Springboks Finish Fourth at Nations Cup
The Springboks women’s rugby team was not able to repeat their heroics against USA, when they were beaten 29-9 by the Eagles in the third/fourth place playoff match at the IRB Women’s Nations Cup in Canada on Saturday.
SARU Picks Squad of 24 for Senior Nations Cup in Canada
The South African Rugby Union has announced a squad of 24 players for the senior Women’s Nations Cup tournament in Toronto, Canada from 2 – 14 August. There are six players in the squad who did not participate in the 2010 IRB Women’s World Cup tournament in England.
Springbok Women’s Squad Trains
2007 Provincial Champions Eastern Province dominate the 32-member Springbok Women’s Training Squad announced by SARU, which will gather at the High Performance Centre this weekend in Pretoria, in advance their two-test series against Scotland in June, 2008. Picture courtesy Clinton Brown. The South African Rugby Union has announced a 32-member women’s squad that will attend […]
EP Champions Indeed
“We are the Champions!” Eastern Province turned around a 13-0 half-time deficit to beat defending champions, the Blue Bulls, 22-13 in Saturday’s SARU Women’s Provincial League Finals, in Mdantsane, East London. Picture: Clinton Brown "Our win was expected," exclaimed the enthusiastic Eastern Province coach, Eric Songwiqi. "As I look at the performance of my team, […]
Sevens Side for Uganda Unveiled
The South African Rugby Union has announced a 10-member Emerging Seven’s Women’s Team for a short two-match tour to Kampala, Uganda, which departs on June 15th.
South Africa 0-36 Kazakhstan
South Africa faced Kazakhstan in the cold morning rain as both teams were hungry for their first win in the tournament. Excellent handling in the backs, despite wet frigid weather, gave Kazakhstan early momentum and they never slowed down in the 36-0 shutout.
10 Days to Rugby World Cup
With 10 days to go to the start of the third IRB-sanctioned Women’s Rugby World Cup, South African coach David Dobela is quietly confident that his team will be able to ruffle a few feathers.