Vainah Ubisi goes into Saturday's Test at St. John's College in Houghton carrying some unfinished business. A knee injury robbed her of a proper World Cup campaign last year — she came off the bench in three matches, including the quarter-final against the Black Ferns, by which point the game was already lost. It clearly stung. Back to full fitness in 2025, she's been one of the standout performers in the Women's Super League and has crossed for tries in three of her four internationals this year, with each score coming at a critical moment. At 23 and already 26 Tests in, Ubisi is positioning herself as the country's premier lock — and she knows this Black Ferns clash, on home turf and in front of a big crowd, is the ideal stage to make that case emphatically. Her confidence heading into the match reads less like bravado and more like a player who feels the timing is exactly right.
Ubisi targets Black Ferns redemption on home soil
Back from injury and in career-best form, Ubisi is treating Saturday's Black Ferns Test as her chance to rewrite a World Cup narrative that never got the chance to play out properly.
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Kolbe on broken ribs, All Black fans in the family, and why he's finally coming home
Kolbe opens up ahead of the All Blacks Test on the Francois Steyn hit that may have cracked his ribs, his favourite tries, the All Black fans still in his family circle, and why coming home to Cape Town was finally the right call.
From Milnerton High to 100 Bok caps: The Doogz story
Gavin Rich traces De Allende's road to 100 Tests — from soccer-obsessed kid at Milnerton High, through a school politics snub that nearly derailed his rugby career, to two World Cup winners' medals. The piece is rich on the behind-the-scenes figures and formative moments that shaped one of the Boks' most durable centres.
2029 World Cup medal target sharpens Springbok Women's focus on historic Fiji series
The Springbok Women begin a historic first-ever two-Test series in Fiji on Saturday, with assistant coach Franzel September explicitly targeting a 2029 Rugby World Cup medal as the programme's benchmark.
Have You Ever Seen A GREATER Upset?! 🤯 | South Africa v Japan | Rugby World Cup 2015
Take a step back to 2015, where a determined Japan side faced off against a resurgent Springboks at the Rugby World Cup in England. When the two sides took to the field in Brighton, many had already writte off the Brave Blossoms in the face