South Africa women's national rugby union team

South Africa

Union

South African Rugby Union

Coach(es)

Lawrence Sephaka

Team kit

Change kit

First international

South Africa 5-8 Wales

(Port Elizabeth, South Africa 29 May 2004)

Largest win

South Africa 38-0 Kazakhstan

(Al Ain, Dubai 10 April 2010)

Largest defeat

England 101-0 South Africa

(Surrey, England 14 May 2005)

World Cup

Appearances

3 (First in 2006)

Best result

10th place, 2010, 2014

South Africa at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup.

The South Africa women's national rugby union team are a national sporting side of South Africa, representing them at rugby union. The side first played in 2004.

History

South Africa have appeared in three World Cups since their debut in the 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup.

Squad

Squad to 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup:^[1]

Player	Position	Date of Birth	Club
Thantaswa Macingwana	Hooker	13 January 1994	Border Bulldogs
Denita Wentzel	Hooker	31 March 1990	Western Province
Portia Jonga	Prop	4 November 1988	Eastern Province
Cebisa Kula	Prop	19 May 1981	Eastern Province
Nwabisa Faith Ngxatu	Prop	25 October 1983	Border Bulldogs
Asithandile Ntoyanto	Prop	6 May 1991	Border Bulldogs
Celeste Aneurin Adonis	Lock	7 June 1992	Western Province
Nolusindiso Booi	Lock	29 June 1985	Border Bulldogs
Nomathamsanqa Yolanda Faleni	Lock	3 March 1985	Eastern Province
Rachelle Geldenhuys	Flanker	20 January 1987	Blue Bulls
Lamla Momoti	Flanker	27 March 1985	Border Bulldogs
Vuyolwethu Vazi	Flanker	11 July 1987	Blue Bulls
Shona-Leah Weston	Number 8	25 November 1991	Blue Bulls
Mandisa Williams	Number 8	8 November 1984	Border Bulldogs
Tayla Kinsey	Scrum-half	5 September 1993	KwaZulu-Natal
Fundiswa Plaatjie	Scrum-half	4 December 1985	Border Bulldogs
Siphosethu Tshingana	Scrum-half	12 October 1987	Eastern Province
Zenay Jordaan	Fly-half	4 April 1991	Border Bulldogs
Lorinda Brown	Centre	16 December 1983	Eastern Province
Bella Benele Makwezela	Centre	16 January 1986	Western Province
Ziyanda Tywaleni	Centre	26 November 1987	Border Bulldogs
Phumeza Gadu	Wing	21 June 1985	Eastern Province
Veroeshka Jasmine Grain	Wing	11 December 1990	Western Province
Sinazo Nobele	Wing	5 October 1988	Blue Bulls
Siviwe Basweni	Fullback	17 October 1990	Border Bulldogs
Cindy Cant	Fullback	9 October 1982	Blue Bulls

Results summary

Full internationals only. Last updated August 18, 2014

Rugby: South Africa internationals 2004-
Opponent	First game	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Percentage
Australia	2006	3	0	0	3	0.00%
Canada	2009	4	0	0	4	0.00%
England	2005	5	0	0	5	0.00%
France	2009	3	0	1	2	0.00%
Ireland	2006	1	0	0	1	0.00%
Kazakhstan	2006	4	3	0	1	75.00%
Netherlands	2006	2	2	0	0	100.00%
New Zealand	2010	1	0	0	1	0.00%
Samoa	2006	2	1	0	1	50.00%
Scotland	2010	2	2	0	0	100.00%
Spain	2014	1	0	0	1	0.00%
Uganda	2013	1	1	0	0	100.00%
United States	2009	5	1	0	4	20.00%
Wales	2004	6	2	0	4	33.33%
Summary	2004	40	12	1	27	30.00%

Results

See Women's international rugby for information about the status of international games and match numbering

Full internationals

[462]
	2004-05-29	South Africa	5-8	Wales	Adcock Stadium, Port Elizabeth	[1/86/1]

[464]
	2004-06-05	South Africa	15-16	Wales	Loftus Stadium, Pretoria	[2/87/2]

[496]
	2005-04-30	Wales	9-24	South Africa	Ebbw Vale RFC	[93/3/3]

[497]
	2005-05-14	England	101-0	South Africa	Imber Court RFC	[112/4/1]

[556]
	2006-06-17	South Africa	35-0	Netherlands	Port Elizabeth	[5/73/1]

[557]
	2006-06-24	South Africa	42-12	Netherlands	Durban	[6/74/2]

[563]
	2006-08-31 (WC)	Australia	68-12	South Africa	Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton	[18/7/1]

[566]
	2006-09-04 (WC)	England	74-8	South Africa	Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton	[121/8/2]

