# South Africa national under-20 rugby union team

The South Africa national under-20 rugby union team (nicknamed the Junior Boks or the Baby Boks) are South Africa's junior team at national level. They have been competing in the World Rugby Under 20 Championship (formerly the IRB Junior World Championship) since its inception in 2008. This Under-20 tournament replaced the previously-held Under-19 and Under-21 Rugby World Championships. Prior to 2018, it had been the country's "next senior" (second-level) 15-man national side, but World Rugby no longer allows member unions to designate age-grade sides as "next senior" teams.

## History
### Head to Head

* Stats correct as of 2 July 2023
| Opposition | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | % Won |
| Argentina | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 60% |
| Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 67% |
| England | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 27% |
| Fiji | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| France | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 63% |
| Georgia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Ireland | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75% |
| Italy | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75% |
| Japan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| New Zealand | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 86% |
| Samoa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Scotland | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Tonga | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Wales | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% |
| Total | 62 | 44 | 1 | 17 | 71% |

### Summary

| South African | South African | South African | South African | South African | South African | South African | South African | South African | South African | Final | Placing |
| P | W | D | L | PF | PA | | | | | Final | Placing |
| 2008 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 19 | Lost | — | 3rd |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 40 | Lost | — | 3rd |
| 2010 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 148 | 56 | Lost | — | 3rd |
| 2011 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 95 | 52 | — | — | 5th |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 99 | 41 | Won | Won | Champions |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 43 | Lost | — | 3rd |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 37 | Won | Lost | 2nd |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 26 | Lost | — | 3rd |
| 2016 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 112 | 69 | Lost | — | 4th |
| 2017 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 133 | 51 | Lost | — | 3rd |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 90 | Lost | — | 3rd |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 56 | Lost | — | 3rd |

### 2008

South Africa took part in the inaugural edition of the competition in 2008 held in Wales, where they were drawn in Pool B. They beat the United States 108–18 in their very first game. A 72–3 victory over Scotland and a 16–11 win against Samoa saw them top the pool to qualify for the semi-final stages. They lost their semi-final match 18–26 to England, but returned to winning ways with a 43–18 win over hosts Wales in the third-place play-off match.
Matches

### 2009

South Africa were placed in Pool C of the 2009 competition held in Japan. They emulated their 2008 form, winning all three of their pool matches – they beat Fiji 36–10, Italy 65–3 and France 43–27 to finish top of the pool. They again lost to England in the semi-finals (losing 21–40), but again bounced back by winning the third-place play-off match, this time beating Australia 32–5.
Matches

### 2010

A 40–14 victory over Tonga in the opening match of Pool C in the 2010 IRB Junior World Championship held in Argentina was followed up by a 73–0 victory over Scotland, before South Africa suffered their first ever pool stage defeat in the competition, losing 35–42 to Australia. Although finishing in second position in the pool, they still qualified for the semi-finals by virtue of having the best record of the second-placed teams across the three pools. They were eliminated 7–36 by New Zealand in the semi-finals, but managed to win the third-place play-off for the third year in a row, avenging their previous semi-final exists at the hands of England by beating them 27–22.

### 2011

Victories in South Africa's first two matches at the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship held in Italy – beating Scotland 33–0 and Ireland 42–26 – were followed by a defeat at the hands of England, losing 20–26 to finish second in the pool and failing to qualify for the semi-finals for the first time. Instead, they went into the fifth-placed play-off series, where a 57–15 win over pool rivals Ireland and a 104–17 win over Fiji saw them finish the competition in fifth spot.

### 2012

South Africa hosted the tournament in 2012, but the hosts got off to a bad start, losing 19–23 to Ireland in their first match. However, they recovered to beat Italy 52–3 and previously-unbeaten England 28–15 to finish top of the log. They easily dispatched Argentina in the semi-final, winning 35–3, before beating New Zealand 22–16 in the final in Cape Town, winning the competition for the first time and ending the latter's four-year reign as champions.

### 2013

South Africa won all three their pool matches at the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship held in France; they beat the United States 97–0, England 31–24 and hosts France 26–19 to top their pool to qualify to the semi-finals. They lost their semi-final match 17–18 to Wales before winning their fourth third-place play-off match in six seasons, beating New Zealand 41–34.

