Junior Boks Name Team To Face Fiji In World U20s Opener

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junior boks name team to face fiji in world u20s opener

Three players will debut for the Junior Springboks in their World Rugby Under-20 Championship opener against Fiji at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday (kick-off is at 19:00).

There are starts for hooker Luca Bakkes and flyhalf Liam Koen, while outside back Likhona Finca will come off the bench in the side captained by prop Zachary Porthen.

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The rest of the side consists of players who recently played in the SANZAAR Under-20 Rugby Championship in Queensland, Australia.

The starting line-up has five changes and a positional switch from the run-on side that beat Argentina in the last Rugby Championship match at the Sunshine Coast Stadium in Queensland, while there are several tweaks among the reserves.