A blistering first half powered the Junior Springboks to victory over Argentina in their U20 Rugby Championship opener. Ethan Adams bulldozed through midfield, Jack Benade finished a dream debut with a hat-trick, and Yaqeen Ahmed dictated play with maturity. Attention now shifts to maintaining that intensity for 80 minutes against Australia.
“I can’t wait for the season to start and what better place than Gqeberha, where we’ve always enjoyed enormous support,” said Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus.
Despite the scruffy passages, the result keeps the Stormers in the European hunt, a competition where South African sides have historically struggled to impose themselves.
Stormers unleash nine Springboks in Gqeberha
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The match had the flair of a magician’s hat. There were cheeky short kickoffs designed to draw scrums, and lineout sleight-of-hand pulled straight from a Paul Roos B-team playbook—lifting players in open field to conjure mauls out of thin air.
They’re diving into the hearts of a community starved of rugby, aiming to ride the wave of passion—and fight fire with fire.
For Edwill van der Merwe, Saturday’s clash against Italy is more than just another cap. It’s a rite of renewal. A statement of belonging. A homecoming and a reckoning. He’s no longer the new kid with potential; he’s the seasoned sprinter ready to prove he never should’ve been benched.
The mercurial flyhalf, equal parts composer and conductor, is set to steer the South African backline like a seasoned navigator charting familiar waters, this time in the wind-swept rugby cathedral of Gqeberha.
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