Junior Boks are too hot for Chile

Lindsey Jansen and Risima Khosa scored hat-tricks and Vusi Moyo kicked 22 points as the Junior Springboks showed their class with an emphatic 97-0 victory (half-time 52-0) over Chile in their U20 International Series opener at Rondebosch Boys' High School in Cape Town on a sunny but chilly Thursday afternoon.

In what amounted to a one-sided affair, the South Africans put their best attacking foot forward as they ripped through their opponents' defence, scoring 15 tries that had the strong crowd in awe more often than not, with the odd mistake ensuring the Junior Boks will have something to work on in the coming days.

Although there were times when Chile got their hands on the ball to test the Junior Boks' defence, that didn't happen nearly enough, with turnovers often resulting in strong counter-attacks from the hosts.

Dominant in all phases across the park, the Junior Boks scored eight tries before the break, with Jansen contributing three as the South Americans - despite playing with a breeze in their backs - simply had no answer for the array of attacking options exhibited by the hosts.

The SA U20s' attacking intent was on display from the start, with Jayden Brits' opening try in the fourth minute coming from a quick-tap penalty taken in their own 22, with the scrumhalf racing clear after good exploitation by space and quick hands by his outside backs.

Luan van der Berg and Gert Kemp also added their names to the score sheet, and more was to follow in the second half.

Khosa, who led the Junior Boks in this match, completed his hat-trick with a signature maul try as the replacements came on for some valuable game time. Pieter van der Merwe, Kai Pratt and Altus Rabe also scored in the third quarter to hand the hosts an 80-0 lead with 20 minutes to go but then things got a bit loose.

Rabe added his second try, also from a strong lineout drive, with 12 minutes to go and a few minutes later, Quintin Potgieter scored from the back of a strong scrum in which the Junior Boks literally shoved their opponents off the ball, to bring up 90.

Potgieter got his second on the stroke of full-time, from a deft little stab into space by Moyo, who landed his 11th conversion, to seal the emphatic win for the Junior Boks.

In the opening game of their U20 International Series at the same venue earlier on Thursday, Georgia beat Fiji by 29-23. The Junior Boks face Fiji on Tuesday, while Chile and Georgia will face off, with both games at Wynberg Boys' High School.

Score

Junior Springboks 97 (52) - Tries: Jayden Brits, Risima Khosa (3), Lindsey Jansen (3), Luan van der Berg, Gert Kemp, Pieter van der Merwe, Kai Pratt, Altus Rabe (2), Quintin Potgieter (2). Conversions: Vusi Moyo (11).

Chile U20 0

SA Rugby U20 International Series fixtures

Thursday – Rondebosch Boys' High School, Cape Town

1pm: Georgia v Fiji (29-23)

3pm: South Africa v Chile (97-0)

Tuesday – Wynberg Boys' High School, Cape Town

1pm: Chile v Georgia

3pm: South Africa v Fiji

Saturday, 30 May – Markötter Stadium, Paul Roos Gymnasium, Stellenbosch

2.30pm: South Africa v Georgia

4.30pm: Fiji v Chile

Junior Bok squad (18 May)

Forwards: Jordan Jooste (DHL Stormers), Kai Pratt (Hollywoodbets Sharks), Mahle Sithole (Fidelity Securedrive Lions), Altus Rabe (DHL Stormers), Luan van der Berg (Vodacom Bulls), Bongani Dlamini (Vodacom Bulls), Jaythen Orange (Fidelity Securedrive Lions), JD Hattingh (Fidelity Securedrive Lions), Thomas Beling (Vodacom Bulls), Risima Khosa (Fidelity Securedrive Lions), Quintin Potgieter (DHL Stormers), Vuyo Gwiji (Fidelity Securedrive Lions), Gert Kemp (DHL Stormers).

Backs: Jayden Brits (DHL Stormers), Jandrian Goosen (Vodacom Bulls), Vusi Moyo (Hollywoodbets Sharks), Luan Giliomee (Hollywoodbets Sharks), Jordan Steenkamp (DHL Stormers), Lindsey Jansen (Vodacom Bulls), Pieter van der Merwe (Vodacom Bulls), Olunje Mehlomakulu (DHL Stormers), Christian Vorster (Vodacom Bulls), Jade Muller (CUT), Junaide Stuart (Vodacom Bulls), Akahluwa Boqwana (Vodacom Bulls), Alzeadon Felix (Fidelity Securedrive Lions).

Squad members to assemble in Stellenbosch on 25 May

Forwards: Oliver Reid (DHL Stormers), Rambo Kubheka (Hollywoodbets Sharks), Liam van Wyk (Hollywoodbets Sharks), Danie Kruger (DHL Stormers), Heinrich Theron (Vodacom Bulls), Riley Norton (DHL Stormers), Kebotile Maake (Vodacom Bulls), Luke Cannon (Fidelity Securedrive Lions), Wasi Vyambwera (Hollywoodbets Sharks).

Backs: Hendré Schoeman (Vodacom Bulls), Yaqeen Ahmed (DHL Stormers), Khuthadzo Rasivhaga (Hollywoodbets Sharks), Ethan Adams (Fidelity Securedrive Lions), Samuel Badenhorst (DHL Stormers), Jack Benade (DHL Stormers), Zekhethelo Siyaya (Hollywoodbets Sharks).