[576]
	2006-09-08 (WC)	Ireland	37-0	South Africa	St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert	[77/9/1]

[581]
	2006-09-12 (WC)	Samoa	43-10	South Africa	St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert	[12/10/1]

[585]
	2006-09-16 (WC)	Kazakhstan	36-0	South Africa	Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton	[37/11/1]

[761]
	2009-08-10 (NC)	France	17-17	South Africa	Oakville, Ontario	[135/12/1]

[761]
	2009-08-13 (NC)	Canada	35-17	South Africa	Oakville, Ontario	[70/13/1]

[763]
	2009-08-16 (NC)	South Africa	0-39	United States	Oakville, Ontario	[14/68/1]

[765]
	2009-08-19 (NC)	England	25-0	South Africa	Oakville, Ontario	[154/14/3]

[809]
	2010-04-08	Kazakhstan	17-22	South Africa	Al Ain, Dubai	[44/16/2]

[810]
	2010-04-10	Kazakhstan	0-38	South Africa	Al Ain, Dubai	[45/17/3]

[827]
	2010-06-05	Scotland	8-27	South Africa	Lasswade	[129/18/1]

[828]
	2010-06-12	Scotland	17-41	South Africa	Lasswade	[130/19/2]

[837]
	2010-08-20 (WC)	New Zealand	55-3	South Africa	Surrey Sports Park, Guildford	[54/20/1]

[841]
	2010-08-24 (WC)	South Africa	15 – 10	Wales	Surrey Sports Park, Guildford	[21/133/4]

[850]
	2010-08-28 (WC)	Australia	62 – 0	South Africa	Surrey Sports Park, Guildford	[30/22/2]

[853]
	2010-09-01 (WC)	South Africa	25 – 10	Kazakhstan	Surrey Sports Park, Guildford	[23/49/4]

[860]
	2010-09-05 (WC)	South Africa	17 – 29	Wales	Surrey Sports Park, Guildford	[24/136/5]

[899]
	2011-08-02 (NC)	Canada	52-17	South Africa	Oakville, Ontario	[88/25/2]

[901]
	2011-08-05 (NC)	England	46-8	South Africa	Chatham-Kent, Ontario	[175/26/4]

[903]
	2011-08-09 (NC)	United States	23-26	South Africa	Oakville, Ontario	[81/27/2]

[905]
	2011-08-13 (NC)	United States	29-9	South Africa	Oakville, Ontario	[82/28/3]

[1004]
	2013-07-30 (NC)	United States	32-22	South Africa	University of Northern Colorado	[89/29/4]

[1005]
	2013-08-04 (NC)	England	18-17	South Africa	University of Northern Colorado	[203/30/5]

[1007]
	2013-08-07 (NC)	Canada	53-15	South Africa	University of Northern Colorado	[94/31/3]

[1007]
	2013-08-07 (NC)	Canada	53-15	South Africa	University of Northern Colorado	[94/31/3]

[1009]
	2013-08-10 (NC)	United States	61-5	South Africa	Infinity Park, Glendale	[92/32/5]

[1015]
	2013-09-07 (WCQ)	South Africa	63-3	Uganda	East London, Eastern Cape	[33/19/1]

[1053]
	2014-07-05	France	39-8	South Africa	Marcoussis	[186/35/2]

[1059]
	2014-08-01 (WC)	Australia	26–3	South Africa	CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 1	[35/36/3]

[1068]
	2014-08-05 (WC)	France	55-3	South Africa	CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 1	[188/37/3]

[1072]
	2014-08-09 (WC)	Wales	35-3	South Africa	CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 1	[160/38/6]

[1075]
	2014-08-13 (WC)	South Africa	25-24	Samoa	FFR Headquarters, Marcoussis	[39/22/1]

[1082]
	2014-08-17 (WC)	South Africa	0-36	Spain	Marcoussis	[40/110/1]

Other matches

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	2005-04-26	Wales A	10-17	South Africa	UWIC, Cardiff	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2005-05-07	England A	42-12	South Africa	Old Albanians, St Albans	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2005-05-10	England Academy	25-19	South Africa	Old Albanians, St Albans	[-/-/-]

[-]
	June 2006	South Africa A	5-3	Irish Barbarians	Durban	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2008-08-09	South Africa	34-40	Nomads	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2008-08-16	South Africa	0-29	Nomads	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2012-06-23	South Africa	28-17	Nomads	Cape Town	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2012-06-30	South Africa	17-15	Nomads	Goodwood RFC, Cape Town	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2014-06-28	Nomads	5-20	South Africa	Teddington, UK	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2014-07-01	Nomads	24-32	South Africa	London Wasps	[-/-/-]

References

↑ IRB (2014). "South Africa Squad". Retrieved 26 August 2014.

External links

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Governing body

South African Rugby Union

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Competitions

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