Nolusindiso Booi will lead the crew to New Zealand in what shall be a 3rd Rugby World Cup for the South African captain and lock.
The Springbok Women’s squad for the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand was named in Cape Town on 21 September 2022. Picture: @WomenBoks/Twitter
CAPE TOWN – In the “tallest building in Cape Town”, FNB, the proud sponsor of the Springbok Women together with SA Rugby, had the privilege of saying the ladies’s squad for the delayed Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.
On a Wednesday night within the Mother City, coach Stanley Raubenheimer needed to whittle his squad right down to the 32 gamers who can have the honour of representing South Africa on the World Cup.
Nolusindiso Booi will lead the crew to New Zealand in what shall be a 3rd Rugby World Cup for the South African captain and lock, alongside Zenay Jordaan, who additionally performed within the 2010 and 2014 tournaments, whereas Tayla Kinsey and Asithandile Ntoyanto will play of their second tournaments, having represented South Africa within the 2014 showpiece in England.
Raubenheimer says that these 4 gamers (Booi, Jordaan, Kinsey and Ntoyanto) with World Cup expertise are essential and the truth that they’re the one gamers who’ve been at this stage could be a drawback given the groups that they’re going through in France, Fiji and England.
Rugby World Cup debuts are on the playing cards for the rest of the squad, who will look to not be wallflowers throughout this event however compete regardless of the shortage of expertise and assets in comparison with their opponents in Pool C on the rugby showpiece.
At the capping ceremony, the place family and friends have been invited, the 4 earlier Springbok Women’s captains have been additionally current – Mandisa Williams, Ingrid Botha, Nomsebenzi Tsotsobe and [Zenay] Jordaan. Tsobobe, being the first-ever ladies’s captain for South Africa, was the one handing out the caps for the 2022 contingent, saying that this was a historic day for the ladies’s sport given {that a} ceremony of this magnitude and with this company backing had by no means occurred earlier than in ladies’s rugby. She was happy with what had been constructed on the inspiration she had laid, together with the three different captains.
SA Rugby president Mark Alexander congratulated the gamers on their choice and stated they’d carried out South Africa proud already.
“We all know where we started, and to have seen this team grow – in stature and performance – is testimony to the abilities, planning and execution of the coaching staff and the Rugby Department at SA Rugby,” stated Alexander.
“We are sending this team to New Zealand knowing they will be very competitive, fit as can be and mentally strong to represent every South African back home. Congratulations to every player, but also to their families and loved ones, as they are often those who make the real sacrifices. Thank you to all those who silently support in the background,” he added.
The vibe at FNB Portside was optimistic and emotional on the identical time – these gamers have needed to wait since qualifying in 2019 to really head to the World Cup.
Booi, who’s enjoying in her third Rugby World Cup, stated: “The players in the squad, and those that were part of the journey over the last four or five years, all contributed to the effort.”
“Those who helped us qualify way back in 2019 and others that played along the way, but who are not here, we thank you for that.
“To my team-mates, we carry the hopes and dreams of many a young girl, but we also carry the responsibility of playing for the South African flag and the Springbok badge. Those demand a standard of excellence, and we are determined to deliver such a performance,” added Booi.
It’s not day by day you get to be a part of such an occasion on a worldwide stage and Raubenheimer has needed to work by restricted assets and a pandemic to search out the crew who will symbolize a various and passionate rugby nation.
He says that they only want assist and respect for what they;ve managed to do and that he hopes South Africans can see the work they’ve put in as a squad.
“I feel a sense of anticipation now, thinking back to where we started and how we have grown, and that we are now ready to take on the best teams in the world. We have our objectives and one of them is to not only make the country proud with our effort, but ourselves as well.
“This squad travelled a wonderful journey together and we can now celebrate that by taking on the biggest teams on the biggest stage.”
Springbok Women’s schedule (SA kick-off instances):
Saturday 8 October:
03h15: South Africa v France
Sunday 16 October:
06h45: South Africa v Fiji
Sunday 23 October:
06h45: South Africa v England
Springbok Women’s squad for the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand:
Props:
Sanelisiwe Charlie (EP Queens) – 4 exams
Babalwa Latsha (DHL Western Province) – 17 exams, 10 factors (2 tries)
Monica Mazibukwana (EP Queens) – 3 exams
Azisa Mkiva (DHL Western Province) – 1 check
Yonela Ngxingolo (Border Ladies) – 18 exams, 5 factors (1 strive)
Asithandile Ntoyanto (Border Ladies) – 12 exams, 10 factors (2 tries)
Hookers:
Roseline Botes (DHL Western Province) – 5 exams, 10 factors (2 tries)
Micke Gunter (Cell C Sharks Women) – 3 exams
Lindelwa Gwala (Cell C Sharks Women) – 18 exams, 10 factors (2 tries)
Locks:
Nolusindiso Booi (captain, DHL Western Province) – 30 exams, 10 factors (2 tries)
Lerato Makua (Blue Bulls Women) – 5 exams
Nompumelelo Mathe (Cell C Sharks Women) – 8 exams, 10 factors (2 tries).
Catha Jacobs (Blue Bulls Women) – 7 exams
Loose Forwards:
Lusanda Dumke (Border Ladies) – 15 exams, 25 factors (5 tries)
Aseza Hele (Boland Dames) – 13 exams, 25 factors (5 tries)
Sinazo Mcatshulwa (DHL Western Province) – 15 exams, 35 factors (7 tries)
Sizophila Solontsi (Cell C Sharks Women) – 13 exams, 25 factors (5 tries)
Utility Forward:
Rights Mkhari (Blue Bulls Women) – 8 exams, 35 factors (7 tries)
Scrumhalves:
Tayla Kinsey (Cell C Sharks Women) – 21 exams, 44 factors (2 tries, 14 conversions, 2 penalty targets)
Rumandi Potgieter (Blue Bulls Women) – 3 exams
Unam Tose (Border Ladies) – 11 exams
Flyhalves:
Libbie Janse van Rensburg (Blue Bulls Women) – 10 exams, 96 factors (4 tries, 26 conversions, 7 penalty targets, 1 drop objective)
Zenay Jordaan (EP Queens) – 34 exams, 81 factors (10 tries, 11 conversions, 3 penalty targets)
Midfielders:
Jakkie Cilliers (Blue Bulls Women) – 2 exams, 13 factors (1 strive, 2 penalty targets, 1 conversion)
Zintle Mpupha (DHL Western Province) – 15 exams, 86 factors (16 tries, 3 conversions)
Aphiwe Ngwevu (Border Ladies) – 12 exams, 35 factors (7 tries)
Chumisa Qawe (DHL Western Province) – 9 exams, 5 factors (1 strive)
Outside Backs:
Nomawethu Mabenge (EP Queens) – 9 exams, 25 factors (5 tries)
Chuma Qawe (DHL Western Province) – 3 exams
Eloise Webb (Border Ladies) – 7 exams, 30 factors (6 tries)
Utility Backs:
Simamkele Namba (DHL Western Province) – 6 exams, 30 factors (6 tries)
Nadine Roos (Blue Bulls Women) – 8 exams, 25 factors (5 tries)