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The South Africa women's national rugby sevens team competes at events within the
Women's national team at SA Rugby official website
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The South Africa women's national rugby sevens team competes at events within the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
The World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, is a series of international rugby sevens tournaments for women's national teams run by World Rugby. The inaugural series was held in 2012–13 as the successor to the IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup held ...
and was a core team for 2014–15 season. They first played in the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens
Rugby World Cup Sevens (RWCS) is the quadrennial world championship of rugby sevens, a variant of rugby union. Organised by World Rugby, it currently consists of men's and women's tournaments, and is the highest level of competition in the sport ...
, and also competed in the IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup
The IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup was a series of three tournaments run by the International Rugby Board for women's rugby sevens held for the 2011-12 season. England finished as the holders of the Cup and won two of the three tournaments.
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in the 2011–12 season.
South Africa did not qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics
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, nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams)
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, events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines)
, opening = 5 August 2016
, closing = 21 August 2016
, opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer
, cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...
despite winning the 2015 Women's Africa Cup Sevens
The 2015 Women's Africa Cup Sevens was a women's rugby sevens tournament for the continental championship of Africa and a qualification tournament for rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics. The competition was held in Kempton Park, South Af ...
because the South African Olympic Committee (SASCOC) rules states that teams cannot qualify by winning continental titles. As in 2016, South Africa missed Tokyo 2020
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July.
Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
for the same reason.
Tournament History
Rugby World Cup Sevens
Commonwealth Games
Women's Africa Cup Sevens
2012 London Sevens
Group A * 26 - 5 * 28 - 17 * 41 - 0 * 21 - 12 * 22 - 0 * 19 - 14 Quarter-finals * - * - * - * -Squad
Previous Squads
* Megan Comley * Phumeza Gadu * Veroeshka Grain (c) * Jacqueline Kriel * Unathi Mali *Zintle Mpupha
Zintle Mpupha is a South African women's rugby union player and cricketer from Xesi, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She played cricket for Border cricket team and rugby for Border Bulldogs as well as the South Africa women's national rugby sevens ...
* Marithy Pienaar
* Nadine Roos
* Mathrin Simmers
* Chane Stadler
* Christelene Steinhoebel
* Eloise Webb
*Sunelle Barnard
*Lorinda Brown
*Kirsten Conrad
*Phumeza Gadu
*Rachelle Geldenhuys
*Nosiphiwo Goda
*Veroeshka Grain
*Zenay Jordaan (c)
*Jacqueline Kriel
*Sinazo Nobele
*Marithy Pienaar
*Fundiswa Plaatjie
*Mathrin Simmers
*Zaandre Theron
*Mandisa Williams
*Ziyanda Tywaleni
*Nwabisa Ngxatu
*Nolusindiso Booi
*Sinazo Nobele
*Lamla Momoti
*Zandile Nojoko
*Phumeza Gadu
*Zenay Jordaan
* Aimee Barrett
*Janine Felix
*Cherne Roberts
References
External links
Women's national team at SA Rugby official website
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