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WATCH LIVE | Junior Boks return to South Africa as U-20 world champs

The South African Under-20 rugby team arrives back in the country on Monday.

The Junior Boks' Gilermo Mentoe is tackled close to the try-line in their World Rugby Under-20 Championship win against Australia and South Africa at Stadio San Michele in Calvisano, Italy, on Sunday.
The Junior Boks' Gilermo Mentoe is tackled close to the try-line in their World Rugby Under-20 Championship win against Australia and South Africa at Stadio San Michele in Calvisano, Italy, on Sunday. (Timothy Rogers/Getty Images)

The South African Under-20 rugby team arrives back in the country on Monday.

They beat six-time champions New Zealand in Italy on Saturday evening to win their World Rugby Under 20 Championship for the first time since 2012, breaking a 13-year drought.

South Africa's men now hold the world championship titles at senior and junior level, as well as in the sevens format.

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