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The South Africa women's national rugby union team represents South Africa in women's international

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and is governed by the

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. They have appeared in three

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since their debut in the 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup.

History

The Springbok Women played their first Test in 2004. They have won the

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twice — in

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and

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. South Africa climbed to eleventh place on the

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ranking in September 2022 with wins over

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Players

Recent squad

South Africa named their final 32-player squad on the 21 September 2022, for the

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Team Management

Results

For the full list of all Springbok Women matches:

World Ranking

Rugby World Ranking per year end

World Cup results

Results summary

References

External links

Women's national team at SA Rugby official website
{{National Sports Teams of South Africa Women's national rugby union teams African national women's rugby union teams

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