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| Union | South African Rugby Union | |
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| Nickname(s) | Blazeboks Imbokodo | |
| Coach(es) | Renfred Dazel | |
| Captain(s) | Mathrin Simmers & Zintle Mpupha | |
| Most caps | Mathrin Simmers | |
| Top scorer | Nadine Roos | |
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| World Cup Sevens | ||
| Appearances | 4 (First in 2009) | |
| Best result | Semi-finals (2009) | |
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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.[1] As in 2016, South Africa missed Tokyo 2020 for the same reason.[2] South Africa will finally make their Olympic debut in Paris 2024.
- ^ "SA women's sevens denied Rio berth". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ "Rugby Africa wishes the South African and Kenyan rugby sevens teams well during the Tokyo Olympics". Africanews. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.