| Date of birth | 5 September 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tayla Kinsey (born 5 September 1993) is a South African rugby union player. She plays for the Sharks Women in the Women's Premier Division and for the South Africa women's national rugby union team.
Kinsey developed a love for rugby at an early age when she joined her brother’s club, Hillcrest Villages Rugby Club and played for them before she turned ten. [1] She also played touch rugby in high school from Grade 10. [1]
She played 15-a-side club rugby after school and was a standout which earned her a place in the South African U20 Women’s team in 2013. [1]
Kinsey made her international debut for South Africa in 2013. [2] She eventually became the youngest player in the South African team when she competed at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup at the age of 20. [1]
She joined English club, Aylesford Bulls, in the Women's Premiership for the 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons. [1] [3]
In 2022, she was selected in the South African side to the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. [4] [5]
Kinsey was named in the Springbok Women's squad to the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup that will be held in England. [6] [7]