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The Springbok Women played their first Test in 2004. [1] They have won the Rugby Africa Women's Cup twice — in 2019 and 2022. [2] [3] South Africa climbed to eleventh place on the World Rugby ranking in September 2022 with wins over Japan and Spain.
In August 2023, she was invited to a training camp for the South Africa women's national rugby union team for the first time. [6] The following month, 19 September 2023, she made her debut for South Africa.
In 2023, Janse van Rensburg was named as a part of the first professional women's team in South Africa, the Bulls Daisies. [6] She was the vice-captain in their 2023 Women's Premier Division win. [7] [8] In April 2023, it was announced that Janse van Rensburg would join the sevens team ahead of the 2023 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series.
South Africa at the 2012 Dubai Women's 7s. The South Africa women's national rugby sevens team competes at events within the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and are a core team for the 2023–24 season. They first played in the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens, and also competed in the IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup in the 2011–12 season.
The Springboks have stacked their 6-2 bench with experience, bar loose-forward Cameron Hanekom, who could debut against a Welsh side for whom he is also eligible to play international rugby.
The team has represented South African Rugby Union in international rugby union since 30 July 1891, when they played their first test match against a British Isles touring team. Currently, the Springboks are the reigning World Champions, having won the World Cup a record four times (1995, 2007, 2019 and 2023).
Exclusive interview: After a brief taste of Test rugby in 2021, full-back Fassi has fought his way back into the Springboks side to become a driving force in South Africa’s evolution
Freddie Steward and Jack van Poortvliet have been recalled to the starting England side to take on South Africa as Steve Borthwick makes four changes.. Steward takes the place of George Furbank at ...