Overview
- SA Rugby CEO Rian Oberholzer said the union is in discussions with coach Swys de Bruin, whose mandate was limited to the World Cup campaign.
- The union announced its first Under-16 Girls Elite Player Development squad, selected from recent national youth weeks and set to assemble in Paarl next month.
- South Africa beat Brazil and Italy in the pool stage and fell to New Zealand in the quarterfinals, a run that lifted the team into the world top ten.
- De Bruin and senior players urged more frequent tests and a stronger provincial competition to consolidate the programme’s gains.
- Captain Cindi Booi confirmed this World Cup was her last and said the team’s rise is already encouraging more girls to pursue rugby.