South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 87 runs in a World Cup warm-up game in Cardiff.
Banyana Banyana coach Desiree Ellis said players were excited following the news that bonus incentives were on the cards for the team ahead of the Women’s World Cup in France.
The tournament, inspired by golf's Ryder Cup, pits teams from Europe and the 'rest of the world' against each other and was first held in 2017.
The New Zealanders scored three tries to one despite being outplayed for most of the match and failing to notch a point in the second half.
The Romanian beat Sloane Stephens in Paris last year to clinch her maiden major crown in her fourth final, and is the third seed for the 2019 edition which starts at Roland Garros on Sunday.
Eoin Morgan was practising with his teammates at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton when he took a blow during catching drills.
The Blitzboks are up against Japan, Canada and Argentina on Saturday in Pool A.
Organisers confirmed the Australian's withdrawal from the second Grand Slam tournament of the season and he will be replaced by a lucky loser from qualifying.
The Monegasque driver remembers watching the red Ferraris whizz throught the familiar home streets as a toddler, who was later to travel to school on them by bus and as an adolescent dreamed of racing on the world's most iconic F1 course.
Cato Louw chats to Springbok winger Aphiwe Dyantyi after he joined a skills exchange programme with the Michigan State University college football team in Cape Town.
