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For the men's team, see South Africa national rugby union team. For the women's sevens team, see South Africa women's national rugby sevens team.

South Africa
Shirt badge/Association crest
EmblemSpringbok
UnionSouth African Rugby Union
Head coachStanley Raubenheimer
CaptainNolusindiso Booi
Most capsZenay Jordaan (36)
First colours
Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current11 (as of 5 September 2022)
Highest10 (2011)
First international
 South Africa 5–8 Wales 
(Port Elizabeth, South Africa 29 May 2004)
Biggest win
 South Africa 128–3 Namibia 
(Cape Town, RSA 23 June 2022)
Biggest defeat
 England 101–0 South Africa 
(Surrey, England 14 May 2005)
World Cup
Appearances4 (First in 2006)
Best result10th place, 2010, 2014
Websitehttps://www.sarugby.co.za/
South Africa at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup

The South Africa women's national rugby union team represents South Africa in women's international rugby union and is governed by the South African Rugby Union. They have appeared in three World Cups since their debut in the 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup.

History

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 an eleventh place on the World Rugby ranking in September 2022 with wins over Japan and Spain.[4]

Rugby World Cup 2021 Squad

South Africa named their final 32-player squad on the 21 September 2022, for the 2021 Rugby World Cup.[5]

Player Position Caps Club/Province
Sanelisiwe Charlie Prop 4 EP Queens
Babalwa Latsha Prop 17 DHL Western Province
Monica Mazibukwana Prop 3 EP Queens
Azisa Mkiva Prop 1 DHL Western Province
Yonela Ngxingolo Prop 18 Border Ladies
Asithandile Ntoyanto Prop 12 Border Ladies
Roseline Botes Hooker 5 DHL Western Province
Micke Gunter Hooker 3 Cell C Sharks Women
Lindelwa Gwala Hooker 18 Cell C Sharks Women
Nolusindiso Booi (c) Lock 30 DHL Western Province
Lerato Makua Lock 5 Blue Bulls Women
Nompumelelo Mathe Lock 8 Cell C Sharks Women
Catha Jacobs Lock 7 Blue Bulls Women
Lusanda Dumke Back Row 15 Border Ladies
Aseza Hele Back Row 13 Boland Dames
Sinazo Mcatshulwa Back Row 15 DHL Western Province
Sizophila Solontsi Back Row 13 Cell C Sharks Women
Rights Mkhari Back Row 8 Blue Bulls Women
Tayla Kinsey Scrumhalf 21 Cell C Sharks Women
Rumandi Potgieter Scrumhalf 3 Blue Bulls Women
Unam Tose Scrumhalf 11 Border Ladies
Libbie Janse van Rensburg Fly-Half 10 Blue Bulls Women
Zenay Jordaan Fly-Half 34 EP Queens
Jakkie Cilliers Centre 2 Blue Bulls Women
Zintle Mpupha Centre 15 DHL Western Province
Aphiwe Ngwevu Centre 12 Border Ladies
Chumisa Qawe Centre 9 DHL Western Province
Nomawethu Mabenge Outside Back 9 EP Queens
Chuma Qawe Outside Back 3 DHL Western Province
Eloise Webb Outside Back 7 Border Ladies
Simamkele Namba Outside Back 6 DHL Western Province
Nadine Roos Outside Back 8 Blue Bulls Women

Team Management of World Cup Squad

Team Management
Head Coach Stanley Raubenheimer
Assistant Coaches Lungisa Kama, Eddie Myners
World Rugby Intern Coach Laurian Johannes-Haupt
Team Manager Nomsebenzi Tsotsobe
Team Doctor Dr Moshe Magethi
Physiotherapists Reagan Cele, Lezane Ward
Conditioning Coach Naasier Parker
Performance Coach Dr Bianca Joseph
Dietitian Robyn Moore
Analyst Gillian Bourke
High Performance Manager Lynne Cantwell
Media Manager J.J. Harmse

Results

For the full list of all Springbok Women matches:

See also: List of South Africa women's national rugby union team matches

World Ranking

Rugby World Ranking per year end [6]

