SA U20 squad for training camp named

The SA U20 Training Squad completed a successful tour through South America last month where they won all three of their matches.

The next squad assembly gives coach, Eric Sauls, and the selectors another chance to look at potential candidates before they finalise the squad for the IRB Junior World Championship at the end of next month. The junior world champs will be hosted by Japan in June.

Sauls confirmed that the squad will get together on Thursday morning at the Sports Science Institute of SA in Newlands where the players will first undergo medical and fitness tests before travelling to their camp in Saldanha.

The squad's preparations include a warm-up match on Saturday at 15h30 against the Boland Vodacom Cup team in Wellington.

The full training squad to assemble at 10h00 on Thursday is:

Blue Bulls

Clayton Blommetjies, Zane Botha, Francois Brummer, Omphile Seabela, Tendayi Chikukwa, Marnus Schoeman, Cornell Hess, Mlungisi Bali, Pieter Rossouw de Klerk, Sampie Mastriet, CJ Stander, Peet Vorster

Free State

Lionel Cronje, Trevor Ntando Nyakane, Cameron Jacobs

Golden Lions

Riaan Arends, Rudy Paige, David Bulbring, Caylib Oosthuizen

KwaZulu-Natal

Julian Redelinghuys, Kyle Cooper, Dale Chadwick, Wynand Pienaar, Faizel de Bruyn, Jan André Marais

Western Province

Nicolaas Hanekom, Johann Sadie, Johannes Engelbrecht, Yaasier Hartzenberg, Louis Schreuder, Rynhardt Elstadt, Garrich Matthee

Team Management

Eric Sauls (Head Coach, Blue Bulls)
Deon Davids (Assistant Coach, Boland)
Nico Serfontein (Assistant Coach, Blue Bulls)
Willem Oliphant (Team Manager, Eastern Province)
Tim Dlulane (Logistics Manager, Blue Bulls)
Elliot Mntunwekhaya Fana (Technical Assistant, Border)
Dr Pierre Vivers (Team Doctor, SARU)
Matime Diale (Physiotherapist, SARU)
Wayne Hector (Physiotherapist, Western Province)
Johan Pretorius (Conditioning Coach, Sport Science Institute of SA)