowed to arrange friendly encounters of play against the Cup teams in warm-up matches.<\/p>\n
The U20 Cup competition \u2013 played over a single round of matches starting on the weekend of 6\/7 August \u2013 will be contested by the Vodacom Bulls, Toyota Free State, Eastern Province, Leopards, Lions, Cell C Sharks, and DHL Western Province, with the final scheduled for 30 October.<\/p>\n
The first round will see a number of big clashes play out at the Vodacom Bulls host the Lions in Pretoria, Toyota Free State travel to Potchefstroom to play the Leopards, and Eastern Province welcome the Cell C Sharks to Nelson Mandela Bay.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis competition was specifically designed to give the next generation of provincial stars the opportunity to stake their claim for higher honours and we\u2019re excited to see them in action,\u201d said Rassie Erasmus, Director of Rugby.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese players have been working hard over the last couple of months and they will be chomping at the bit to get going. The competition has been stretched to allow teams to field fully-fit squads and to hopefully not see many cancellations of matches.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fixtures:<\/strong><\/p>\n (Home teams named first; venue and kick-off details to be confirmed; all fixtures subject to change)<\/em>:<\/p>\n First round: 6\/7 August<\/strong><\/p>\n Vodacom Bulls U20 v Lions U20 Second round: 13\/14 August<\/strong><\/p>\n Cell C Sharks U20 v Vodacom Bulls U20 Third round:27\/28 August<\/strong><\/p>\n Vodacom Bulls U20 v Toyota Free State U20 Fourth round: 3\/4 September<\/strong><\/p>\n Toyota Free State U20 v Lions U20 Fifth round: 17\/18 September<\/strong><\/p>\n Vodacom Bulls U20 v Leopards U20 Sixth round: 23\/24 September<\/strong><\/p>\n DHL Western Province U20 v Cell C Sharks U20 Seventh round: 8\/9 October<\/strong><\/p>\n Lions U20 v Eastern Province U20 Semi-finals:<\/strong> 16 October<\/p>\n Final:<\/strong> 30 October<\/p>\n Issued by SA Rugby Communications<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The SA Rugby Under-20 Cup competition kicks off on the first weekend of August, with all the participating teams ready to give their all to make it to the playoffs in October. The new Under-20 competition replaces the previous series for U19 and U21 teams, with seven teams taking part over a single round of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9564","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\/9564","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=9564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nLeopards U20 v Toyota Free State U20
\nEastern Province U20 v Cell C Sharks U20
\nBye: DHL Western Province U20<\/em><\/p>\n
\nToyota Free State U20 v Eastern Province U20
\nDHL Western Province U20 v Leopards U20
\nBye: Lions U20<\/em><\/p>\n
\nLions U20 v Cell C Sharks U20
\nEastern Province U20 v DHL Western Province U20
\nBye: Leopards U20<\/em><\/p>\n
\nDHL Western Province U20 v Vodacom Bulls U20
\nLeopards U20 v Eastern Province U20
\nBye: Cell C Sharks U20<\/em><\/p>\n
\nLions U20 v DHL Western Province U20
\nCell C Sharks U20 v Toyota Free State U20
\nBye: Eastern Province U20<\/em><\/p>\n
\nLeopards U20 v Lions U20
\nEastern Province U20 v Vodacom Bulls U20
\nBye: Toyota Free State U20<\/em><\/p>\n
\nCell C Sharks U20 v Leopards U20
\nToyota Free State U20 v DHL Western Province U20
\nBye: Vodacom Bulls U20<\/em><\/p>\n