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.
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| Union | South African Rugby Union | |
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| Nickname(s) | Springbok Women's Sevens Blazeboks Imbokodo | |
| Coach(es) | Renfred Dazel | |
| Captain(s) | Mathrin Simmers & Zintle Mpupha | |
| Most caps | Mathrin Simmers | |
| Top scorer | Nadine Roos | |
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| World Cup Sevens | ||
| Appearances | 4 (First in 2009) | |
| Best result | Semi-finals (2009) | |
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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
editOlympics
edit| Olympics | ||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L |
 2016
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Qualified but withdrew | |||||
 2020
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 2024
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11th Place Playoff | 11th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 0 Titles | 1/3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Rugby World Cup Sevens
edit| Rugby World Cup Sevens | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D |
 2009
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Semifinalists | 
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5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
 2013
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Bowl Quarterfinalists | 13th | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
 2018
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13th Place Final | 14th | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
 2022
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13th Place Final | 14th | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 0 Titles | 4/4 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 0 |
Commonwealth Games
edit| Commonwealth Games | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L |
 2018
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Classification Semi Finals | 8th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
 2022
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Seventh Place Match | 7th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 0 Titles | 2/2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
Women's Africa Cup Sevens
edit| Women's Africa Cup Sevens | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D |
| 2013 | Champions | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 6 Titles | 8/8 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 0 |
Players
editCurrent squad
edit| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Matches | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | Zintle Mpupha | 25 December 1993 | 86 | 176 |
| FW | Liske Lategan | 25 November 1998 | 36 | 54 |
| FW | Simamkele Namba | 3 October 1998 | 38 | 75 |
| FW | Asisipho Plaatjies | 24 April 1996 | 19 | 0 |
| FW | Kyla de Vries | 9 November 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| FW | Rights Mkhari | 9 September 1994 | 40 | 65 |
| BK | Libbie Janse van Rensburg | 28 September 1994 | 35 | 216 |
| BK | Shiniqwa Lamprecht | 24 April 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| BK | Mathrin Simmers (C) | 3 March 1988 | 94 | 100 |
| BK | Maria Tshiremba | 29 December 1995 | 2 | 10 |
| BK | Marlize de Bruin | 11 November 1994 | 24 | 35 |
| BK | Ayanda Malinga | 23 June 1998 | 33 | 115 |
| BK | Nadine Roos | 9 May 1996 | 75 | 298 |
References
edit- ^ "SA women's sevens denied Rio berth". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ "Rugby Africa wishes the South African and Kenyan rugby sevens teams well during the Tokyo Olympics". Africanews. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ "Four uncapped players for Springbok Women's Sevens in Dubai". SA Rugby. 24 November 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
External links
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