 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Muna Kurume 2016, Pokomela akaverengerwa muchikwata cheSouth Africa Under-20 chekudzidzira, uye akaita kucheka kuti atumidzwe muchikwata chenguva pfupi chakaderedzwa svondo rakatevera. Musi wa 10 Chivabvu 2016, akaverengerwa muchikwata chekupedzisira che2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championshipmutambo uchaitirwa kuManchester, England, achinziwo mutevedzeri wemutungamiriri wechikwata. Akatanga mumutambo wavo wekutanga muBoka C remakwikwi sezvo South Africa yakauya ichibva kumashure kuzokunda Japan 5919. Akatangawo mimwe mitambo yavo miviri yepool sezvo South Africa yakarohwa 1319 neArgentina mumutambo wavo wechipiri, asi vakadzoka kuti vawane 40-31 bhonasi-poindi yekukunda France mumutambo wavo wekupedzisira wemvura kuti vawane nzvimbo yekupedzisira semutambi akanakisa mumakwikwi. Akachengetedza nzvimbo yake yekutanga mumakwikwi ekupedzisira, sezvo South Africa yakatarisana nemakwikwi matatu eEngland mumakwikwi ekupedzisira, asi varidzi vakazviratidza kuti vakasimba kwazvo kuSouth Africa, vachivasiya kunze kwemakwikwi nekukunda 39-17. Mushure mekunge kaputeni Jeremy Ward apiwa mvumo yekurambidzwa kwemavhiki maviri nekuda kwekubata zvine njodzi vachipesana neEngland, Pokomela akatungamira divi raipesana neArgentina mumutambo wekupedzisira wechitatu. Argentina yakarova South Africa sezvavakaita mumatanho ekupedzisira vakakunda zvine mutsindo 4919 uye mukuita izvi vakapa South Africa nzvimbo yechina mumakwikwi aya. 