| Location | Pretoria, South Africa |
|---|---|
| Ground(s) | Loftus Versfeld |
| Coach(es) | Hayden Groepes |
| Captain(s) | Lusanda Dumke |
| League(s) | Women's Premier Division |
| 2024 | Champions |
| Official website | |
| bullsrugby | |
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]
In 2023, their first season since turning professional, the Bulls Daisies won the Women's Premier Division, winning all fourteen games, and defeating Western Province 69–8 in the final. [5]
They retained their title in 2024, defeating Western Province 36–17 in the final. [6]
The Bulls Daisies squad for the 2023–25 Women's Premier Divisions is:
| Bulls United Rugby Championship squad | ||
|---|---|---|
Props
Hookers Locks | Loose forwards
Scrum-halves Fly-halves | Centres Outside backs |
| (c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped, ST denotes a short-term signing, italic indicates sevens capped. |
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