# South Africa women's national rugby sevens team

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.
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. As in 2016, South Africa missed Tokyo 2020 for the same reason. South Africa will finally make their Olympic debut in Paris 2024.

## Tournament History
### Olympics

Olympics :
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L |
| 2016 | Qualified but withdrew | Qualified but withdrew | Qualified but withdrew | Qualified but withdrew | Qualified but withdrew | Qualified but withdrew |
| 2020 | Qualified but withdrew | Qualified but withdrew | Qualified but withdrew | Qualified but withdrew | Qualified but withdrew | Qualified but withdrew |
| 2024 | 11th Place Playoff | 11th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 0 Titles | 1/3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |

### Rugby World Cup Sevens

Rugby World Cup Sevens :
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D |
| 2009 | Semifinalists | | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013 | Bowl Quarterfinalists | 13th | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 13th Place Final | 14th | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 13th Place Final | 14th | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 0 Titles | 4/4 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 0 |

### Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games :
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L |
| 2018 | Classification Semi Finals | 8th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2022 | Seventh Place Match | 7th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 0 Titles | 2/2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 |

### Women's Africa Cup Sevens

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
### Current squad

2023–24 Series :
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Matches | Points |
| FW | Zintle Mpupha | (1993-12-25) 25 December 1993 (age 30) | 86 | 176 |
| FW | Liske Lategan | (1998-11-25) 25 November 1998 (age 26) | 36 | 54 |
| FW | Simamkele Namba | (1998-10-03) 3 October 1998 (age 26) | 38 | 75 |
| FW | Asisipho Plaatjies | (1996-04-24) 24 April 1996 (age 28) | 19 | 0 |
| FW | Kyla de Vries | (1995-11-09) 9 November 1995 (age 29) | 5 | 0 |
| FW | Rights Mkhari | (1994-09-09) 9 September 1994 (age 30) | 40 | 65 |
| BK | Libbie Janse van Rensburg | (1994-09-28) 28 September 1994 (age 30) | 35 | 216 |
| BK | Shiniqwa Lamprecht | (2003-04-24) 24 April 2003 (age 21) | 1 | 0 |
| BK | Mathrin Simmers (C) | (1988-03-03) 3 March 1988 (age 36) | 94 | 100 |
| BK | Maria Tshiremba | (1995-12-29) 29 December 1995 (age 28) | 2 | 10 |
| BK | Marlize de Bruin | (1994-11-11) 11 November 1994 (age 30) | 24 | 35 |
| BK | Ayanda Malinga | (1998-06-23) 23 June 1998 (age 26) | 33 | 115 |
| BK | Nadine Roos | (1996-05-09) 9 May 1996 (age 28) | 75 | 298 |