Angelo Davids

Angelo Davids

File:Angelo Davids LQ 2022.jpg
Date of birth	(1999-06-01) 1 June 1999
Place of birth	Cape Town, South Africa
Height
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
School	Stellenberg High School, Bellville
University	University of the Western Cape

Medal record
Men's rugby sevens
Representing South Africa
Commonwealth Games
	2022 Birmingham	Team competition

Angelo Davids (born 1 June 1999) is a South African rugby sevens player for the South Africa national rugby sevens team, where his regular position is wing and back. He also plays for the DHL Stormers in super rugby and the Western Province in the currie cup.

Biography

Davids attended Stellenberg High School in Bellville, where he earned a selection into [[{{{tan}}}|{{{t}}}]]'s squad for the 2017 Craven Week competition.

Davids joined the South African Rugby Sevens Academy in 2018, right after finishing school. He represented the South African Academy side in various tournaments in 2018 and 2019, and was selected to represent the senior side at the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens before withdrawing through injury.

After also playing for [[{{{tan}}}|{{{t}}}]] in the 2018 Under-19 Provincial Championship, he was named in the Blitzboks squad for the 2019 Hong Kong Sevens, and he made his debut in their 22–7 victory over Japan in their opening match. He featured in all their matches in that tournament, as well as at the 2019 Singapore Sevens, where he scored his first try in their opener against Scotland, and another in the Cup final match against Fiji, which saw Davids being named as the Player of the Final in a 20–19 victory.

In 2022, He was part of the South African team that won their second Commonwealth Games gold medal.

External links

• Angelo Davids at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series
• Angelo Davids at Springboks.rugby