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Four junior Springboks named in SA Under-19 training squad

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Four junior Springboks named in SA Under-19 training squad - Sports Leo

Four 2019 Junior Springbok World Rugby Under-20 Championship players and another 10 who travelled to Georgia with the SA Under-19 team in December were included in a 19-man squad invited to the first of four SA Rugby Academy alignment camps in Stellenbosch in February.

Celimpilo Gumede (flanker), Emile van Heerden (lock), Sibusiso Sangweni (loose-forward) and Thabiso Mdletshe (prop) all participated in the World Rugby Under-20 Championship in Argentina last year, while a number of their teammates made their presence felt in the South Africa Under-19 team’s successful tour to Georgia, where they won both matches against the hosts.

The camps, which will each feature a different group of players, will play an integral role in the talent identification process for both the Junior Springbok squad and SA Rugby Academy programme.

The World Rugby U20 Championship will be hosted in Italy from June 28 to July 18, with the Junior Springboks set to face England, Fiji and hosts, Italy, in the pool stages.

The SA Rugby Academy programme, meanwhile, will run from 13 March to the middle of May. The first alignment camp, which will be hosted at the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport, will run from February 3 to 6.

“The SA Rugby Academy programme and the Junior Springboks play a vital role in developing and grooming the top age-group players in the country for first-class rugby, and these alignment camps will give us a good idea of the talent available with an eye on selecting these squads,” said Junior Springbok coach Chean Roux.

“The SA Rugby Academy programme has been a great success in terms of developing Junior Springboks, and the fact that all of the players who participated in the World Rugby U20 Championship last year came through the programme is evidence of that.

“These camps will also serve as part of our preparation for the World Rugby U20 Championship later in the year, so this is the start of an exciting journey for us.”

Players invited to first SA Rugby alignment camp: Adriaan Alberts, Mthenjane Banele, Morne Brandon, Werner Coetzee, Dylan de Leeuw, Dewald Donald, Sphekahle Dube, Werner Gouws, Celimpilo Gumede, Hanro Jacobs, Thabiso Mdletshe, Lunga Ncube, Thabo Ndimande, Wian Otto, Evan Roos, Sibusiso Sangweni, Uzile Tele, Cullen van der Merwe, Emile van Heerden.

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