Home ground advantage a real boost for Bok Women
Zintle Mpupha of South Africa crosses to score a try during the 2022 Rugby Africa Women's Cup match between South Africa Women and Namibia Women held at City Park in Cape Town on 23 June 2022 ©Shaun Roy/BackpagePix
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Home ground advantage a real boost for Bok Women

She has been on the biggest stages of the rugby world, but on Saturday, Zintle Mpupha does not want to be anywhere else than at Athlone Stadium in Cape Town, playing in the green and gold of South Africa with a leaping springbok on the chest, fueled on by a home crowd rooting for the Springbok Women and urging them on to be the best version of themselves against a much-vaunted opponent.

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October 4, 2024
Springbok Women ready for Wallaroos’ “total onslaught”
Lusanda Dumke of South Africa on the attack during the 2022 Rugby Africa Women's Cup match between South Africa Women and Zimbabwe Women held at City Park in Cape Town on 15 June 2022 ©Shaun Roy/BackpagePix
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Springbok Women ready for Wallaroos’ “total onslaught”

Expect the unexpected, but be sure that the Springbok Women will have their minds firmly on the job at hand and executing their opponent-specific gameplan when they take on Australia's Wallaroos in their second round WXV 2 clash at Athlone Stadium in Cape Town on Saturday.

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October 4, 2024
Johannes-Haupt: Next challenge presented and accepted
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Johannes-Haupt: Next challenge presented and accepted

With the first hurdle cleared in WXV 2, the Springbok Women have their eyes firmly set on their next challenge in the tournament, taking on Australia in Cape Town on Saturday, an engagement they are looking forward to.

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October 1, 2024
Malinga wants to make every opportunity count
Ayanda Malinga of South Africa Women scores try during the 2024 International Friendly Ladies match between South Africa and the Barbarians at Cape Town Stadium, South Africa on 07 September 2024 @Ryan Wilkisky/BackpagePix
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Malinga wants to make every opportunity count

It was a hot and humid night in Kumagaya when Ayanda Malinga last faced Japan, but the memory of that special Test 26 months ago still fuels the Springbok Women winger.

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September 26, 2024
Malinga returns for WXV opener against Japan
Ayanda Malinga of South Africa Women scores try during the 2024 International Friendly Ladies match between South Africa and the Barbarians at Cape Town Stadium, South Africa on 07 September 2024 @Ryan Wilkisky/BackpagePix
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Malinga returns for WXV opener against Japan

Ayanda Malinga will make a return to Test rugby for the first time since 2022 after being named on the left wing for the Springbok Women’s opening match of WXV 2 against Japan at the DHL Stadium in Cape Town on Friday.

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September 25, 2024
Springbok Women make small tweaks for Spain Test
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Springbok Women make small tweaks for Spain Test

Springbok Women performance coach Swys de Bruin has made two changes to the starting team that will face Spain at DHL Stadium in Cape Town on Thursday, and three tweaks to the bench from their comprehensive victory over the Barbarians just over a week ago.

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September 16, 2024
Experienced Bok Women team to face Barbarians
South African captain Nolusindiso Booi leads her team out during the 2022 Rugby Africa Women's Cup match between South Africa Women and Zimbabwe Women held at City Park in Cape Town on 15 June 2022 ©Shaun Roy/BackpagePix
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Experienced Bok Women team to face Barbarians

Nolusindiso Booi will lead a Springbok Women team laden with Test experience against the Barbarians Women in Cape Town on Saturday, while Swys de Bruin and his coaching staff added a named a number of new players to the match-23.

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September 4, 2024
Springbok Women embrace first match at home
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Springbok Women embrace first match at home

The Springbok Women are keen to start their first appearance front of a home crowd in South Africa on the best possible note and as such, had no problems to focus on what needs to be done in the match week leading up to their Barbarians clash on Saturday.

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September 3, 2024
Olympic Games big boost to Springbok Women’s aspirations
epa11385768 Spain's Jimena Blanco-Hortiguera (L) in action against South Africa's Nadine Roos (R) during Women's Rugby Sevens challenger playoffs match Spain vs South Africa at HSBC SVNS Grand Final tournament in Madrid, Spain, 02 June 2024. EPA/Victor Lerena
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Olympic Games big boost to Springbok Women’s aspirations

To be part of an event where 65 000 people vocally rooted for women's sevens rugby was a feeling that she cannot describe, but close to that was the way the South African team fought for one another and their first victory at their first Olympic Games.

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July 31, 2024
Springbok Women to kick-start WXV 2 showpiece
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Springbok Women to kick-start WXV 2 showpiece

The Springbok Women will face Japan in the opening game of the 2024 edition of WXV 2 on Friday, 27 September in Cape Town, with the other two tournaments kicking off on the same weekend in Canada (WXV 1) and Duban (WXV 3).

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July 17, 2024