Women’s Premier Division Rugby 2023- Round Two
The second round of the 2023 Women’s Premier Division Rugby takes place on Saturday, 13 May. Here are the fixtures.
The third iteration of the Women’s Premier Division Rugby started on Saturday, 6 May, and will run until September with seven teams, some now professional and select games being live-streamed. The round two fixtures being played on Saturday, 13 May are below.
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WOMEN’S PREMIER DIVISION HISTORY
Having its origins in the Women’s Interprovincial Tournament and its various iterations that started in 2002. Since then, the women’s game has been growing, but slowly. The Women’s Premier Division in its current form is currently in its third season. It started in 2019, was not held in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic and was won in 2021 by the Border Ladies.
THE SEVEN TEAMS TAKING PART ARE:
- Boland Dames
- Border Ladies
- Bulls Daisies- Hot favourites after being the first team to award professional contracts to 35 players earlier in the year.
- Cell C Sharks Women
- DHL Western Province
- EP Queens
- Mastercard Golden Lions
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WHERE TO WATCH
In what is seen as a great development, two of the generally three Women’s Premier Division Rugby matches a week will be live-streamed on the SuperSport Schools app. The app is free to download and use on Apple, Android and browsers but does require you to login.
As of yet the tournament and teams have not been added the app so finding the games means sifting through a variety of sports from U14B boys hockey to every other (boys) rugby game played at the junior level. Select games, like the final will be available on SuperSport Rugby channels. Alternatively, you could watch the games at the fields as many of them are free and no tickets are required.
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WOMEN’S PREMIER DIVISION ROUND TWO
EP Queens v Border Ladies
Venue: De Wet Stadium, Despatch
Date: Saturday 13 May
Kick-off: 12h30
Referee: Angie Bezuidenhout
Live stream: SuperSport schools app
Cell C Sharks Women v Mastercard Golden Lions Women
Venue: HollywoodBets Kings Park 2, Durban
Date: Saturday 13 May
Kick-off: 14h00
Referee: Siyanda Pikoli
Boland Dames v DHL Western Province
Venue: Hawston Sports Grounds, Hawston
Date: Saturday 13 May
Kick-off: 14h15
Referee: Sinesipho Foloti
Live stream: SuperSport schools app
More information on the women’s game can be found here.