Bafana Nhleko says debutant flyhalf Liam Koen will be entrusted to kickstart the Junior Springboks’ attack in the U20 World Championship opener against Fiji on Saturday.
“They’ve been ok,” head coach Nhleko said about the combination. “The one talks a lot, the other one doesn’t talk much. Asad doesn’t say much until he gets on the field, then he screams and goes mad. “He’s had a bad run of injuries, but we have our fingers crossed that he can get a decent campaign under the belt.”
“We wanted to bring him to our alignment camps, but he was busy with matric exams. His growth in the Varsity Cup has been immense.