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Adams & Rayners called up for FIFA World Cup qualifiers

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The Stellenbosch FC duo of Jayden Adams and Iqraam Rayners have been called up to the South African national team squad for next month’s FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Nigeria and Zimbabwe.

Jayden Adams and Iqraam Rayners will depart for Johannesburg this weekend to team up with the rest of the Bafana Bafana squad ahead of the upcoming FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Nigeria and Zimbabwe.

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The duo were on Thursday named in coach Hugo Broos’ 23-man squad for the set of crunch-clashes, which are set to take place on 7 June in Uyo, and on 11 June in Bloemfontein, respectively.

Rayners, who has seven senior international caps, was part of the previous national team squad that competed in the 2024 FIFA Series friendlies against Andorra and Algeria and scored in a 3-3 draw against the latter.

Adams, meanwhile, withdrew from that squad through injury but represented South Africa earlier in the year when he helped the country win a bronze medal at the 2023 CAF Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Ivory Coast.

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Devin Titus and Thabo Moloisane, who had been named in the preliminary 36-man squad, have not made the final selection.

Stellenbosch Football Club would like to wish both Adams and Rayners, as well as the rest of the Bafana Bafana squad, all of the best in their upcoming qualifiers.