Cape Town - Springbok Women's Sevens coach Paul Delport named an experienced squad to travel to Tunisia for the Rugby Africa Women's Sevens qualifier event, to be played this weekend. The tournament will be played in Monastir on October 12 and 13, when the Imbokodo* will try and book a qualification spot to the HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens Qualifying tournament to be played next year. It is going to be a tough tournament no doubt and we realise what is at stake.”The pools for the tournament are:A: Kenya, Senegal, Botswana, GhanaB: Uganda, Zimbabwe, South Africa, ZambiaC: Tunisia, Madagascar, Morocco, MauritiusThe Springbok Women’s Sevens squad:1. *Imbokodo has been adopted as the official nickname of the Springbok Women’s Sevens team. Imbokodo is taken from the Zulu phrase “Wathint’ abafazi wanthint’ imbokodo” which translates as “You strike a woman, you strike a rock”, and represents the resilience and courage shown by women in general, and the Springbok Women’s Sevens as they take on the world’s best teams.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 07, 2019 14:37 UTC