### 2014

In the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship held in New Zealand, South Africa beat Scotland 61–5, hosts New Zealand 33–24 and Samoa 21–8 to finish top of their pool. They again met New Zealand in the semi-finals and beat them again, this time by a 32–25 scoreline, to qualify to their second final. However, they lost the final 20–21 to England to finish the competition in second spot.

### 2015

For 2015, the IRB Junior World Championship was rebranded as the World Rugby Under 20 Championship. South Africa started the competition with a 33–5 win against hosts Italy and recorded a 40–8 win against Samoa and a 46–13 win over Australia in their remaining pool matches to finish top of Pool B to qualify for the semi-finals with the best record pool stage of all the teams in the competition. They came up against an England side that beat them in the 2014 final and were eliminated by the same opponents again, losing 20–28 to be eliminated from the competition. They restored some pride by winning their third-place play-off match against France 31–18 to win the bronze medal.

### 2016

South Africa came from behind to beat Japan 59–19 in their opening match in Pool C of the 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship held in Manchester. They were beaten 13–19 by Argentina in their second match, suffering only their fourth defeat ever in the pool stage of the competition, but bounced back to secure a 40-31 bonus-point victory over France in their final pool match to secure a semi-final place as the best runner-up in the competition. They faced hosts and three-time champions England in the semi-finals, who proved too strong for the visitors, knocking them out of the competition with a 39–17 victory. South Africa's final match came against Argentina, who already beat them previously in Pool C, in the third-place play-off final. Argentina won again, with a very convincing 49–19 scoreline, condemning South Africa to fourth place in the competition.

## Players
### Current squad

The following players were named in the South Africa Under-20 squad for the 2019 World Rugby Under 20 Championship:
| 2019 South Africa Under–20 rugby union team |
| Name | SCO | GEO | NZL | FRA | ARG | | App | Try | Con | Pen | DG | Pts |
| Dian Bleuler | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fez Mbatha | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Asenathi Ntlabakanye | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| JJ van der Mescht | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Emile van Heerden | 5 | 5 | 25 | 25 | | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaco Labuschagne | 6 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 6 | | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phepsi Buthelezi (c) | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Francke Horn | 8 | | | | | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Jaden Hendrikse | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 23 | | 5 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 38 |
| James Mollentze | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | | | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caleb Dingaan | 11 | 11 | 26 | 26 | 22 | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rikus Pretorius | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Marnus Potgieter | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 25 | | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Angelo Davids | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Vaughen Isaacs | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Dameon Venter | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kudzwai Dube | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 1 | | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Keagan Glade | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thabiso Mdletshe | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elrigh Louw | 20 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Richardson | 21 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 | | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| David Kriel | 22 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 13 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sanele Nohamba | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 9 | | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 33 |
| Celimpilo Gumede | 24 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 7 | | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Coetzer | 25 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 10 | | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Mnombo Zwelendaba | 26 | | 22 | 22 | 26 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sibusiso Sangweni | 27 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 21 | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thaakir Abrahams | 28 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Janko Swanepoel | | | 24 | 24 | 24 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 5 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 164 |
(c) denotes the team captain. For each match, the player's squad number is shown. Starting players are numbered 1 to 15, while the replacements are numbered 16 to 23. If a replacement made an appearance in the match, it is indicated by . "App" refers to the number of appearances made by the player, "Try" to the number of tries scored by the player, "Con" to the number of conversions kicked, "Pen" to the number of penalties kicked, "DG" to the number of drop goals kicked and "Pts" refer to the total number of points scored by the player.

