Victorious Junior Springbok team set to arrive in SA
The team made history on Saturday when they ended a 13-year wait to win the World Rugby Under 20 Championship by beating New Zealand.
Fans and loved ones of the victorious Junior Springbok team as they await their arrival in South Africa on 21 July 2025. Picture: Mawande Mateza/EWN
JOHANNESBURG - The victorious Junior Springbok team is set to arrive in the country on Monday morning.
The team made history on Saturday when they ended a 13-year wait to win the World Rugby Under 20 Championship by beating New Zealand.
A small but sizeable crowd is waiting at the arrivals’ terminal to welcome home a new generation of South African stars, who’ve made their mark on the world stage.
Led by captain Riley Norton, they became just the second Junior Springbok team to win the tournament after Wiaan Liebenberg’s side did the same in Cape Town in 2012.
The Junior Bok team that year featured future World Cup-winning Springbok stars Steven Kitshoff, Pieter-Steph du Toit, and Handré Pollard.
What will become of the class of 2025 remains to be seen, but plenty will be expected of the likes of Norton, Hashim Pead and Vusi Moyo, who made a name for themselves in 2025.
The crowd gathered here has been in high spirits and full of song as they wait for Norton and his teammates to emerge with the coveted trophy in their possession.
SA Rugby will host a press conference shortly where Norton, coach Kevin Foote, and SA president Mark Alexander will address the media.