South Africa women's national rugby sevens team explained

Country:South Africa
Union:South African Rugby Union
Captain:Mathrin Simmers & Zintle Mpupha
Coach:Renfred Dazel
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World Cup Apps:4
Year:2009
Best:Semi-finals (2009)
Nickname:Blazeboks
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The South Africa women's national rugby sevens team competes at events within the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and are a core team for the 2023–24 season. They first played in the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens, and also competed in the IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup in the 2011–12 season.

South Africa qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics after winning the 2015 Women's Africa Cup Sevens, but did not enter the tournament because the South African Olympic Committee (SASCOC) rules states that teams cannot qualify by winning continental titles.[1] As in 2016, South Africa missed Tokyo 2020 for the same reason.[2] South Africa will finally make their Olympic debut in Paris 2024.

Tournament History

Olympics

Olympics
YearRoundPosition
2016Qualified but withdrew
2020
202411th Place Playoff11th5104
Total0 Titles1/35104

Rugby World Cup Sevens

Rugby World Cup Sevens
YearRoundPosition
2009Semifinalists5320
2013Bowl Quarterfinalists13th4130
201813th Place Final14th 4 1 3 0
202213th Place Final14th4130
Total0 Titles4/4176110

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games
YearRoundPosition
2018Classification Semi Finals8th 5 0 05
2022Seventh Place Match7th5104
Total0 Titles2/210109

Women's Africa Cup Sevens

Women's Africa Cup Sevens
YearRoundPosition
2013Champions1st4400
2014Champions1st5500
2015Champions1st6600
2016Champions1st5500
2017Champions1st6600
2019Champions1st6600
2022Champions1st5500
2023Champions1st5500
Total8 Titles8/8424200

Players

Current squad

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PlayerDate of birth (age)MatchesPoints
FWZintle Mpupha25 December 199386176
FWLiske Lategan25 November 19983654
FWSimamkele Namba3 October 19983875
FWAsisipho Plaatjies24 April 1996190
FWKyla de Vries9 November 199550
FW9 September 19944065
BKLibbie Janse van Rensburg28 September 199435216
BKShiniqwa Lamprecht24 April 200310
BKMathrin Simmers (C)3 March 198894100
BKMaria Tshiremba29 December 1995210
BKMarlize de Bruin11 November 19942435
BKAyanda Malinga23 June 199833115
BKNadine Roos9 May 199675298

References

  1. News: SA women's sevens denied Rio berth. en-GB. BBC Sport. 2021-10-26.
  2. Web site: 2021-07-26. Rugby Africa wishes the South African and Kenyan rugby sevens teams well during the Tokyo Olympics. 2021-10-26. Africanews. en.

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