The camp is the fourth such assembly in 2025 as the team build towards the Rugby World Cup in England later this year.

Jacobs is the first England-based player to join the training squad this year as her club commitments with Leicester Tigers Women have been completed, but the Harlequins duo of Babalwa Latsha and Danelle Lochner and Ealing Trailfinders' Lindelwa Gwala are not expected back in SA for at least another month, as is France-based Sinazo Mcatshulwa.

Makua, who last donned the Green and Gold at the Rugby Africa Women's Cup in Madagascar in 2023, has successfully completed her rehabilitation following knee surgery last year.

--ChannelAfrica--