England give junior Boks a lesson
Young Boks given a big wake-up call in Coventry
The Junior Springboks face the daunting reality that they are well off the pace just a month before the Under-20 World Championships in Argentina. At the weekend‚ SA’s finest Under-20s were thrashed 35-8 by England in Coventry. It was an England side missing 10 regulars from the squad that did Under-20 Six Nations duty. Coming off a narrow one point home loss against Argentina in their previous warm-up match‚ the Junior Boks can be in little doubt where they stand in the pre-tournament pecking order. And it is not very high up. England scored three tries in the final 10 minutes in difficult‚ wet conditions. But being competitive for 70 minutes will not get the job done in Argentina — a fact SA Rugby high performance manager Louis Koen acknowledged. “There are a few aspects of our game that still require a lot of attention‚ and this includes our set pieces and attack‚” Koen‚ who is the team’s assistant coach‚ said. “There is a lot of detail missing in terms of our attack and we are ...
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