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By Rugby Onslaught

South African schoolboy prodigy brought back down to earth in spectacular style by New Zealand young bucks

There is a lot of hype around Sharks and Paul Roos centre Jurenzo Julius centre at the moment, with many people viewing him as a Springbok in the making.

But the teenager, who has been nicknamed 'The Boogie Man', was given a rude awakening recently when his Sharks side faced New Zealand under-19s. However, his Sharks side were not the only ones.

For those that are not aware of Julius, he was recently signed by the Sharks after demolishing every schoolboy he came up against. In fact, he even went viral earlier this year when he picked up and drove his opposite man back about 15 metres in a tackle (0:33 in the video). Take a look at some of his highlights:

 

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New Zealand reigned supreme in their South Africa series though, where they faced Western Province, the Sharks, the Leopards and the Lions. After beating Western Province 86-0 in their first match of the series, they came up against Julius' Sharks a few days later at Kings Park. However, despite a promising start, the Sharks were swept aside as well 54-13. Julius did come close to scoring though, but fumbled the ball over the line in the first half.

New Zealand went on to win their next match against the Leopards 42-31 before finishing their series with a 42-10 win against the Lions.

Take a look at the match highlights:

New Zealand Squad

Ajay Faleafaga - Otago

Ale Aho - Auckland

Andrew Smith - Waikato

Bradley Crichton - Wellington

Byron Smith - Auckland

Cody Nordstrom - Waikato

Cooper Flanders - Hawke's Bay

Dylan Irvine - Tasman

Epeli Waqaicece - Manawatū

Essendon Tuitupou - Auckland

Finn Hurley - Otago

Gabe Robinson - Waikato

Hunter Morrison - Manawatū

Isaac Hutchinson - Canterbury

Jack Taylor - Southland

Jordi Viljoen - Manawatu

Keran van Staden - Counties Manukau

Leo Gordon - Auckland

Mefi Poseti Tupou - Hawke's Bay

Nic Shearer - Canterbury

Riley Williams - Auckland

Rory Woods - Northland

Sam Hainsworth-Fa'aofo - Auckland

Semisi Tupou Ta'eiloa - Otago

Siale Lauaki - Wellington

Tahlor Cahill - Canterbury

Taine Kolose - Bay of Plenty

Toby Taylor - Bay of Plenty

Torian Barnes - Canterbury

Will Stodart - Otago