In another special moment for South Africa on Saturday, the Junior Springboks beat New Zealand 23-15 in the final in Italy to win the World Rugby U20 Championship for the first time in 13 years.
It was the first meeting of the two nations in a final since the Junior Springboks’ class of 2012, featuring the likes of future Rugby World Cup winners Handre Pollard, Steven Kitshoff and Pieter-Steph du Toit, ran out 22-16 winners in Cape Town.
In a special twist of fate, the likes of Pollard and Du Toit were in the Springbok change room on Saturday night as they sat down to watch the Junior Springboks in the U20 final after claiming a good win over Georgia at the Mbombela Stadium.
Clips have emerged of the Springbok team singing team songs, cheering and celebrating as they watched the juniors achieve success in the U20 final.
YOU CAN WATCH THE SPRINGBOKS CELEBRATING THE SUCCESS OF THE U20 TEAM BELOW:
Scorers:
Junior Springboks 23 (13) – Tries: Xola Nyali, Gilermo Mentoe. Conversions: Vusi Moyo (2). Penalty goals: Moyo (3).
New Zealand 15 (5) – Tries: Jayden Sa, Maloni Kunawave. Conversion: Will Cole. Penalty goal: Rico Simpson.
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