Zintle Mpupha

Quotes

• “Sevens teaches you to live in those high-pressure moments, there’s no room to hide, every second counts and each decision can change the game”
• “That environment sharpened my ability to make quick decisions, manage space effectively and maintain intensity over long periods”
• “It also taught me resilience because in sevens you can be down and out in one minute but turn the game around the next. Those lessons have translated into 15s, especially at the World Cup, where the stakes are so high.”
• “It’s about keeping composure, adapting to what’s in front of you and the skill be it passing, tackling and quickly bouncing back up into the game”
• “It was a mix of joy and gratitude. Personally, I thought back to all the years of sacrifice, challenges faced and the faith that kept me going when the road wasn’t easy”
• “To finally see it pay off on a stage like the RWC felt like a testimony to God’s grace and our team’s resilience. For women’s rugby in South Africa, it was so much bigger than just us”

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