Bulls Daisies

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Bulls Daisies
Location Pretoria, South Africa
Ground(s) Loftus Versfeld
League(s) Women's Premier Division
2023Champions
Official website
bullsrugby.co.za

The Bulls Daisies are a South African women's rugby union team based at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria that participate in the annual Women's Premier Division tournament.

The team are affiliated with the men's rugby team, the Blue Bulls, and the daisies in their name refer to the Barberton Daisy, which first appeared in the Blue Bulls crest in 1938. [1]

In 2023, they became the first professional women's team in South African rugby, contracting 35 players. [2] [3] [4]

History

In 2023, their first season since turning professional, the Bulls Daisies won the Women's Premier Division, winning all fourteen games, and defeating DHL Western Province 69–8 in the final. [5]


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References

  1. "South Africa's Bulls Daisies: 'It wasn't until that first payslip came through that it sank in.'". www.rugbypass.com. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  2. Adams, Mariette (3 May 2023). "HISTORY: Bulls unveil South Africa's first-ever professional women's rugby side". The South African. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  3. Mjikeliso, Sibusiso. "History made: Bulls Daisies become SA's first professional women's rugby team". Sport. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  4. "35 women sign deals with Bulls Daisies rugby team". SowetanLIVE. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  5. "Fourteen straight as Bulls Daisies claim Women's Premier Division title". SA Rugby. Retrieved 27 August 2023.