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Baby Boks aiming to impress in France Posted on \| 2010-02-03		Back To Home

	Scrumhalf Lohan Jacobs and flanker Lean Schwartz on Wednesday said that the players selected in the SA Under-20 squad will be aiming to impress the national selectors with outstanding on-field performances during their two week tour to France. The Baby Boks will participate in three international friendlies against French Invitational XVs. With the IRB Junior World Championship taking place in Argentina later this year, the main reason for this tour is to expose the SA Under-20s to as many international fixtures as possible prior to the tournament, which kicks off on June 5. It's every junior rugby player's dream to play at the IRB Junior World Championship and hopefully solid performances against the French will take me a step closer to selection in the final squad, said Schwartz. There's strong competition for places within the squad and from other players who have not made the French tour, which is great. So it's important for me and every player to prove our worth and hopefully cement our place in the final group. Jacobs, who captained the SA Under-18 High Performance team in their international friendlies against the French Invitational XV's last year, said he was also looking forward to the challenge of touring with the Baby Boks and insisted that many players will be going to France with the intention of impressing the SA national selectors with the IRB Junior World Championship only four months away. There's a great vibe within the squad and everyone is well aware of the bigger picture, we all want to be in Argentina for the World Championship later this year, said Jacobs. If you look at the scrumhalf position, there are three of us, Louis Schreuder, Frederick Muller and myself, who are all fighting to wear the number nine jersey on this tour, which is great. But we also know there are other scrumhalves in the country who also want to play for the SA Under-20s, so we going to give it our everything on tour. South African Under-20 coach Eric Sauls insists that positions are still up for grabs in preparation of the IRB Junior World Championship. The SA national selectors will be closely monitoring the performances of all players on tour as well as the top Under-20 performers that are currently competing in the Varsity Cup as well as those individuals competing in the forthcoming Vodacom Super 14 and Vodacom Cup competitions. This is a very important tour for us as the national selectors and I will use this opportunity to see which players will be traveling with us to Argentina for the Junior World Championship, said Sauls. So this will be a great opportunity for the players on tour to put their hands up and make a statement. At the same time, those individuals who excel in the domestic South African competitions could also be rewarded with selection to our future squads.



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