SA Rugby Women’s Player of the Year, Nadine Roos, headlines a group of eighteen players invited to a Springbok Women’s Sevens training camp in Pretoria, where the squad will step-up preparations for the Rugby Africa Women’s Sevens championship in Nairobi, Kenya, on 15 and 16 November, 2025.
Cecil Afrika, who has been part of the coaching set-up since 2023, will travel with the team as coach in place of Renfred Dazel, who is assisting Blitzbok head coach Philip Snyman in the 2025/26 HSBC SVNS.
Other notable invitees to the camp, which kicked off at the University of Pretoria’s HPC on Wednesday, include Zintle Mpupha, Byrhandrè Dolf, Ayanda Malinga, Lerato Makua and Faith Tshauke, who were teammates of Roos at the recent Women’s Rugby World Cup in England, where the Bok Women qualified for the quarter-finals for the first time.
The group has a familiar look to it, as Shiniqwa Lamprecht, Leigh Fortuin, Simamkele Namba, Patience Mokone, Alicia Willemse and Maria Tshiremba are back having played in the team’s last outing, the HSBC SVNS Play-Off tournament held in Los Angeles in May this year.
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There is also a welcome return for Liske Lategan and Shannon-Lee Windvogel, who are back after recovering from long-term injuries. The UP-Tuks duo of Thandi Fudu and Jane Mulder were also invited to the week-long camp following their tournament winning performances at the USSA Sevens, won by Tuks Women.
A squad of 12 players will depart for Kenya next Wednesday, where South Africa will their Pool A fixtures on Saturday before the final fixtures on Sunday, after which the top two finishers will have qualified to continue their quest to the 2026 World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger Series.
Springbok Women’s Sevens Training Squad
Forwards
Shiniqwa Lamprecht
Leigh Fortuin
Liske Lategan
Zintle Mpupha
Asisipho Plaatjies
Faith Tshauke
Lerato Makua
Thandi Fudu
Backs
Nadine Roos
Vianca Boer
Simamkele Namba
Maria Tshiremba
Patience Mokone
Ayanda Malinga
Byrhandrè Dolf
Shannon Windvogel
Alicia Willemse
Jane Mulder
Participating Teams for the Rugby Africa Women’s Sevens Championship, in Nairobi, Kenya, on 15 and 16 November, 2025
Pool A: South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mauritius
Pool B: Kenya, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire
Pool C: Uganda, Zambia, Burkina Faso
Pool D: Madagascar, Tunisia, Egypt
Match Day 1: Saturday, 15 November 2025 (Central African Time)
10:00 – Tunisia vs Egypt
10:22 – Zambia vs Burkina Faso
10:44 – Ghana vs Côte d’Ivoire
11:06 – Zimbabwe vs Mauritius
13:00 – Madagascar vs Egypt
13:22 – Uganda vs Burkina Faso
13:44 – Kenya vs Côte d’Ivoire
14:06 – South Africa vs Mauritius
16:00 – Madagascar vs Tunisia
16:22 – Uganda vs Zambia
16:44 – South Africa vs Zimbabwe
17:06 – Kenya vs Ghana
Match Day 2: Sunday, 16 November 2025 (Central African Time)
10:00 – Cup QF1
10:22 – Cup QF2
10:44 – Cup QF3
11:06 – Cup QF4
11:28 – 9th Place SF1
11:50 – 9th Place SF2
12:30 – 5th Place SF1
12:52 – 5th Place SF2
13:14 – Cup SF1
13:36 – Cup SF2
13:58 – 11th Place Final
14:20 – 9th Place Final
14:00 – 7th Place Final
14:25 – 5th Place Final
14:54 – Bronze
15:30 – Gold
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Original Copy: SA Rugby and Rugby Afrique, with editing by gsport
Main Photo Caption: Nadine Roos pictured action against Brazil at the HSBC SVNS in Vancouver, Canada, in 2024. The international star headlines the squad of 18 called up for a training camp in Pretoria, where the squad will step-up preparations for the Rugby Africa Women’s Sevens championship in Nairobi, Kenya, on 15 and 16 November, 2025. File Photo: Mike Lee KLC fotos for World Rugby
