He said the team had the final training preparations last week ending with a friendly game against the U/23 invitational team at the Hage Geingob Stadium. Meyer said the team is leaving for Chile this Friday and it will face Romania in its opening IRB Junior World Cup match. He said the Namibian team used to be on the A Section of the IRB Junior World Cup, but after losing in 2006, is now in the B Section.

To see how far the team has gone with its preparations, a friendly was organised earlier in the week against the U/23 National Rugby team. The African Champions lost the game 22 – 36 to the U/23 team. Cristoph Alexander, the Chief Executive Director of the NRU, said, basing on its performance in the friendly, the team played well with good speed and has a high fitness level. He said most of the teams the Namibian players will face are physically stronger, so the Namibian boys will have to use speed by playing at a higher tempo with skills to consolidate their games. Alexander said he is sure that the team will perform well at the IRB Junior Rugby World Cup.

But Meyer said he is positive the Namibian boys will win their place in the A Section, after going through tough training and preparations. He is also very positive that the team will do well because of what management has invested in getting it prepared.
The other teams Namibia will face are Chile and Cook Islands. Meyer said the team captain is Thomasau Forbes, who was chosen because of his leadership skills and is one of the highly rated rugby players in South Africa's rugby league.
He said Forbes, who plays for Griequas, does his job well in leading the team. For Forbes, all that mattered was making it into the national team, and being given the honour of captaining the team was a bonus.