Simamkele Namba

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Simamkele Namba
Date of birth (1998-10-03) 3 October 1998 (age 25)
Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Outside Back
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Western Province (0)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 8 (30)
National sevens team(s)
YearsTeamComps
2022Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 4

Simamkele Namba (born 3 October 1998) is a South African rugby union and sevens player. She has represented South Africa internationally in rugby sevens and fifteens.

Rugby career

Namba represented South Africa at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town. [1] [2] She was selected in South Africa's women's fifteens team for the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. [3]

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References

  1. "South Africa name Rugby World Cup Sevens squads". SA Rugby. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  2. Mostert, Herman (2 September 2022). "Veteran Cecil Afrika recalled as Blitzboks name Rugby World Cup Sevens squad". Sport. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  3. "Springbok Women squad for Rugby World Cup in NZ named". SA Rugby. Retrieved 23 September 2022.