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The Britain-based rugby club Barbarian Women and South Africa’s Springbok Women will face each other for the third time at the DHL Stadium in September, Cape {town} Etc reports.

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Barbarian FC and the South Africa Rugby Union announced this last week, before returning to Cape Town.

Former captain, Rugby World Cup-winning Black Fern Linda Itunu, will head the Barbarian Women team.

In addition, Spanish international, Barbarian and Exeter Chiefs player Patricia García Rodriguez will be the assistant coach.

As they prepare to host WXV 2 in Cape Town, the fixture is key for the Springbok Women team.

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The team will face Japan on 27 September, followed by Australia and Italy in the race to secure a spot for next year’s Women’s Rugby World Cup.

‘Any match against the Barbarians has a special feel to it and we are really honoured, privileged and massively thankful for their willingness to travel all the way to South Africa for this,’ Lynne Cantwell, SA Rugby’s high-performance manager for women’s rugby told RugbyPass.

‘Like last year, this will help us prepare for WXV and we are very pleased that they agreed to visit our shores again. To play them as a curtain-raiser to one of the biggest sporting events in Cape Town this year, when the Boks and All Blacks meet, is huge for both teams,’ she added.

‘We have not seen their squad, but we know it will be packed with international experience and class. Their presence will be a massive boost to the exposure of WXV 2 and DHL Stadium, where we start our campaign against Japan on 27 September.’

John Spencer, President of Barbarian F.C., says it is a privilege to be back in Cape Town ‘playing in the magnificent DHL Stadium against a team who are fast becoming great rivals and friends of the Barbarians.’

‘These fixtures exemplify the fiercely-held values of our club – those of flair, courage, spirit and passion, alongside integrity, friendship and enjoyment – values that have been very much on display in the last two meetings between the Springboks Women and Barbarians Women, and which we will surely see again in September.’

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