{"id":87254,"date":"2025-12-05T16:51:52","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T14:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=87254"},"modified":"2025-12-05T16:51:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T14:51:52","slug":"sa-u18-girls-squad-named-for-historic-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=87254","title":{"rendered":"SA u18 Girls squad named for historic series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7562\" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Springbok-300x225.png\" alt=\"Springbok\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Springbok-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Springbok.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>A strong group of 26 players will gather in Stellenbosch on Saturday as the first South African U18 Girls squad was named for two matches against a touring side from the Netherlands later this month.<\/p>\n<p>The squad was chosen at the end of the U18 Elite Player Development (EPD) camp for girls, which was held in Riebeek Kasteel this week. The two matches will take place on 12 and 16 December.<\/p>\n<p>Former Springbok wing Jongi Nokwe from Western Province has been appointed as the team\u2019s head coach, with Aneesah Adams (Maties \/ WP) and Lesego Malebadi (UJ \/ Lions) named as his assistants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a big development in our women\u2019s programme and to see the excitement amongst the girls, and the enormous amounts of hard work they put in this week, bodes well for the future,\u201d said Nokwe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t wait to get stuck in with this squad and start working towards the two matches. It\u2019s going to be tough, but everyone involved is ready for this challenge, which is also a wonderful opportunity for the players and management alike.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The squad will be based at the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport (SAS) and the matches will be played at Paul Roos Gymnasium\u2019s Mark\u00f6tter Stadium.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SA U18 Girls squad:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Forwards:<\/strong> Isipho Dungelo (WP), Masizana Orie (EP), Likhona Masiza (WP), Mivuyo Pawuli (WP), Nokulinda Makhubela (Pumas), Asive Gaqa (WP), Chuma Isaac (EP), Hlekane Baloyi (Bulls), Keesha Cloete (Boland), Ambesiwe Pontshi (Border), Vuyiswa Ngwenya (Pumas), Sinelizwei Rasmeni (WP), Palesa Matee (WP), Lindokuhle Nxawe (Border).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Backs:<\/strong> Danica Pypers (WP), Likhona Dyani (EP), Lukhanye Lolo (EP), Nailha Jansen (SWD), Julene Hass (EP), Nodumiso Molusi (Lions), Chanice Scholtz (EP), Nadelean Leeuskieter (EP), Nuha Levy (WP), Coby Mentoor (WP), Jessie Schoeman (WP), Anitha Fazi (WP).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Issued by SA Rugby Communication<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A strong group of 26 players will gather in Stellenbosch on Saturday as the first South African U18 Girls squad was named for two matches against a touring side from the Netherlands later this month. The squad was chosen at the end of the U18 Elite Player Development (EPD) camp for girls, which was held [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":7562,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}