Tighthead prop Zachary Porthen is thriving under the tutelage of senior front-row powerhouses at Western Province in his maiden Currie Cup campaign.
Wandile Mlaba is set to make his SA U20 debut off the bench in Friday's final encounter of the World Rugby U20 Championship against Wales in Cape Town.
The Junior Boks will play out for the seventh place in the World Rugby U20 Championship after going down 34-24 to Argentina in their fifth-place semi-final in Cape Town on Sunday.
The Junior Springboks will kick off the inaugural Rugby Championship (TRC) Under-20 tournament with an exciting match against New Zealand on Thursday, 2 May at the Sunshine Coast Stadium.