Overview
- The SA U18 and SA U18 A sides named heavily rotated starting XVs and benches for their Boland Landbou fixtures on Tuesday, shifting most of the winning line-ups from the opening round to test wider squad depth.
- Tuesday’s schedule at Boland Landbou pits SA U18 A v Georgia at 11:30 SAST, England v France at 13:30 and SA U18 v Ireland at 15:30 and the day’s matches will be shown live on YouTube, SuperSport and SuperSport Schools.
- SA U18 coach Lwazi Zangqa kept only five starters from the 59-7 win over France, retaining Jacobus de Villiers, Jamie Wimble, Juvan Burden, Anesu Kuzonyei and Lamla Mgedezi to provide a small core amid broader rotation.
- SA U18 A coach Flash Malinga selected just four repeat starters from the 32-31 win over Ireland with Martin van Niekerk remaining captain and Rhandzu Mkhabela, Nathan Aneke and Amogelang Mataboge also retained.
- The series is being used as a scouting and development platform where rotation both manages young players’ workloads and gives selectors and scouts more live footage to judge prospects ahead of later age‑grade selection and the next rounds at Stellenberg on August 15.