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 OlympicsYearRoundPosition 2016 Qualified but withdrew 2020 202411th Place Playoff11th5104Total0 Titles1/35104

Rugby World Cup Sevens Rugby World Cup SevensYearRoundPosition 2009Semifinalists5320 2013Bowl Quarterfinalists13th4130 2018 13th Place Final 14th 4 1 3 0 202213th Place Final14th4130Total0 Titles4/4176110

Commonwealth Games Commonwealth GamesYearRoundPosition 2018 Classification Semi Finals 8th 5 0 0 5 2022Seventh Place Match7th5104Total0 Titles2/210109

Women's Africa Cup Sevens Women's Africa Cup SevensYearRoundPosition2013Champions1st44002014Champions1st55002015Champions1st66002016Champions1st55002017Champions1st66002019Champions1st66002022Champions1st55002023Champions1st55002024Champions1st66002025Champions1st6600Total6 Titles8/8484800

Players

Current squad 2026 SVNS 3 in squad was announced on 12 January 2026.

Head coach: Cecil Afrika

References

External links

Springbok Women's Sevens | SA Rugby