Danwel Demas (born 15 October 1981) is a South African rugby union player who most recently played for the . He previously played for Italian club

Aironi Aironi Rugby (, "herons") was an Italian professional rugby union team competing in the Pro12 and the Heineken Cup, representing the Italian regions of Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna. It lost its status as a regional side at the end of the 2011–12 ...

in the

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, and for the

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and

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Super Rugby Super Rugby is a men's professional rugby union club competition involving teams from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. It previously included teams from Argentina, Japan, and South Africa. Building on various Southern Hem ...

. He represented South Africa in sevens, in 2003 and from 2005 to 2007. In 2012, he joined the Pumas and represented them in the

Vodacom Cup The Vodacom Cup was an annual rugby union competition in South Africa. Annual Vodacom Cup competitions were played between its inaugural season in 1998 and 2015 and was contested between February and May each year. The Vodacom Cup was the succes ...

and the

Currie Cup The Currie Cup is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, played each winter and spring (June to October), featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces. Although it is the premier ...

competitions until the end of 2013. Demas also represented the

Emerging Springboks South Africa 'A', also formerly known as the Junior Springboks or the Emerging Springboks, are the second national rugby union team representing South Africa, below the senior national team, the Springboks. Until 2018, it was also under the Sou ...

from 2006 to 2009.

Durbanville-Bellville

In 2015, he joined Western Province club side Durbanville-Bellville and was a member of the squad that won the 2015 SARU Community Cup competition, scoring one tries in five appearances in the competition.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Demas, Danwel 1981 births Living people South African rugby union players Pumas (Currie Cup) players Bulls (rugby union) players Blue Bulls players Cheetahs (rugby union) players Free State Cheetahs players Boland Cavaliers players Sportspeople from Paarl Rugby union wings Aironi players South Africa international rugby sevens players Rugby sevens players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players of South Africa