Zintle Mpupha Swaps Cricket for Rugby

Zintle Mpupha left a promising career in cricket in 2013 to take up rugby. Today, she is the Springbok Seven’s Women’s Rugby captain and she believes that the current crop of female rugby players will change the face of the game for the next generation. She chats to Celine Abrahams about her sporting journey and the impact she wants to make.

Barnard Grunt Earns Her Atlanta Sevens Call-Up

Former provincial netball player Sunelle Barnard has completed her move to the Sevens Rugby sport code after being named in coach Renfred Dazel’s Springbok Women’s Sevens squad for the Atlanta World Series in March.

Williams Seeks Percentage Golf at Italian Open

Sunshine Ladies Tour winner Kim Williams aims for percentage golf a she enjoys a remarkable rookie season on the LET, intending to make her mark at the Perugia Golf Club’s €250,000 Italian Open

SARU XV to Test Bok WC Squad at Ellis Park

A 23-member Springbok Women’s training squad has been announced ahead of the IRB Women’s World Cup in France beginning August, and will face SARU’s Women’s Interprovincial team in a warm-up match at Ellis Park

Sevens Coach Expects Progress in Amsterdam

Tough opposition in Russia, Australia and France at the IRB Women’s Sevens World Series in Amsterdam on Friday, but Bok Sevens coach Renfred Dazel expects progress as a result of SARU’s centralised training program’s focus on conditioning and technical skills.

Wall-to-Wall Rugby as SARU Actions Targets

Springbok Women’s training squad gathers in camp, and will face an inter-provincial squad selected to face them in a warm-up match as the team’s preparations for the Paris World Cup in August gathers pace

BlitsBokke Out to Defend African Sevens Title

The Springbok Women’s Sevens squad are ready to defend their Confederation of African Rugby Sevens title in Kenya today, with fixtures against Senegal, Madagascar and Kenya kicking the tournament off

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