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Oct 20, 20 •
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From humble beginnings in the Middledrift eNjwaxa location near King William’s Town in the Eastern Cape to being one of the top women’s rugby players in South Africa, Springbok Women’s centre Zintle Mpupha’s journey to becoming a professional rugby...
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Oct 20, 20 •
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• Rugby World Cup 2021 Draw confirmed for 20 November 2020• Draw event to be held at SkyCity Theatre in the heart of Auckland• RWC 2021 Draw to be live streamed to global audiences via World Rugby digital channels World Rugby, and hosts New Zealand...
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Oct 19, 20 •
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• North Harbour, Waitakere and Nelson to host matches• Possibles v Probables and New Zealand Barbarians coaching staff appointed North Harbour, Waitakere and Nelson will play hosts to the top female players in New Zealand as they vie for a place in the...
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Oct 14, 20 •
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Qantas Australian Women’s Sevens stars Ellia Green and Evania Pelite have committed to defending gold at the 2020 (2021) Tokyo Olympic Games with both athletes agreeing to extend their deals with Rugby Australia. Pelite and Green join Chloe Dalton, Shannon...
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Oct 5, 20 •
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Springbok Women’s prop Babalwa Latsha was named among 12 leading women in rugby on the African continent as Rugby Africa unveiled its list of 12 #Unstoppables who have been a beacon of inspiration to women in the game on Monday. Latsha, who made history...
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Sep 18, 20 •
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• Excitement in the air as Springbok Women mark one year to go to RWC• Laurian Johannes to join Springbok Women at RWC as coaching intern Springbok Women’s coach Stanley Raubenheimer and key players, Nolusindiso Booi (lock) and Zintle Mpupha (centre),...
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Sep 18, 20 •
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• Rugby World Cup 2021 celebrates One Year To Go milestone• Eden Park and Northland Events Centre confirmed as opening day venues• Rugby World Cup 2021 volunteer programme opens World Rugby and hosts New Zealand Rugby (NZR) have today confirmed the...
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Sep 1, 20 •
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Mastercard builds on its support for women’s grassroot rugby with sponsorship of the Golden Lions Rugby Union Women’s League and Senior Women’s Team Mastercard today announced its sponsorship of the Golden Lions Rugby Union (GLRU) amateur women’s club...
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Jun 18, 20 •
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Women’s club rugby is set for a boost this season with World Champion Black Ferns Sevens players to be injected into several regional competitions. Captain Sarah Hirini and World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year winners Ruby Tui, Michaela Blyde and Portia...
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May 13, 20 •
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Rugby Australia has commenced a consultation process to review High Performance Women’s Rugby programs in Australia for 2020 and 2021. The review has been prompted by the rescheduling of the Tokyo Olympic Games, which is now set to be held in July 2021,...
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Mar 28, 20 •
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World Rugby continues to offer classic men’s and women’s Rugby World Cup matches to fill the rugby void for fans created by the coronavirus pandemic. Following on from the classic RWC 1991 quarter-final between England and France which was...
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Dec 12, 19 •
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The crowd at the HSBC Cape Town Sevens – where #anythingcanhappen – will experience the skill and abilities of the best women’s teams for the first time on Friday, but they will also will be able to see their own Springbok Women’s Sevens team in...
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Dec 11, 19 •
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The Springbok trio of Pieter-Steph du Toit, Herschel Jantjies and Dillyn Leyds walked away with the top accolades at the WPRFU awards evening held at Kelvin Grove on Tuesday. World Rugby Player of the Year Du Toit was named DHL Forward of the Year, while...
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Nov 10, 19 •
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England Women began their autumn series with a 20-10 win against France in Clermont-Ferrand. Playing their first game since coming second in the Women’s Super Series in San Diego in the summer, England won in France for the first time since 2012 in front of...
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Nov 4, 19 •
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Simon Middleton has named his England Women squad for the opening autumn Test against France. Newly-crowned World Rugby Player of the Year Emily Scarratt takes her place in the group alongside Darlington Mowden Park Sharks’ Heather Kerr and...
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Oct 16, 19 •
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The Springbok Women’s Sevens team travelled to Tunisia with one mission – to claim the Rugby Africa Women’s Sevens crown – so it was very rewarding for the team to arrive back in Cape Town with that feat accomplished, according to Imbokodo...
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Oct 14, 19 •
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The Springbok Women’s Sevens confirmed their status as the best team in Africa when they won the Rugby Africa Women’s Sevens in Monastir, Tunisia on Sunday. Zintle Mpupha and the Imbokodo squad edged Kenya 15-14 in the final at Mustapha Ben Jannet...
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Oct 7, 19 •
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Springbok Women’s Sevens coach Paul Delport named an experienced squad to travel to Tunisia for the Rugby Africa Women’s Sevens qualifier event, to be played this weekend. The tournament will be played in Monastir on 12 and 13 October, when the...
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Oct 6, 19 •
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Springbok Women’s coach Stanley Raubenheimer praised his team’s character despite suffering a 38-15 defeat in their series decider against Scotland at the City Park Stadium in Cape Town on Saturday, where they were outscored six tries to two. Scotland...
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Oct 3, 19 •
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Babalwa Latsha said the Springbok Women were determined to close off their international season on a strong note on Saturday when they meet Scotland for the second time this week at the City Park Stadium in Cape Town. The Test will mark the Springbok...
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Oct 1, 19 •
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Springbok Women’s coach Stanley Raubenheimer singled out poor defence and his team’s struggle to capitalise on their scoring opportunities as the main contributing factors to their disappointing 47-5 defeat against Scotland at the City Park Stadium in...
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Sep 27, 19 •
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Springbok Women’s captain and prop Babalwa Latsha said her team learned valuable lessons in their defeat against Spain last week and are determined to improve on their performance against Scotland as they look to get their two-match series off to a winning...
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Sep 25, 19 •
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Springbok Women’s coach Stanley Raubenheimer kept faith in the core of the squad that faced Spain last weekend for their two Test series against Scotland in Cape Town next week, with the coach naming only two new players in the 24-member squad. Anacadia...
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Sep 19, 19 •
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Twins Chuma and Chumisa Qawe do not only share a special bond off the rugby field, they have also become inseparable on the field, where they have made a good impact as a duo in a series of big matches this year and with the national women’s squad currently...
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Sep 18, 19 •
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Babalwa Latsha said the Springbok Women were ready to measure the progress they have made as a team since the 2021 Rugby World Cup Qualifiers in Gauteng in August as the clock winds down to Saturday’s Test against Spain at the WJ de Wet Stadium in Despatch....
