Junior Springbok coach Dawie Theron has named five Sharks players in his starting pack for tomorrow’s second friendly match against the Argentine under 20 side, Los Pumitas. [...]
Posts tagged with: Under 20
Sharks of the future on show in Rosario
Radebe blow for Junior Boks
Star Sharks junior flyhalf Innocent Radebe will not be available for selection for the Junior Springbok side this year, having suffered a foot fracture in training. [...]
Junior Bok trials underway
A large group of Under 20 players has assembled in Stellenbosch this week to take part in trial matches and a training camp, with a view to being selected for Dawie Theron’s 28-man Junior Springbok squad for this year’s World Rugby Junior World Championship. Yes, that’s right. The name “World” now appears twice. It will do so again when we have the World Rugby Rugby World Cup. Marketing geniuses abound, but I digress. [...]
Big step up for Dan?
While the Sharks squad for Super Rugby has started to settle down pretty much as expected, with the young players brought in to “fill gaps” in November and December sent back down to the Grey Squad to prepare for Vodacom Cup action, one under 20 star appears to still be very much in the picture. [...]
Few nominations for unloved Sharks
The fall-out of the Jake White era continues, with the Sharks hardly featuring in SARU’s list of annual nominations this year. [...]
Tuesday snippets from the Shark Tank
The start of pre-season training ahead of a new campaign always brings a flurry of activity. By all accounts, yesterday was certainly a busy day in Durban. [...]
IRB Junior World Championship: NZ Under 20 v SA Under 20
This crucialgame is about to get underway. [...]
Five Sharks make Junior Bok squad
The Huguenot connection seems to be paying rich dividends for the Cell C Sharks, with four of the five young men from that franchise named in Dawie Theron’s final 2014 Junior Springbok squad boating names beginning with “du”. [...]
Plenty of Sharks make Junior Bok cut
After a week of trials the SA Under 20 selectors have trimmed down their training group, selecting a squad of 36 players who will stay on in Stellenbosch to work further with Dawie Theron and the coaches ahead of the selection of the team for the Junior World Championship in New Zealand. [...]
More game time for Daniel
Keegan Daniel will start at blindside flank for the Cell C Sharks XV as they take on the Regent Boland Cavaliers in a Vodacom Cup South Section clash in Ceres this weekend. [...]
Varsity Shield Final: CUT Ixias v UKZN Impi
The day has finally dawned – a KZN side has a realistic shot at Varsity Cup promotion! [...]
Busy program for u20 hopefuls
A group of nearly 70 under 20 players will gather in Stellenbosch on Sunday for a training camp that will allow Junior Springbok coach Dawie Theron to select a strong squad for this year’s IRB Junior World Championship in New Zealand. [...]
Sharks well represented in BIG Baby Bok group
SA Under 20 coach Dawie Theron has cast the net wide in identifying 74 players who are in the initial selection frame for this year’s Junior Springbok side. [...]
Jake’s Fisher-King swap
Sharks Director of Rugby Jake White looks set to reveal the first big surprise of his tenure when he names his team to face Saracens this weekend. [...]
Cronje packs his bags again
Young flyhalf Lionel Cronje is certainly vying for the title of “most traveled” player, having announced today that he’s leaving the Lions to join the Brumbies ahead of Super Rugby next year. [...]