Angelo Davids (born 1 June 1999) is a South African

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player for the

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, 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

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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 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

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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

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, 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

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gold medal.

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