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NZ Herald
17-07-2025
- Sport
- NZ Herald
Black Ferns XV face Springboks in South Africa tour ahead of World Cup
THE FACTS This week, the Black Ferns XV have named their squad to head to South Africa. It's a development side, scheduled to play two matches before the Springboks Women head to the World Cup. Tied up in this tour are a couple of clues about the upcoming Black Ferns'
IOL News
05-07-2025
- Sport
- IOL News
Springbok Women taught chastening lesson despite fightback in big loss to Canada
The Springboks Women's wing Jakkie Cilliers contributed with a try and points off the kicking tee against Canada. The Springbok Women were punished for a first-half display littered with mistakes and penalties by Canada, losing 50-20 at a sunny but cool Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Saturday afternoon. The second-ranked Canadians punched holes in the South Africans' defence early on, putting the Bok Women on the back foot from the start. That pressure told when Deleaka Menin stretched over the line despite the attentions of Babalwa Latsha after five minutes. Julia Schell added the extra two points. The Springbok Women's pack was solid enough at scrum time, but lineout struggles proved costly. Hooker Micke Gunter struggled to find her jumpers throughout the half. Unfortunately, an alarming error count at the breakdown also cost the South Africans. It also undid much of the good work by the forwards, who worked tirelessly to get go-forward ball. The likes of Latsha, Sizophila Solontsi and Aseza Hele were prominent in this regard. The Bok Women were growing in confidence with 12 minutes played. A powerful SA scrum drove the Canadian pack backwards and they won a penalty in front of the posts. Winger Jakkie Cilliers banged it over to put the home team on the scoreboard. Fancy Bermudez scored Canada's second try after the ball was fed wide to the left from a quick feed off a Canada scrum, the skip pass and wraparound leading to an overlap. Schell missed the conversion, which rebounded off the post.