### Previous squads

The following players played at previous editions of the World Rugby Under 20 Championship:
| 2018 South Africa Under-20 rugby union team |
| Name | GEO | IRL | FRA | ENG | NZL | Apps | Pts |
| Nathan McBeth | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | 3 | 0 |
| Dan Jooste | 2 | 2 | | | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Sazi Sandi | 3 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| Salmaan Moerat (c) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Ruan Nortjé | 5 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Dian Schoonees | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| PJ Steenkamp | 7 | 20 | 7 | 7 | | 4 | 0 |
| Muller Uys | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 15 |
| Zak Burger | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | | 4 | 10 |
| Damian Willemse | 10 | 10 | | | | 2 | 10 |
| Sihle Njezula | 11 | | 23 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| Rikus Pretorius | 12 | | | 12 | | 2 | 0 |
| Wandisile Simelane | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 30 |
| Tyrone Green | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 15 |
| Gianni Lombard | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 21 |
| Schalk Erasmus | 16 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 5 |
| Alulutho Tshakweni | 17 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Asenathi Ntlabakanye | 18 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 10 |
| Ruan Vermaak | 19 | 19 | 5 | | 19 | 4 | 0 |
| Ben-Jason Dixon | 20 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| Rewan Kruger | 21 | 21 | 21 | | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| Lubabalo Dobela | 22 | 22 | 10 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 2 |
| Lyle Hendricks | 23 | 12 | 12 | | 12 | 4 | 0 |
| Muller du Plessis | | 11 | | | | 1 | 5 |
| Manuel Rass | | 23 | 13 | 13 | 23 | 4 | 5 |
| Tiaan van der Merwe | | | 16 | 2 | | 2 | 5 |
| David Coetzer | | | 22 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| Phepsi Buthelezi | | | | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Leon Lyons | | | | 17 | 17 | 2 | 0 |
| Jack Hart | | | | 21 | 21 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 South Africa Under-20 rugby union team |
| Name | FRA | GEO | ARG | ENG | FRA | Apps | Pts |
| Gerhard Steenekamp | 1 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Johan Grobbelaar | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 20 |
| Carlü Sadie | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Salmaan Moerat | 4 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Ruben van Heerden | 5 | | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| Zain Davids | 6 | 20 | | | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Ernst van Rhyn (c) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| Juarno Augustus | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 35 |
| Rewan Kruger | 9 | | | | | 1 | 0 |
| Curwin Bosch | 10 | 23 | 10 | 10 | | 4 | 41 |
| Wandisile Simelane | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 10 |
| David Brits | 12 | | | | 22 | 2 | 5 |
| Stedman Gans | 13 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 0 |
| Yaw Penxe | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 10 |
| Manie Libbok | 15 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| Kwenzo Blose | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 0 |
| Dan Jooste | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| Lee-Marvin Mazibuko | 18 | | | 18 | | 2 | 0 |
| Hendré Stassen | 19 | 19 | 5 | | | 3 | 0 |
| Nama Xaba | 20 | | | | | 1 | 0 |
| Francois de Villiers | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 5 |
| Damian Willemse | 22 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 5 |
| Gianni Lombard | 23 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 10 |
| Reinhard Nothnagel | | 5 | | 19 | 19 | 3 | 0 |
| Len Massyn | | 6 | 6 | 6 | | 3 | 0 |
| Embrose Papier | | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| Jeanluc Cilliers | | 15 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 9 |
| Wikus Groenewald | | 18 | 18 | | 18 | 3 | 0 |
| Muller Uys | | | 20 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 South Africa Under-20 rugby union team |
| Name | JPN | ARG | FRA | ENG | ARG | Apps | Pts |
| Kwenzo Blose | 1 | | | | 17 | 2 | 0 |
| Tango Balekile | 2 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 0 |
| Jaco Holtzhausen | 3 | 18 | 18 | 3 | | 3 | 0 |
| Cobus Wiese | 4 | 20 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| Eli Snyman | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Zain Davids | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
| Ernst van Rhyn | 7 | 7 | 19 | 7 | | 4 | 0 |
| Junior Pokomela | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| James Hall | 9 | 9 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 5 | 0 |
| Manie Libbok | 10 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| Mosolwa Mafuma | 11 | 11 | | 14 | | 3 | 5 |
| JT Jackson | 12 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 5 |
| Jeremy Ward (c) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | | 4 | 10 |
| S'busiso Nkosi | 14 | 14 | 14 | | | 3 | 0 |
| Curwin Bosch | 15 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 63 |
| Jan-Henning Campher | 16 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| Franco van den Berg | 17 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Carlü Sadie | 18 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Ruben de Villiers | 19 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Denzel Hill | 20 | | 20 | | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| Embrose Papier | 21 | | 9 | | | 2 | 5 |
| Franco Naudé | 22 | 12 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 0 |
