Women’s 15s camp in Cape Town

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Forty eight of the best provincial women’s 15-a-side players will gather in Cape Town on Thursday for a three-day testing and training camp, which will allow SA Rugby to take stock of the women’s talent on offer in the country.

The players, who were selected based on their performances in the 2015 and 2016 SA Rugby Women’s Interprovincial Competitions, will undergo testing on Thursday, which will be followed by a training session on Friday and a trials match on Saturday at the City Park Stadium in Crawford.

The Springbok Women’s Sevens players, who are based in Stellenbosch, will also participate in the camp and the trials match to provide a holistic picture of the quality of the players attending the camp.

The squad includes four players who participated in the 2014 Women’s Rugby World Cup in France, namely locks Celeste Adonis and Nolusindiso Booi, scrumhalf Tayla Kinsey and hooker Thantaswa Macingwane. Another player, Kirsten Conrad, has represented the Springbok Women’s Sevens team.

Thursday’s testing will begin with medical screening before the players are put through their paces in a series of conditioning tests. On Friday, the squad will be split into two groups for a field training session at City Park, while the training camp will culminate in a trials match on Saturday before the players return home.

The training camp marks the first step to reintroduce women’s 15-a-side rugby following two seasons of focusing on development through the establishment of eight women’s Youth Training Centres (YTC’s) based at rugby unions throughout the country.

The YTC’s – housed at the Blue Bulls Limpopo, Blue Bulls, Border, Eastern Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Western Province, Griquas and South Western Districts rugby unions – were developed to groom players between the ages of 14 and 18 for the demands of high performance rugby through specialised training sessions, conditioning, nutritional programmes, and scheduled matches to expose them to competition regularly.

Senior Women’s training squad (in alphabetical order):

Name	Province	Position
Celeste Adonis	Western Province	Lock
Nolusindiso Booi	Border	Lock
Kirsten Conrad	Western Province	Flyhalf
Nomaphelo Dike	Western Province	Winger
Liyabona Dudumashe	Border	Prop
Lusanda Dumke	Border	Looseforward
Annique Geswind	Western Province	Hooker
Aseza Hele	Eastern Province	Looseforward
Makoele Kamohlelo	Free State	No 8
Dludla Karthy	KZN	Lock
Megan Kannemeyer	Western Province	Fullback
Tayla Kinsey	KZN	Scrumhalf
Amy-Kay Klaasen	Western Province	Lock
Danielle Koegelenberg	Western Province	Looseforward
Babalwa Latsha	Western Province	Prop
Thantaswa Macingwane	Border	Prop
Ncediswa Mahijani	Western Province	Lock
Asanda Majombozi	Western Province	Looseforward
Nthabiseng Marutla	Blue Bulls	Lock
Vuyolwethu Maqholo	Western Province	Fullback
Kimico Manuel	Blue Bulls	Winger
Thandile Mazwi	Western Province	Flanker
Noluthando Mbambo	KZN	Lock
Xoliswa Mbobo	Western Province	Winger
Sinazo Mcatshulwa	Western Province	Looseforward
Siphosethu Mgaju	Border	Scrumhalf
Nomzamo Ngcamu	KZN	Scrumhalf
Nqobile Mhlangu	KZN	Centre
Rights Mkhari	Limpopo Blue Bulls	Lock
Akhona Mooi	Eastern Province	Prop
Lebathamang Mothumi	Blue Bulls	Lock
Zintle Mpupha	Border	Flyhalf
Viwe Mzozoyana	Western Province	Prop
Xolelwa Ncanywa	Border	Winger
Yanga Ndabeni	Border	Hooker
Zinhle Ndawonde	KZN	Centre
Demi Nel	Western Province	Centre
Randy Nkotswana	Leopards	Centre
Sarah Ramoraswi	Limpopo Blue Bulls	Winger
Snenhlanhla Shozi	KZN	Fullback
Nokubonga Siko	Leopards	No 8
Mellanie Smith	Free State	Winger
Siphokazi Soxujwa	Border	No 8
Ntsako Faith Tshauke	Blue Bulls	No 8
Nicole van Wyk	Griquas	Centre
Eloise Webb	Border	Fullback
Alicia Willemse	Western Province	Scrumhalf
Nomthandazo Thandi Xwethu	Western Province	Hooker