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| Date of birth | 16 May 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Danelle Lochner (born 16 May 1997), is a South African international rugby union player whose regular playing position is as a Lock. She plays for Harlequins.
Born on 16 May 1997, she first played netball, for which she was an international from 2016 to 2019, before an ankle injury interrupted her career. [1] After the Covid-19 crisis, she took up netball again but also started playing rugby sevens. Immediately noticed, she was called up to the national XV team even though she had never played at provincial level. [2] On March 26, she played her first match with the Springboks in Madrid against Canada. [3]
In August 2023, she was selected to compete in the first edition of the WXV. [4] After the competition, she went to play in England, with the Harlequins, [5] where she meets her compatriots Babalwa Latsha and Aseza Hele. [6]
In 2024-2025, Danelle Lochner is again selected for the WXV. [7]
She was named in South Africa's squad to the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup in England. [8] [9]
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