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Top 12 for SA 7s World Series Final

By on 16 May, 2013 in International Championship, Newsroom, Rugby

Coach Denver Wannies picks his best 12 for South Africa for the IRB Women’s Sevens World Series concluding series in Amsterdam, starting Friday

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SARU Calls Up IRB Nations Cup Training Squad

By on 27 April, 2013 in Newsroom, Rugby

SARU calls up 42 provincial players to Cape Town evaluation and training camp from which to select the 30-player team to represent SA at the international Nations Cup, in Colorado, the USA, during August

Africa Success Boosts Springbok Women

By on 25 April, 2013 in Newsroom, Rugby, World Championships

SA to prepare for Netherlands-based Women’s Sevens World Series tournament in Cape Town after winning the Confederation of African Rugby tournament in Tunis last Saturday

SA beat Kazakhstan to win Hong Kong 7s Plate Competition

By on 24 March, 2013 in Newsroom, Rugby

The SA women’s sevens rugby team did themselves proud by winning the Plate competition at the 2013 Hong Kong Sevens, after finishing Group C second behind France

Sevens ace Natasha Hofmeester says she and her team are excited at the prospect of facing rivals and defending champions, Australia, in the opening rounds of the 2013 IRB Rugby World Cup Sevens 2013, in Moscow, during March. Hofmeester is captured heading for the line against Canada during the 2009 Nations Cup match in Ontario, Canada. File photo: Garry Goldwells / RugbyPhoto.com

SA Face Australia in RWC Sevens 2013

By on 1 March, 2013 in Rugby

The Springbok Sevens women’s team will face defending champions Australia, China and Ireland in Pool B at the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2013. This follows a draw made in Moscow on Thursday.

South Africa’s Marlize Jordaan (right) pictured with Leah Berard from the USA, one of the top female referees in the world. Jordaan made history when she became the first woman to referee in an international men’s sevens match, in Rio de Janeirao, South America, at the weekend. Photo: Supplied

Marlize Jordaan Makes Rugby History

By on 26 February, 2013 in Newsroom, Rugby

SARU’s GM of Referees, André Watson, has lauded Marlize Jordaan on becoming the first woman to referee an international sevens match this past weekend.

Isaacs is still one of very few women rugby journalists who have broken into mainstream media. Her advice to those following into the industry in her steps is: “Follow you dream, and never give up.” Photo: Supplied

Zeena Makes Rugby her Playground

By on 17 February, 2013 in Features, Leading Ladies, Rugby, Woman in Media

As the Super 15 kicks off, Kass Naidoo speaks to South Africa’s First Lady of Rugby, Zeena Isaacs, who is paving the way for women rugby journalists in the country.

SA Women Fourth After Houston Sevens

By on 4 February, 2013 in Newsroom, Rugby

South African coach Denver Wannies says the quarterfinal loss again Australia was a huge mental blow and his team could not get going Russia and Canada, finishing eighth in Houston, and now lying fourth on the IRB Women’s Sevens World Series log.