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Versatile Roos set to continue backline rotation for Bok Women
Cape Times
|August 05, 2025
SPRINGBOK Women's performance coach Swys de Bruin will continue to use utility player Nadine Roos across the backline, splitting her playing time between scrumhalf, fullback and fly-half.
“With Nadine at nine, 10 and 15, she knows her role now. I said to her at a stage it'll be about 70% nine, 20% 15 and even flyhalf a bit again. So, she’s happy with that role and the rest of the team are happy,’ De Bruin said, in the aftermath of the emphatic 41-24 victory over the Black Ferns XV.
In fact, he is happy with the versatility of the squad as a whole, with the World Cup in England just a few weeks away.
“I think we're very settled now. I think we're at the point where all 32 players understand one another, and the coaches understand them. So, it doesn’t matter who goes on and off at what stage,” De Bruin said.
This story is from the August 05, 2025 edition of Cape Times.
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