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Springbok Women to contest inaugural Ubuntu-Bula Trophy against Fiji

The Springbok Women face Fiji in Suva on Saturday in the first match of a two-Test series for the inaugural Ubuntu-Bula Trophy, before hosting the Black Ferns at FNB Stadium on 5 September.

The Springbok Women are in Suva for their first-ever rugby tour to Fiji, with Saturday's Test at HFC Bank Stadium the first of a two-match series that will be contested for the newly unveiled Ubuntu-Bula Trophy.

The trophy was unveiled at the Fiji Museum and takes its name from two expressions central to the cultures of each nation — ubuntu, the South African philosophy of collective humanity, and bula, the Fijian greeting representing life and hospitality.

Following the two-Test series, the Springbok Women return home to face the Black Ferns at FNB Stadium on 5 September.

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