Cape Town - Three capped World Rugby U20 Championship players, Rikus Pretorius, David Coetzer and Phendulani Buthelezi, are among 34 players named in a Junior Springbok training squad that will assemble in Stellenbosch next week. The squad also includes two players who were involved in the Junior Springbok warm-up games last season, namely David Kriel and Nkosikhona Masuku. All five of them were part of the SA Rugby Academy squad that first got together early in February at the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport (SAS). The Junior Boks will face the Argentina and Georgian U20s and a senior Namibian XV. While Buthelezi and Fezokuhle Mbatha have been included in the squad, they will continue with their Super Rugby commitments for the Sharks.

Source: News 24 March 29, 2019 10:52 UTC