| Keanu Vers | 23 | | 23 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| Eduard Zandberg | | 4 | | 19 | 19 | 3 | 0 |
| NJ Oosthuizen | | 17 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 0 |
| Marco Jansen van Vuren | | 21 | | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| Edwill van der Merwe | | 23 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| Stedman Gans | | | | | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| Benhard Janse van Rensburg | | | | | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 South Africa Under-20 rugby union team |
| Name | ITA | SAM | AUS | ENG | FRA | Apps | Pts |
| Ox Nché | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Jan van der Merwe | 2 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| Thomas du Toit | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| Abongile Nonkontwana | 4 | | | | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| RG Snyman | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Rikus Bothma | 6 | | | 6 | | 2 | 5 |
| Jean-Luc du Preez | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 0 |
| Hanro Liebenberg (c) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 10 |
| Ivan van Zyl | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| Brandon Thomson | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 59 |
| Leolin Zas | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 10 |
| Daniël du Plessis | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 5 |
| JT Jackson | 13 | 13 | | | | 2 | 0 |
| Khanyo Ngcukana | 14 | | 14 | 14 | | 3 | 5 |
| Warrick Gelant | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 0 |
| Joseph Dweba | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 0 |
| Njabulo Gumede | 17 | | | | | 1 | 0 |
| Frans van Wyk | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 5 |
| Jason Jenkins | 19 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| Dan du Preez | 20 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 10 |
| Marco Jansen van Vuren | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 0 |
| Tinus de Beer | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 6 |
| Malcolm Jaer | 23 | | | 23 | 14 | 3 | 5 |
| Grant Hermanus | | 14 | 23 | | 23 | 3 | 0 |
| Mzamo Majola | | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 0 |
| Hyron Andrews | | 19 | 19 | 19 | | 2 | 0 |
| Jacques Vermeulen | | 20 | 6 | | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| EW Viljoen | | 23 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 0 |
| penalty try | | | | | | | 10 |
| 2014 South Africa Under-20 rugby union team |
| Name | SCO | NZL | SAM | NZL | ENG | Apps | Pts |
| Pierre Schoeman | 1 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 5 |
| Malcolm Marx | 2 | | | | | 1 | 5 |
| Wilco Louw | 3 | 18 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 0 |
| Abongile Nonkontwana | 4 | 19 | | 19 | | 2 | 0 |
| Nico Janse van Rensburg | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Jacques Vermeulen | 6 | | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| Cyle Brink | 7 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| Aidon Davis | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 10 |
| Zee Mkhabela | 9 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 0 |
| Handré Pollard (c) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 65 |
| Sergeal Petersen | 11 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 15 |
| André Esterhuizen | 12 | | 12 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 10 |
| Jesse Kriel | 13 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 25 |
| Lloyd Greeff | 14 | 14 | | 14 | | 3 | 15 |
| Warrick Gelant | 15 | 15 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 10 |
| Corniel Els | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Dayan van der Westhuizen | 17 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Thomas du Toit | 18 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| JD Schickerling | 19 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Jean-Luc du Preez | 20 | 6 | | | 20 | 3 | 0 |
| JP Smith | 21 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| Jean-Luc du Plessis | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 2 |
| Rohan Janse van Rensburg | 23 | | | | | 1 | 0 |
| Dan Kriel | | 12 | 13 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 0 |
| Joseph Dweba | | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| Victor Sekekete | | 20 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| Duhan van der Merwe | | 23 | 11 | | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| Thabo Mabuza | | | 6 | | | 1 | 0 |
| Nqoba Mxoli | | | 17 | | | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 South Africa Under-20 rugby union team |
| Name | USA | ENG | FRA | WAL | NZL | Apps | Pts |
| Andrew Beerwinkel | 1 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 0 |
| Jacques du Toit | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 5 |
| Luan de Bruin | 3 | 3 | | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Irné Herbst | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Dennis Visser | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Roelof Smit | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | 4 | 5 |
| Jacques du Plessis | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| Ruan Steenkamp (c) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 10 |
| Stefan Ungerer | 9 | 9 | | 9 | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| Robert du Preez | 10 | 10 | 21 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 28 |
| Seabelo Senatla | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 40 |
| Handré Pollard | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 34 |
