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New Campaign for Juniors:

The Cell C Sharks Under 21’s open their SA Rugby Under 21 Championship campaign against the Leopards at Olen Park in Potchefstroom on Saturday afternoon hoping to take continuity from last year.

Coach Sean Everitt led the Cell C Sharks Under 19s to glory last year and will be hoping to take some continuity through to the Under 21 competition in terms of playing style, commitment to the goal and personnel.

“We’ve been together for a while and trained hard, and have a lot of players who featured in the SuperSport Challenge which is a big positive for the development of the squad, especially going into this game where we don’t have our SA Under 20 players available,” he explains.

“But once they’re back, they’ll have medical assessments and we’ll start including them as soon as possible.

“Because we have a lot of players who are a year younger, we’ve had to prepare really well, but hopefully we can get off to a good start against the Leopards. Almost every member of the backline played in the SuperSport Challenge which was all part of the plan.”

The Leopards are always strong at age group level and Pukke did well in the Varsity Cup so they have a number of players with that experience.

“It will be a big challenge and not easy having them first up, in Potchefstroom but we want to start our campaign on a high. We need to be ready and perform.”

Cell C Sharks Under 21s