Two head coaches make plentiful changes Nanni Raineri has made sweeping changes to the side that faces the Boks in Cape Town on Friday. With the withdrawal from action of the skipper, Sofia Stefan, Beatice Rigoni assumes the captaincy. She may well have held that honour before, but if so, I don’t recall it. In
The sides had met four times in the 2010s, twice in Scotland, twice in South Africa. Curiously, all four resulted in away wins. In the run-up to WXV the Boks played lots of warm-ups, Scotland very few. We would see which approach was sensible. For much of the first half the Bok pack controlled events.
University of Western Province, Cape Town One of the more intriguing warm-ups for the WXV; just a pity that it couldn’t have been held in Kenya. The Boks already had the advantage of higher ranking, 12th/23rd, and a place in WXV2 as against WXV3. And they had superiority where it matters, up front. When Aimee
It’s very noticeable how the Women Boks’ programme has advanced over the past few years. This was one nation where the men’s team stood head and shoulders above the women’s. I dimly recall seeing a fledgling SA team play United Knigdom Armed Forces at Rosslyn Park a few years ago. Though the Boks won, there
Challenger Series South Africa women defeat Belgium to take one step closer towards HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series core status Tonga men capture title in pulsating final against Germany to lead race towards qualifying for the four-team play-off at the HSBC London Sevens Challenger Series finale set for 28-30 April at Markötter Stadium in Stellenbosch
Spain, USA, Canada and South Africa meet in Madrid in a series that also forms part of the WXV. Here are the four squads: Spain New Head Coach, Juan Gonzalez, has chosen the following 30 players: Maria Miguel, Cristina Blanco, Sidorella Bracic, Maria del CastilloMaria de las Huertas Roman, Laura Delgado, Anna Puig, Kassandra Sylla,
England deservedly lost a semi-final everyone expected them to win. South Africa deservedly took the day, playing at their very best to gain them their first ever T20 final. Personifying all that was wrong with the England effort, Katherine Sciver-Brunt produced a performance that degraded her in the eyes of her many admirers. It was
South Africa edged England in a thrilling semi-final to reach their first-ever ICC Women’s T20 World Cup final with a six-run win in Cape Town. Tazmin Brits’s 68 set South Africa up for a commanding total of 164 for four, as she combined for a 96-run opening stand with Laura Wolvaardt, with no bowler safe
South Africa captain Sune Luus says her side are using the pain of the past as fuel for their semi-final clash with England. The Proteas lost at this stage of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 and are looking to make it third time lucky in semi-finals, having also fallen short of the tournament
The two matches that completed the group stages of the T20 World Cup could scarcely have been more contrasting. England pushed Pakistan aside with the minimum effort. South Africa kept their large vociferous audience on tenterhooks before returning what looks on paper like a romp. It was far from it. England-Pakistan Jon Lewis answered his
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