"It's going to be a real hit": South Africa wants to be a party pooper against France at the Women's Rugby World Cup

It's an unexpected group "final." The French and South Africans will meet in Northampton, United Kingdom, on Sunday, September 7 (5:45 p.m. Paris time) to decide the fate of Group D of the Women's Rugby World Cup. Not exactly the expected matchup, before the competition, the Italians were more likely to share one of the top two spots with Les Bleues. qualifying for the rest of the competition.

But the Boks eliminated the Transalpines from the party on Sunday, August 31 (29-24), after thrashing the Brazilian novices (66-6) a week earlier, and will see the quarter-finals of a World Cup for the first time in their history. A huge pride for the players of coach Swys de Bruin, accustomed to playing in the shadow of their male counterparts, two-time reigning world champions. "This victory is huge. We had talked about changing the history of women's rugby in South Africa, and today we did it. Every girl in this group is part of this page of history, and I really think we made the whole country proud," enthused Libbie Janse van Rensburg, elected player of the match.

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