Springbok Women prefer underdog status
The Springbok Women are perfectly happy to sail under the radar at the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand and prefer not to get into the pre-tournament hype of the global showpiece event.
The Springbok Women are perfectly happy to sail under the radar at the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand and prefer not to get into the pre-tournament hype of the global showpiece event.
South Africa and France will open the Women’s World Cup and captain Nolusindiso Booi has reflected on the opportunity this provides to lay down a solid marker for their global status.
Lukhanyo Am has won the 2022 Men’s Fifteens SA Players’ Player of the Year award.
Experienced centre Zintle Mpupha says the Springbok Women want to show that they belong on the world stage at the upcoming World Cup in New Zealand.
Nolusindiso Booi will lead the a 32-player Springbok Women squad to New Zealand in a third Rugby World Cup for the South African captain and lock.
Nadine Roos scored four tries as the Springbok Women’s Sevens broke their 2022 Sevens World Cup drought with a 13th/16th-place playoff victory over Columbia in Cape Town on Saturday afternoon.
The Springbok Women’s Sevens fell inches short of claiming their first 2022 Sevens World Cup win in a two-point Challenge Cup quarter-final loss to Japan in Cape Town on Saturday morning.
Follow the live action as South Africa hosts the Rugby Sevens World Cup in Cape Town.
The Springbok Women face an unenviable task in taking on France in their Sevens World Cup opener, but are determined to use the element of surprise in front of their home support in Cape Town on Friday.
Springbok Women’s Sevens player Marlize de Bruin will follow in her older brother’s footsteps and represent South Africa at a major rugby tournament at the Sevens World Cup this weekend.