Marlize de Bruin (born 11 November 1994) is a South African sportswomen. As a netball player, she played for UP-Tuks in Varsity Netball and for

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in the Premier Netball League. She also represented the

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at the

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. As a rugby sevens player, she represented the

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at the

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and at the

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Early life, family and education

De Bruin was born and raised in

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and attended

Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool Pretoria (Colloquially known as Meisies Hoër) is a public, Afrikaans medium high school for girls in the suburb of Clydesdale in Pretoria in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It is the sister school of the Af ...

. Between 2015 and 2020, she attended the

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where she gained degrees in education and sports management and trained to be a teacher. During her training she worked as a teacher at Afrikaans Hoër Meisieskool and as a netball coach at Pretoria High School for Girls. Her older brother, Luan de Bruin, is a professional

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player.

Netball

UP Tuks

Between 2014 and 2019, de Bruin played for UP-Tuks in Varsity Netball. In the 2016 Varsity final she was named Player of the Match, despite finishing on the losing team. In 2017, together with

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and Ine-Marí Venter, she was a member of the first UP Tuks team to win the Varsity title. In 2019 she was vice captain as UP-Tuks won their second title. While playing for UP-Tuks, de Bruin became known as "South Africa's fittest netball player". For the 2021 Varsity Netball competition, de Bruin served as an assistant coach to UP-Tuks head coach, Jenny van Dyk.

Gauteng Jaguars

Between 2015 and 2022, de Bruin played for

in the Premier Netball League. She was a prominent member of the Jaguars team that won five successive PNL titles between 2017 and 2021. In

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and

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she also played for Jaguars in the Netball New Zealand Super Club tournaments. In 2018, together with

and Ine-Marí Venter, she was a member of the Jaguars team that defeated

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, the 2018 ANZ Premiership premiers. In 2019 and 2021, de Bruin also served as Jaguars captain. In 2021, she captained Jaguars to their fifth successive league title. She also finished the season as Best Overall Player.

South Africa

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and

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

, de Bruin played for the Netball South Africa President's XII in Diamond Challenge tournaments. In 2021, she captained the President's XII. She has also represented

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at Fast5 and university level. She played for South Africa at

. She was also a member of the South Africa team that were runners up at the 2018 World University Netball Championship. De Bruin has also been included in senior South Africa training squads. However, she always found herself behind experienced captain Bongiwe Msomi. Ahead of the

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awarded players professional contracts for the first time. De Bruin was one of 24 players to receive a contract.

Rugby union

Tuks Women

In January 2022, de Bruin began training with Tuks Women rugby sevens team. She was subsequently invited to play for the team in various tournaments, including at the

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where she scored three tries.

South Africa Sevens

Paul Delport, the then head coach of the

, spotted de Bruin playing for Tuks Women and invited her to training sessions. At the 2022 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series, she made her senior sevens debut for South Africa and scored a try in a 29–10 win against

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in the 9th place play-off. She finished the tournament with two tries. She went on to represent South Africa at the

. In the 13th place play-off she scored a try against

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. She was a member of the South Africa team that won the 2023 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series. In the final against

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, she scored a try that all but sealed the win. She was also a member of the South Africa team that won the

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, scoring a try in a pool stage 19–0 win against

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. This tournament also served as a qualifier for the

. Together with Kemisetso Baloyi, Liske Lategan, Nadine Roos, Libbie Janse van Rensburg, she was one of five Tuks players selected for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Bulls Daisies

Since 2023, de Bruin has been contracted to play for

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Honours

Netball

;

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**''Winners'': 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 ; UP-Tuks * Varsity Netball **''Winners'': 2017, 2019

Rugby sevens

;

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**''Winners'':

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**''Winners'':

References

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