The cream of South Africa’s women rugby players will face each other on Friday October 11 at Loftus Versveld in a curtain-raiser match to the Bankfin Currie Cup tussle between the Blue Bulls and
Falcons.
The two squads were picked from the Women’s Rugby
Inter-Provincial tournament in August in Port Elizabeth.
Those who impress in the Pretoria game will be drafted into an elite squad which will be given specialised attention to keep fit during the off-season, through conditioning and skills enhancement.
Sarfu Manager for Women’s Rugby, Mahlubi Puzi, said it should not be taken for granted that those given special attention will necessarily be representing South Africa at a later stage.
”What it means is that they have the potential to be in a future national side,” said Puzi. ”There will be others knocking on the door over the next year as we continue to expand women’s rugby in South Africa. What we are doing now is setting a solid foundation
for a future national side.” – Sapa