2 hours ago Internationals Womens Historic first South Africa U18 Girls squad named
South Africa Rugby have named a 26-player U18s Girls squad for an historic two-game series with the Netherlands.
Springbok Women face off against Italy Women in WXV 2 Round 3 on Sat 12th October 2024 at Athlone Stadium. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 13:00. In South Africa it’s at 14:00 SAST, 01:00 NZST in New Zealand, 23:00 AEST in Australia and 05:00 EST in the US.
Springbok Women won the last encounter but both teams are in the same form for their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture the two sides are separated by just 1 places in the rankings with Italy Women in position 9 and Springbok Women in position 10, underlining just how tight this match could be.
The official squads for Springbok Women vs Italy Women will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.
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Beatrice Rigoni has kicked a penalty goal.
The touch judges raise their flags as Beatrice Rigoni kicks the penalty goal.
Unam Tose (South Africa) is shown a yellow card
The touch judges raise their flags as Nadine Roos kicks the conversion.
A penetrating move by South Africa results in a try for Ayanda Malinga.
The defence are desperately trying to hold out here but it was to no avail as Aseza Hele dots the ball down from close range.
Michela Sillari adds the two points for Italy.
What an effort there by Silvia Turani as they score the try.
Incisive passing by Italy is finished off by Michela Sillari, as they goes over for the try.
Silvia Turani scores the try from close range.
Chumisa Qawe (South Africa) is shown a yellow card
Nadine Roos converts the try.
Babalwa Latsha scores the try from close range.