The Springbok Women will be determined to continue with their improved performance cycle when they face Fiji for a second time in a week and to be able to be successful, they will need to execute a mindset of reset and go again.
Very few, if any, in the Springbok Women squad were as pleased as Aseza Hele after she made a successful return to the Test arena on Saturday in Suva, where South Africa delivered a commanding performance as they defeated Fiji 55-12.
She has played and beaten Fiji in the biggest cauldron of women's sevens and now Shiniqwa Lamprecht has her eyes on another big prize against the Pacific nation – a first Test cap for South Africa.
A 30-year wait for the resumption of tours between rugby’s greatest rivals, ended this week with the arrival of the touring All Blacks in South Africa for the start of an eight-match odyssey.
The decision by 18-year-old Keira Snyman to leave her home in Denver, Colorado in pursuit of wearing the green and gold rugby jersey – once proudly worn by her father André – all worked out fine on a sunny Friday afternoon in Stellenbosch.
Aseza Hele has been included in the Springbok Women tour squad of 26 players that will travel to Fiji this week for a historic tour where they will face the Fijiana XV in two Tests, on 8 and 15 August in Suva and Lautoka.
Barely four months ago, Aphiwe Ngwevu felt that her international rugby ambitions and playing career was going downhill fast – perhaps even over the cliff – despite earning 31 Test caps and scoring 13 tries in the green and gold.
Swys de Bruin rated the Springbok Women’s first half performance against the USA Eagles Women at Ellis Park as the best 40 minutes of rugby since he was appointed as head coach, but admitted that their second half effort fell short of the same standard in a match they won 34-21.
Babalwa Latsha, the most-capped Springbok Women tighthead prop, will not only anchor the South African scrum for the 41st time when they face the USA Eagles Women at Ellis Park in Johannesburg on Saturday, but she has also been named as team captain for the 2026 season.
The Springbok Women concluded another fruitful training day at St. John’s College in Johannesburg with a lot of focus on defence, an area Laurian Johannes-Haupt feels they need to dominate in their Test against USA Eagles at Ellis Park on Saturday.