The South African Under 20 side play Argentine tonight in their IRB Junior World Championship semi-final match.
Coach Dawie Theron has made few changes to his starting side after the come-from-behind win over England, with wing Pat Howard and hooker Jason Thomas forced out through injury. Tshotsho Mbovane and Mark Pretorius start in their stead, while an unenforced change sees Sharks man Namakwa van Dyk come in at tight head for Oliver Kebble.
The side will again be lead by centre Willa Small Smith, with squad captain Wiaan Liebenberg named on the bench.
The match takes place at DHL Newlands and kicks off at 19h15 local time.
SA Under 20:
15. Dillyn Leyds (Western Province)
14. Paul Jordaan (KZN)
13. William Small-Smith (Vodacom Blue Bulls, captain)
12. Jan Serfontein (Vodacom Blue Bulls)
11. Tshotsho Mbovane (DHL Western Province)
10. Handrè Pollard (DHL Western Province)
9. Vian van der Watt (MTN Golden Lions)
8. Fabian Booysen (MTN Golden Lions)
7. Pieter Steph du Toit (KZN)
6. Shaun Adendorff (Vodacom Blue Bulls)
5. Ruan Botha (MTN Golden Lions)
4. Paul Willemse (MTN Golden Lions)
3. Maks van Dyk (KZN)
2. Mark Pretorius (MTN Golden Lions)
1. Steven Kitshoff (DHL Western Province)
RESERVES:
16. Franco Marais (KZN)
17. Allan Dell (KZN)
18. Oliver Kebble (DHL Western Province)
19. Braam Steyn (KZN)
20. Wiaan Liebenberg (Vodacom Blue Bulls)
21. Abrie Griesel (Vodacom Blue Bulls)
22. Tony Jantjies (Vodacom Blue Bulls)
23. Raymond Rhule (Toyota Free State)
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Still awaiting the kick-off of this game,
in the mean while the Wales team finding a different NZ team than in their group game.
Wales 6 – 25 NZ
62 min
NZ the first team to the 2012 Final….
Wales 6 -30 NZ
FT
Go Bokkies.
Go Psdt and Jordaan. Make us proud
Pollard getting the score board going…
PK
SA 3 – 0 ARG
6 min
Arg miss with a PK attemt
SA 3 – 0 ARG
9 min
Ag no man, Paul going off injured,
Arg miss with another PK attemt
SA 3 – 0 ARG
11 min
Bokkies giving away a lot of penalty’s
A bokkies line out in the Arg 22, they knock…..
penalty to SA, 5 meter away, quick tap
Serfontein scores…. what a player this oukie is
Pollard converts
SA 10 – 0 ARG
21 min
Arg into SA half, knock on and SA counters
Pollard clearance kick takes the boks back into the Arg half
SA eep the ball in the air, and stop the mall, gets the scrum feed on their 10
Good crowd, stadium looking so good….
@Franshark (Comment 17) : Attendance over 17000
Arg into SA 22, good defence from the bokkies
Again the bokkies get the feed to a scrum as they hold up the ball…. good stuff
30 min gone…
Pity Jordaan had to go off. Pstd doing well at 7. Our backline looks dangerous at times
Good open play by SA, just knock at full speed stopping them to get their 2 nd try
@juba_fan (Comment 22) : Pollard has impressed me….
@Franshark (Comment 24) : and as I say that he misses a pk …
Serfontein looking very good
Bokke try, push over try from the line out…..
Prinsloo score….
Pollard has been very impressive …. Great driving mall resulting in a try
Pollard miss his second kick….
SA 15 – 0 ARG
37 min
What a rty by the baby boks
Wow is all I can say….. great play by the bokkies…and score just before half time
Baby Boks leeding 22-0 at half time
Pollard converts
SA 22 – 0 ARG
HT
Seriously entertaining game……
Our no 22 is looking really good, got good pace and great step so does no 15
Little Boks really playing some goodrugby now after the first 1 and a half matces where they were atrocious
2 nd half starting
Penalty for Arg and setup a line out in SA 22
They knock the ball and relieve for the bokkies
Serfontein with a unforced error, knocking the ball in open play, Arg set up another line out as yet another penalty goes their way…. OK now the go for goal
PK over
SA 22 – 3 ARG
45 min
SA start the 2nd half like the first, conceding a lot of penalty’s
Intercept by Serfontien, grubber brings play to 5 meters from Arg line, they clear but SA still in their 22
Rain coming down……
Rhule in for his 2nd….
Pollard conversion over
SA 29 – 3 ARG
53 min
a few changes to the bok team
Pollard goes for a drop as SA get a penalty advantage….. miss
Gets a chance to take the PK
over
PK over
SA 32 – 3 ARG
62 min
Pollard getting some rest…. Janties on now….
Arg warned for pulling down in the line out, and Janties gets an oppertunity to kick at goal…
PK over
SA 35 – 3 ARG
65 min
Turn over for SA, kick through and great follow up by Rhule, having a good game after replacing Jordan….
Bokkies captain now off injured, hope it is just a bump… and heals quickly…
19 on to play wing now…
10 min to play….
Great games from PSdT, Serfontein and Rhule..
3 min to go, Bokkies gets a Penalty and to the disappointment of the crowd the opt to go for the kick at goal…. Jantjies miss…
And that’s it, a very satisfied performance by the bokkies
SA 35 – 3 ARG
FULL TIME
You can go vote for you’re favorite player on Facebook….
Think Serfontein is high on my list…..
Serfontein, despite playing his heart out, is a hindrance to any sort of backline parity because he just doesn’t pass the ball ,he is more of an outside center than an inside center.
Baby Boks look very clumsy and awkward. The only time we looked dangerous was when our back three had the ball.
Du Toit at 7 was a good move.
Pollard is a good player but still needs time to mature a little.
“Pollard is a good player but still needs time to mature a little.”
No sh*t. He is 18!
@Talent (Comment 58) : So I’m guessing Frans Steyn is a hindrance to any sort of backline as well then? 🙄
@Ben (Comment 59) : and you can see he is as raw as they come ,unrefined and makes some really poor calls sometimes.
@Ben (Comment 60) : at times ,its getting bad 😥