| Justin Geduld | 13 | 13 | | 21 | | 3 | 10 |
| Luther Obi | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 20 |
| Cheslin Kolbe | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 10 |
| Mike Willemse | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| Sti Sithole | 17 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Aidon Davis | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| Kwagga Smith | 19 | | | 19 | 19 | 3 | 10 |
| Hanco Venter | 20 | 20 | 9 | | | 2 | 0 |
| Dries Swanepoel | 21 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 22 | 4 | 5 |
| Jesse Kriel | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 10 |
| Marné Coetzee | 23 | 23 | 3 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 0 |
| Jannes Kirsten | | 18 | 18 | | | 1 | 0 |
| Rohan Janse van Rensburg | | | 12 | | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| Percy Williams | | | 20 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| Devon Martinus | | | 23 | | | 1 | 0 |
| Jannie Stander | | | | | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 South Africa Under-20 rugby union team |
| Name | IRL | ITA | ENG | ARG | NZL | Apps | Pts |
| Steven Kitshoff | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Mark Pretorius | 2 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Allan Dell | 3 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 0 |
| Paul Willemse | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| Pieter-Steph du Toit | 5 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| Shaun Adendorff | 6 | | 6 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 10 |
| Wiaan Liebenberg (c) | 7 | 7 | | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| Fabian Booysen | 8 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| Abrie Griesel | 9 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 0 |
| Tony Jantjies | 10 | 21 | | 21 | 21 | 3 | 19 |
| Raymond Rhule | 11 | | | 22 | 14 | 3 | 10 |
| Jan Serfontein | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 20 |
| Patrick Howard | 13 | 22 | 11 | | | 3 | 5 |
| Paul Jordaan | 14 | | 14 | 14 | | 3 | 0 |
| Dillyn Leyds | 15 | | 15 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| Jason Thomas | 16 | 2 | 2 | | | 3 | 0 |
| Oli Kebble | 17 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 0 |
| Ruan Botha | 18 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Braam Steyn | 19 | 8 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 5 |
| Vian van der Watt | 20 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 10 |
| Handré Pollard | 21 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 42 |
| Tshotso Mbovane | 22 | 14 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| Maks van Dyk | 23 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Khaya Majola | | 6 | 18 | | | 1 | 0 |
| Travis Ismaiel | | 11 | | | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| William Small-Smith | | 13 | 13 | 13 | | 3 | 10 |
| Marais Schmidt | | 15 | 21 | | | 1 | 0 |
| Franco Marais | | | | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| Kobus van Wyk | | | | | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| Dean Hammond | | | | | | 0 | 0 |
| Marvin Orie | | | | | | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 South Africa Under-20 rugby union team |
| Name | SCO | IRL | ENG | IRL | FIJ | Apps | Pts |
| Juan Schoeman | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Bongi Mbonambi | 2 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Nick Schonert | 3 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 0 |
| Jean Cook | 4 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Eben Etzebeth | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Francois Kleinhans | 6 | | | 6 | 19 | 3 | 5 |
| Siya Kolisi | 7 | 19 | 7 | | | 3 | 0 |
| Arno Botha (c) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 35 |
| Pieter Rademan | 9 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 10 |
| Johan Goosen | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 79 |
| Wandile Mjekevu | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 20 |
| Francois Venter | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 30 |
| Paul Jordaan | 13 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 5 | 5 |
| Tshotsho Mbovane | 14 | | | 14 | 14 | 3 | 25 |
| Ulrich Beyers | 15 | 15 | | 15 | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| Michael van Vuuren | 16 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 0 |
| John-Roy Jenkinson | 17 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Ruan Venter | 18 | 4 | 4 | | | 2 | 0 |
| Cornell du Preez | 19 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| Lohan Jacobs | 20 | 9 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| Johnny Welthagen | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | | 2 | 2 |
| Craig Barry | 22 | | | | | 0 | 0 |
| Stephan Kotzé | | 1 | | 1 | | 2 | 0 |
| Nizaam Carr | | 6 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Bradley Moolman | | 13 | 13 | | | 2 | 0 |
| Courtnall Skosan | | 14 | 14 | | 22 | 3 | 5 |
| Jaco Taute | | | 15 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 15 |
| Carl Wegner | | | | 18 | 18 | 2 | 0 |
| penalty try | | | | | | | 5 |
| 2010 South Africa Under-20 rugby union team |
| Name | TON | SCO | AUS | NZL | ENG | Apps | Pts |
| Brummer Badenhorst | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 4 | 5 |
| Monde Hadebe | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Marcel van der Merwe | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| Kene Okafor | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Sebastian de Chaves | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Siya Kolisi | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 10 |
