Angelo Davids (born 1 June 1999) is a South African rugby sevens player for the South Africa national rugby sevens team, where his regular position is wing and back. He also plays for the DHL Stormers in super rugby and the Western Province in the currie cup.
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| Date of birth | 1 June 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Cape Town, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Stellenberg High School, Bellville | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of the Western Cape | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Representing  South Africa
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2022 Birmingham | Team competition |
Biography
editDavids attended Stellenberg High School in Bellville, where he earned a selection into Western Province's squad for the 2017 Craven Week competition.[1]
Davids joined the South African Rugby Sevens Academy in 2018, right after finishing school.[2] He represented the South African Academy side in various tournaments in 2018 and 2019, and was selected to represent the senior side at the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens before withdrawing through injury.[2]
After also playing for Western Province U19 in the 2018 Under-19 Provincial Championship, he was named in the Blitzboks squad for the 2019 Hong Kong Sevens,[3] and he made his debut in their 22–7 victory over Japan in their opening match.[4] He featured in all their matches in that tournament, as well as at the 2019 Singapore Sevens, where he scored his first try in their opener against Scotland,[5] and another in the Cup final match against Fiji, which saw Davids being named as the Player of the Final in a 20–19 victory.[6]
In 2022, He was part of the South African team that won their second Commonwealth Games gold medal.[7][8][9][10]
References
edit- ^ "Teams for 2017 Craven Week". Rugby365. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Player Profiles : Angelo Davids". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ^ "Three changes to Blitzboks side for Hong Kong" (Press release). South African Rugby Union. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ^ "Match Centre: Hong Kong, Pool A, Match 2". World Rugby. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
- ^ "Match Centre: Singapore, Pool A, Match 7". World Rugby. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
- ^ "Match Centre: Singapore, Cup Final, Match 45". World Rugby. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
- ^ Mostert, Herman. "Team SA squad named for 2022 Commonwealth Games". news24.com. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "Soyizwapi, Plaatjies to lead SA Sevens teams at Commonwealth Games". sarugby.co.za. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "South Africa stun Fiji to win men's rugby sevens Commonwealth gold". the Guardian. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "Australia and South Africa win rugby sevens gold at Commonwealth Games". www.world.rugby. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
External links
edit- Angelo Davids at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series (archived)
- Angelo Davids at Springboks.rugby
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