SA Under 20 coach Dawie Theron has announced a trimmed-down 33-man squad to take part in a training camp in January, including six members of the Sharks junior structures. In a surprising move, Paul Jordaan has been included as a wing. [...]
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Six Sharks make Baby Bok cut
Sharks well represented in SA under 20 group
SA Rugby has named a large squad of players to take part in a first round trial for the 2012 SA Sunder 20 squad. A decent smattering of Sharks players has been included amongst the 100-strong group, who will assemble in Kimberley next week for a week-long camp that will culminate in trial games on 8 and 10 November. [...]
Baby Boks for Fiji clash
Baby Boks coach Dawie Theron has made four changes to the team that beat Ireland to face Fiji in the 5th place IRB Junior World Championships final taking place tomorrow. A brisk summary is that all the Sharks players have once again been dropped to the bench. [...]
Kene joins the Lions
Sharks age-group star and former Kearsney College schoolboy Kene Okafor has been released from his Sharks contract to join up with the Lions ahead of the upcoming Currie Cup season. The talented second-rower, who won selection to the South African under 20 side two years running, will initially play under 21 rugby in Johannesburg, with a view to a big step up to senior rugby in 2012. [...]
SA win bid for prestigious tournament
The IRB has announced that South Africa will host the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship. The games will all be played in Cape Town and Stellenbosch. [...]
SA v Aus Junior World Cup
South Africa and Australia are no strangers in the Junior World Championship, the Baby Boks having run out convincing 32-5 winners when the sides met in the third place play-off in Japan last year to replicate their finish of 12 months earlier. [...]
