Bomb Squad explodes, but Springbok Women fall just short against Italy

They were going nowhere slowly for 45 minutes and then the ‘Bomb Squad’ sparked the Springbok Women into life, but they came up just short in a 23-19 WXV 2 loss to Italy at Athlone Stadium on Saturday afternoon.The Italians led 17-7 at halftime and looked to have had the measure of the South Africans, who made a series of handling errors and poor decisions on attack, and experienced a few defensive lapses out wide.The Bok Women still dominated the scrums and mauls, but weren’t able to take advantage of the front-foot ball and also got the short end of the stick in some decisions by…