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 's squad for the 2017 Craven Week competition.

Angelo Davids

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.

Angelo Davids

After also playing for 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.

Angelo Davids

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

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South African rugby union players

Living people

1999 births

Rugby union players from Cape Town

Rugby union wings

South Africa international rugby sevens players

Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Olympic rugby sevens players for South Africa

Stormers players

Western Province (rugby union) players

Rugby sevens players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa

Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens

Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games