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SA Coach calls for stiffer competition- 7 Sep 2010 00:00:00

The coach of the South African women’s rugby team has called for the South Africa Rugby Union (SARU) to schedule in more regular competition against top ranked countries if the nation wants to be more competitive at the next World Cup in 2014.

Denver Wannies, coach of the SA team, praised the high quality of rugby teams such as New Zealand, England, France and the US have displayed during the past three weeks at the tournament in Guildford, England.

However, the coach said the team will only maintain development if they should be exposed to regular competition against the top tier countries in the women's game.

‘The top countries played very good rugby and the final between New Zealand and England was a fantastic showcase for the women's game.

‘The intensity and also skills levels of those teams are something we as a team aspire to and they showed us how much we need to improve on our game.’

South Africa was the youngest team at the tournament and won two of their five matches finishing 10th overall in the tournament.