Sevens Rugby: Imbokodo braced for historic Cape Town debut By Craig Ray
South Africa’s women’s sevens team, Imbokodo, are the African champions and one of the rising powers in the game that is hoping to challenge the likes of New Zealand, Australia, England and Canada in coming years. Having a home tournament is a massive boost for that ambition.
Imbokodo are an invitational team for this weekend’s event as they are not one of the core teams on the women’s circuit. It will be South Africa’s first appearance in the series since Dubai in late 2017 and captain Zintle Mpupha says they cannot wait.This is new to us being at home and we are all terribly excited and nervous,” said Mpupha. “We know two things – this group will play with massive heart and we will not give up.
New Zealand will again be led by Tyla Nathan-Wong, who was on Thursday, 12 December named Black Ferns Sevens Player of the Year to go with the team’s accolade of New Zealand Team of the Year. The Black Ferns Sevens have made two changes from their victorious squad in Dubai with Youth Olympic Games gold medallists Risi Pouri-Lane and Mahina Paul coming into the 12, the latter to make her series debut.
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