Haashim Pead has completed a whirlwind week by being named within the Lions’ squad for the upcoming Currie Cup marketing campaign.
The scrum-half, 20, starred as soon as once more for the Junior Springboks as they won the World Rugby U20 Championship in opposition to New Zealand U20 in Rovigo on Saturday, organising Gilermo Mentoe’s match-winning attempt with a perfectly-weighted kick. That capped a marketing campaign the place he broke Antoine Dupont’s report for many metres carried by a scrum-half within the pool levels (232 metres) and was the competitors’s main try-scorer (six) earlier than being overtaken by Georgia’s Mikheili Shioshvili on the ultimate day.
Simply 4 days later, Pead was one in all three Junior Boks, alongside winger Cheswill Jooste and flanker Bathobele Hlekani, to be invited to train with Rassie Erasmus’ senior squad over the subsequent two weeks as they put together for the Rugby Championship.
Simply hours after his Springboks name, Pead, who’s but to make his senior debut, was named within the Lions squad, who get their Currie Cup marketing campaign underway on Saturday in opposition to the Sharks at Emirates Airline Park. It’s unknown whether or not Pead will function in that match earlier than linking up with the Springboks on July 27 for his or her two-week conditioning camp in Johannesburg, the house of the Lions.
Lions Currie Cup squad
Forwards: Jaco Visagie (captain), SJ Kotze, Morgan Naude, Heiko Pohlmann, RF Schoeman, Conrad van Vuuren, Sebastian Lombard, Siya Dube, Stian de Bruyn, Franco Marais, Morne Brandon, Marno Grobbelaar, Thando Biyela, Raynard Roets, Darrien Landsberg, Dylan Sjoblom, Johnre Stopforth, Tiaan Wessels, Luca Ribbens, Renzoi du Plessis, Jarod Cairns, WJ Steenkamp, Izan Esterhuizen, Siba Zoma, Morne Venter
Backs: Nico Steyn, Layton Horn, Zian Cilliers, Haashim Pead, Lubabalo Dobela, Sam Francis, Kade Wolhuter, Gianni Lombard, Tapiwa Mafura, Gilermo Mentoe, Rynhardt Jonker, Bingo Ivanisevic, Alzeadon Fleix, Kelly Mpeku, Bronson Mills, Manuel Rass, Rabz Maxwane, Angelo Davids, Likhona Finca, Keagan Smith, Michail Damon
