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Bongi Mbonambi (hooker) and Ntuthuko Mchunu (prop) will join the Springboks in Ireland on Sunday as national coach Rassie Erasmus and his coaching team prepare for their final two clashes of the Castle Lager Outgoing Tour, against Ireland and Wales.

Review

The Springbok Women's Sevens team will defend their Rugby Africa Women's Sevens Cup title against tournament hosts, Kenya, in Nairobi on Sunday afternoon, after steamrolling Ghana 48-0 and Madagascar 29-0 in the quarter- and semi-finals earlier in the day.

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Springbok captain Siya Kolisi and coach Rassie Erasmus praised the team’s fighting spirit to beat Italy in their Castle Lager Outgoing Tour Test at the Allianz Stadium in Turin on Saturday, despite receiving an early red card for the second week in a row, and said they are doing everything they can to avoid losing players on the field due to mistakes.

Match report

A much-changed Springbok team, playing with 14 men for almost 70 minutes, delivered a performance for the ages in extreme adversity with a brilliant 32-14 (halftime 10-3) Castle Lager Outgoing Tour victory over Italy in Turin.

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Junior Springbok coach Kevin Foote and captain Riley Norton both lauded the fighting spirit of the SA U19 Academy team, who beat Ireland in their last tour match in Cork on Friday evening.