| Fanie van der Walt | 7 | | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| CJ Stander (c) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
| Louis Schreuder | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| Elton Jantjies | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 12 |
| Wandile Mjekevu | 11 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 15 |
| Francois Venter | 12 | 12 | 12 | | 12 | 4 | 5 |
| Jaco Taute | 13 | | 13 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 5 |
| Sampie Mastriet | 14 | | 14 | | | 2 | 5 |
| Patrick Lambie | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 75 |
| François du Toit | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 0 |
| Ruan Dreyer | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 0 |
| Peet Marais | 18 | 19 | | | | 2 | 0 |
| Mlungisi Bali | 19 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 0 |
| Branco du Preez | 20 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 5 |
| Adri Jacobs | 21 | 21 | | 21 | | 1 | 0 |
| Nico Scheepers | 22 | 22 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 5 |
| S'bura Sithole | | 11 | | 22 | 22 | 3 | 20 |
| Wessel du Rand | | 18 | 18 | | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Tera Mtembu | | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 0 |
| Lohan Jacobs | | | | 20 | 20 | 2 | 0 |
| Freddie Muller | | | | | | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 South Africa Under-20 rugby union team |
| Name | FIJ | ITA | FRA | ENG | AUS | Apps | Pts |
| Morné Mellett | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Kyle Cooper | 2 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Julian Redelinghuys | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 0 |
| Jandré Marais | 4 | | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| David Bulbring | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Marnus Schoeman | 6 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| Tendayi Chikukwa | 7 | 19 | 7 | | | 3 | 5 |
| CJ Stander | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 10 |
| Rudy Paige | 9 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| Francois Brummer | 10 | | 12 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 38 |
| Sampie Mastriet | 11 | | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| Johann Sadie | 12 | 21 | | 22 | 21 | 4 | 5 |
| Robert Ebersohn (c) | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 10 |
| Clayton Blommetjies | 14 | 22 | | | | 2 | 0 |
| Sias Ebersohn | 15 | 15 | 15 | | | 3 | 40 |
| Zane Botha | 16 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 0 |
| Coenie Oosthuizen | 17 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Caylib Oosthuizen | 18 | 1 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 0 |
| Rynhardt Elstadt | 19 | | 6 | 7 | | 3 | 0 |
| Stokkies Hanekom | 20 | 13 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 10 |
| Ross Cronjé | 21 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 |
| Kene Okafor | 22 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 0 |
| Yaya Hartzenberg | | 7 | | 20 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| Lionel Cronjé | | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 29 |
| Tom Seabela | | 11 | | | 22 | 2 | 10 |
| Gerhard van den Heever | | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 15 |
| 2008 South Africa Under-20 rugby union team |
| Name | USA | SCO | SAM | ENG | WAL | Apps | Pts |
| Jéan Rossouw | 1 | | 17 | | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| PW van Vuuren | 2 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 20 |
| Wiehahn Herbst | 3 | 17 | | 17 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Cornell Hess | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Sabelo Nhlapo | 5 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 5 |
| Thiliphatu Marole | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 10 |
| Nick Köster | 7 | 18 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| Gerrit-Jan van Velze (c) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 15 |
| Dewaldt Duvenage | 9 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 21 | 4 | 0 |
| Sias Ebersohn | 10 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 10 |
| Lionel Mapoe | 11 | 11 | | 11 | 11 | 4 | 25 |
| Robert Ebersohn | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 30 |
| Stefan Watermeyer | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | | 4 | 20 |
| Vainon Willis | 14 | | 21 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 5 |
| Cecil Afrika | 15 | 21 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 5 |
| Henri Bantjes | 16 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Frik Kirsten | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 5 |
| Martin Muller | 18 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| MB Lusaseni | 19 | | 19 | | | 1 | 0 |
| Francois Hougaard | 20 | | | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| Francois Brummer | 21 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 67 |
| Wilton Pietersen | 22 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 10 |
| Corné Fourie | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 0 |
| Johan van Deventer | | 6 | | 6 | 20 | 3 | 10 |
| Stephan Dippenaar | | 14 | 14 | | | 2 | 5 |
| Tom Seabela | | 22 | 11 | | | 2 | 5 |
(c) denotes team captain.

### Award winners

The following South Africa U20s players have been recognised at the World Rugby Awards since 2008:
World Rugby Junior Player of the Year :
| Year | Nominees | Winners |
| 2012 | Shaun Adendorff | Jan Serfontein |
| 2012 | Jan Serfontein | Jan Serfontein |
| 2014 | Handré Pollard | Handré Pollard |
| 2016 | Curwin Bosch | — |
| 2017 | Juarno Augustus | Juarno Augustus |
| 2019 | Jaden Hendrikse | — |