NATIONAL NEWS - Junior Springbok coach Dawie Theron on Tuesday named his 28-man squad to compete at World Rugby Under-20 Championship in Manchester, England, from 7-25 June.
Eastern Province centre Jeremy Ward will lead the team in the showpiece, while his provincial team-mate Junior Pokomela and 2015 SA Schools captain, Western Province lock Ernst van Rhyn, have been named as vice-captains.
The squad features two players who were members of the Junior Springbok squad that finished third at the international showpiece in Italy last year, centre JT Jackson and scrumhalf Marco Jansen van Vuren.
Nine members of the SA Schools team that featured in the Under-18 International Series in South Africa last year have also been included.
They are centre Stedman Gans, flyhalves Manie Libbok and Curwin Bosch, scrumhalf Embrose Papier, locks Ruben de Villiers and Van Rhyn, loose forwards Cobus Wiese and Zain Davids and prop Carlü Sadie.
The Junior Springboks will kick off the 2016 international spectacle against Japan on 7 June at the Academy Stadium, before taking on Argentina on 11 June and France on 15 June.
