A write up by Suné Luus, Captain of South Africa, in advance of the World Cup. After a long wait, the World Cup is finally here. We as a team have been preparing for the last five years, since the 2017 World Cup in England where we fell short in the semi-finals. In our preparation,
The CEO of South African Rugby, Jurie Roux, has announced details of new structures for the top two women’s leagues. The Women’s Premier Division will consist of last season’s representatives, Border Ladies (the champions), DHL Western Province, EP Queens, Boland Dames, Blue Bulls Women and Cell C Sharks. The Mastercard Golden Lions Women will join
One of the most extraordinary days in rugby took place at Twickenham Stadium. At 12.30 the Baa-baas women’s team learned they would be kicking off at 2.30, not 5.15 as scheduled. Six members of the men’s unit had been diagnosed with Covid-19; their game had to be called off. This was a quite massive blow
World Rugby has published the rankings permutations for the upcoming women’s international test between South Africa and Kenya, which takes place at the Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch on 16 August, 2021 KO 15:00 local time. Live stream available on Springboks.Rugby Key highlights: It is not possible for South Africa to gain any rating points due
Rumour or fact? According to Cheryl Roberts it’s a fact (@cherylroberts00). The South Africa Rugby Union is offering its women’s team contracts; some have already been processed. Confirmation of this good news is hard to trace, but it shows more than goodwill on the part of the authorities. It comes soon after the appointment of
Cricket South Africa (CSA) has informed the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) that they will not be able to accept the invitation to tour the UK in September 2020. This decision was taken due to the current international travel regulations in place for South African national teams. Throughout this period ECB has had discussions
South Africa and England have qualified for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup semi-finals after both secured Group B victories at the Sydney Showground. South Africa beat Pakistan in Sydney to reach the last four England joined them with victory over West Indies The Proteas can top the pool with victory over West Indies in
Laura Wolvaardt drove South Africa into the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup semi-finals as her second T20I half-century helped them past Pakistan by 17 runs. Laura Wolvaardt blasted an unbeaten 53 in her first knock at this edition of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 54 runs from the last five overs helped lift the
South Africa and England each moved one step closer to the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 semi-finals with impressive wins in Canberra. South Africa made it two wins from two with victory over Thailand Lizelle Lee stole the show with her first T20I century England are back on track after a comfortably win against
South Africa beat England by six wickets in the final over of their ICC Women’s T20 World Cup opener in Perth. England fought hard with the ball to take it down to the wire after Nat Sciver’s 50 had led them to 123/8 and given them a sniff at the interval, but Mignon Du Preez and
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