Rugby talent pool widens

Some serious talent is rising through the ranks of the Junior Boks, with a number of potential future stars on show at the World Rugby U-20 Championship in Italy, and that can only bode well for the future of the Springboks.

- with Ross Roche

The Junior Boks have been in scintillating form and have swept all before them on their way to their first final appearance in 11 years, where they will face fierce Southern Hemisphere rivals the All Blacks.

It is thus all set up for a blockbuster final, and a repeat of the 2012 final in South Africa, the only other time they have met in the trophy match, with the Junior Boks emerging as 22-16 winners on that occasion.