Angelo Davids (born 1 June 1999) is a South African rugby sevens player for the

South Africa national rugby sevens team The South African national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, the Rugby World Cup Sevens, the Summer Olympic Games and the Commonwealth Games. Overall, the team has won the World Rugby Sevens Series 4 times, as well as h ...

, 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.

Biography

Davids attended Stellenberg High School in Bellville, where he earned a selection into 's squad for the 2017

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competition. Davids joined the South African Rugby Sevens Academy in 2018, right after finishing school. 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 The 2018 Hong Kong Sevens was the 43rd edition of the Hong Kong Sevens tournament, and the seventh tournament of the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series. The performance from this tournament determined the first fourteen seedings of the 2018 Rug ...

before withdrawing through injury. After also playing for in the 2018 Under-19 Provincial Championship, he was named in the Blitzboks squad for the

2019 Hong Kong Sevens The 2019 Hong Kong Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament that took place at the Hong Kong Stadium between the 5–7 April 2019. It was the 44th edition of the Hong Kong Sevens, and the seventh tournament of the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Serie ...

, and he made his debut in their 22–7 victory over

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in their opening match. He featured in all their matches in that tournament, as well as at the

2019 Singapore Sevens The 2019 Singapore Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament played at the National Stadium in Singapore on 13–14 April 2019. It was the eighth edition of the Singapore Sevens and the eighth tournament of the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series. In ...

, where he scored his first try in their opener against

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, 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. In 2022, He was part of the South African team that won their second

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

gold medal.

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