Bok Women look to fix flaws despite 10-try thumping

THE Springbok Women may have opened their Rugby Africa Women’s Cup campaign with a commanding 64-5 victory over Madagascar in Nairobi on Saturday, but assistant coach Franzel September insists there is still room for improvement ahead of their next outing against Uganda.

- ROWAN CALLAGHAN

The Springbok Women were outclassed by Spain in their first match of the tour.

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South Africa eventually overwhelmed Madagascar with their physicality and attacking power, scoring 10 tries to one, but September admitted the performance at the RFUEA Ground was far from flawless despite the emphatic scoreline.

“We did a lot of good things, and there are things that we also were not good at, but that was expected as it was our first match of the season,” September said afterwards.

“What went well for us today was the way we stayed in the fight and the way the ladies showed some character throughout the match. We needed to play for 80 minutes and the ladies gave it their all for 80 minutes.”