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Rugby Africa Women's Cup was initially launched in 2019. South Africa won the inaugural competition in Brakpan and also qualified for the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. [1] [2] The 2020 tournament was cancelled due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa. [3] [4] [5] The 2021 tournament was replaced with a series of test matches ...
The 2024 Rugby Africa Women's Cup was the tournament's fourth edition and was held in Antananarivo, Madagascar from 4 to 12 May. [1] The champion qualified directly for the 2025 Rugby World Cup and also for the 2024 WXV 2 competition.
The 2023 Rugby Africa Women's Cup is the third edition of the Rugby Africa Women's Cup.The 12 teams are split in 3 divisions that play a single round-robin. The composition of the divisions was decided according to the pool results of the 2022 edition.
The 2022 Rugby Africa Women's Cup is the second edition of the Rugby Africa Women's Cup following the cancellation of the 2020 and 2021 editions due to COVID-19 related restrictions. The 12 teams are split in 4 pools that play a single round-robin where the winners classify to the second phase of the tournament.
In Africa, South Africa qualified for their fifth world cup after beating Madagascar in the final round of the 2024 Rugby Africa Women's Cup. [16] The United States made their tenth world cup after New Zealand defeated Australia in the final game of the 2024 Pacific Four Series . [ 17 ]
The Springbok Women played their first Test in 2004. [1] They have won the Rugby Africa Women's Cup twice — in 2019 and 2022. [2] [3] South Africa climbed to eleventh place on the World Rugby ranking in September 2022 with wins over Japan and Spain.
South Africa qualified by winning the 2024 Rugby Africa Women's Cup. Japan qualified by winning the 2024 Rugby Asia Women's Championship. The final qualifier was Wales, who won a European play-in tie [21] against Spain, with the latter dropping to WXV 3. Fixtures were confirmed on 16 July 2024.
The Rugby World Cup is rapidly approaching its conclusion with the second semi-final being played between England and South Africa. They face each other on Saturday evening at the Stade de France ...