Junior Springbok coach Bafana Nhleko has made several changes to his starting XV for Thursday's World Rugby U20 Championship encounter with Argentina in Stellenbosch.
Junior Springbok flyhalf Philip-Albert van Niekerk kicked a last-minute penalty goal to seal a remarkable 30-28 victory for the SA U20s against Argentina.
The regular HSBC SVNS season concluded in Singapore as Argentina were crowned SVNS League Winners 2024 and New Zealand edged Ireland 17-14 to clinch the Singapore title.
Argentina, playing for the HSBC SVNS league title, came back hard in the second half of their fifth-place playoff to edge the Springbok Sevens by 14-10 in the teams' final clash in Singapore this weekend.
Ireland are set to host New Zealand and Joe Schmidt's Australia during a tantalising four-match series against southern hemisphere opposition in November.
The Argentine Rugby Union has announced that Michael Cheika's reign as Los Pumas head coach has come to an end and that he will be replaced by his assistant Felipe Contepomi.