The Junior Springboks will face Ireland with an unchanged match day squad in the first semifinal of the World Rugby U20 Championships at Athlone Stadium in Cape Town on Sunday afternoon.
With no injury concerns after their hard-fought 24-16 victory over Argentina in their final Pool C match at the same venue on Tuesday, Junior Bok head coach Bafana Nhleko opted for continuity in his match-23, in the hope it would quell the slow start the team experienced in their matches thus far in the tournament.
“We know Ireland is an extremely consistent side — both in performance, selection and their style of play — and we did not want to tinker too much ourselves as we have found some of the same in the last match.” “We have two or three players who played in that game, and they have at least two thirds of their squad that come to this tournament, so I don't think there is much to see from that perspective,” he said.
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