Glenwood’s 2012 Captain Marne Coetzee part of the SA u20 squad
Glenwood’s 2012 Green Machine Captain, Marne Coetzee is part of the SA U20 training squad.
The squad assembled in Johannesburg to complete their final preparations for their three week tour to Argentina.
The 34-player squad was kitted out on Sunday and had their first training session on Monday at St Stithians College in Bryanston, Johannesburg.
Two more field sessions are planned for Tuesday before the team travels to Buenos Aires from the OR International Airport on Wednesday 10 April 2013.
The Junior Springboks training squad will play one midweek match and two friendly internationals against Argentinean opposition as part of their preparations for the 2013 IRB Junior World Championships (JWC), which will be held during June in France. The Baby Boks are the current JWC champions.
Coach Dawie Theron’s squad will play their first tour match on Saturday, April 13 against an Argentina U-20 XV in Corrientes. This will be followed by two clashes against the Argentina U-20’s on April 16 (Corrientes) and April 21 (Buenos Aires) respectively. The squad returns home on April 23 and the final SA U-20 JWC squad will be named on April 26.