Cape Town – First things first: there is an enormous amount of polishing still to do.
But we also saw abundant signs in their first run-out of the 2015 season against the Varsity Cup Dream Team at the Danie Craven Stadium on Tuesday that the Baby Boks ought to be as competitive as ever in the newly-named World Rugby U20 Championship in Italy in some six weeks’ time.
South Africa have routinely been a “podium” side in the annual, former IRB Junior Championship since 2012, when they stirringly won it on home soil.