World Ranking
Year Ranking Points Matches Won Lost Draw ΣMatches ΣWon ΣLost ΣDraw
2004 26 46 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 -
2005 24 48 2 1 1 - 4 1 3 -
2006 21 53.99 7 2 5 - 11 3 8 -
2007 21 53.99 - - - - 11 3 8 -
2008 21 53.99 - - - - 11 3 8 -
2009 20 54.99 4 - 3 1 15 3 11 1
2010 11 69.06 9 6 3 - 24 9 14 1
2011 10 70.72 4 1 3 - 28 10 17 1
2012 11 70.72 - - - - 28 10 17 1
2013 11 70.72 5 1 4 - 33 11 21 1
2014 12 68.51 6 1 5 - 39 12 26 1
2015 12 68.51 - - - - 39 12 26 1
2016 12 68.51 - - - - 39 12 26 1
2017 13 68.51 - - - - 39 12 26 1
2018 12 67.98 3 - 3 - 42 12 29 1
2019 14 63.39 6 3 3 - 48 15 32 1
2020 13 63.39 - - - - 48 15 32 1
2021 13 63.39 4 2 2 - 52 17 34 1
Total - - 52 17 34 1 33% 67% 0%

World Cup results

Women's
World Rugby Rankings
Top 20 rankings as of 30 September 2024[7]
Rank Change* Team Points
1 Steady  England 096.90
2 Increase1  Canada 089.90
3 Decrease1  New Zealand 087.32
4 Steady  France 086.50
5 Steady  Scotland 077.92
6 Increase1  Ireland 077.25
7 Decrease1  Australia 076.67
8 Steady  United States 074.97
9 Increase1  Italy 073.21
10 Decrease1  Wales 073.09
11 Increase1  South Africa 067.07
12 Decrease1  Japan 066.89
13 Steady  Spain 064.10
14 Increase1  Fiji 061.54
15 Decrease1  Russia 061.10
16 Steady  Netherlands 059.76
17 Increase1  Samoa 058.62
18 Decrease1  Hong Kong 057.49
19 Steady  Kazakhstan 055.23
20 Steady  Sweden 052.72
*Change from the previous week
Year Round Position GP W D L PF PA
South Africa was not invited to any of the World Cups between 1991 and 2002
Canada 2006 Ninth play-off 12th 5 0 0 5 30 258
England 2010 Ninth play-off 10th 5 2 0 3 60 166
France 2014 Plate semi-final 10th 5 1 0 4 34 176
Ireland 2017 Did Not Enter
New Zealand 2021[8] Pool Stage — 3 0 0 3 22 136
Total 4/9 10th 18 3 0 15 146 736

Results summary

Full Internationals per country (Last updated 23 Oct 2022)
Opponent First game Played Won Drawn Lost Percentage
 Australia 2006 3 0 0 3 0%
 Canada 2009 3 0 0 3 0%
 England 2005 6 0 0 6 0%
 France 2009 5 0 1 4 0%
 Ireland 2006 1 0 0 1 0%
 Italy 2018 1 0 0 1 0%
 Kazakhstan 2006 4 3 0 1 75%
 Kenya 2019 3 3 0 0 100%
 Netherlands 2006 2 2 0 0 100%
 Madagascar 2019 1 1 0 0 100%
 New Zealand 2010 1 0 0 1 0%
 Samoa 2006 2 1 0 1 50%
 Scotland 2010 4 2 0 2 50%
 Spain 2014 5 2 0 3 40%
 Uganda 2013 2 2 0 0 100%
 United States 2009 5 1 0 4 20%
 Wales 2004 8 2 0 6 25%
 Zimbabwe 2022 1 1 0 0 100%
 Namibia 2022 1 1 0 0 100%
 Japan 2022 2 1 0 1 50%
 Fiji 2022 1 0 0 1 0%
Summary 61 22 1 38 36%

See also

Players

References

  1. ^ "Expanding women's game a priority for SA Rugby". Rugby Afrique. 2022-03-03. Retrieved 2022-09-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Springbok Women Qualify for 2021 Women's Rugby World Cup". Rugby Africa. Johannesburg: Rugby Africa. 18 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Springbok Women". SA Rugby. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  4. ^ "Bok Women 'not just participants' at World Cup". SA Rugby magazine. 2022-09-22. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  5. ^ "Springbok Women squad for Rugby World Cup in NZ named". SA Rugby. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  6. ^ "World Rugby Ranking (Women)". World Rugby. World Rugby.
  7. ^ "Women's World Rankings". World Rugby. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  8. ^ Due to the Global Covid pandemic this World Cup took place in 2022
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