Nadine Roos

Nadine Roos (born 9 May 1996) is a South African rugby union and sevens player.

Nadine Roos

Roos in 2024
Date of birth	(1996-05-09) 9 May 1996 (age 28)
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
University	University of Pretoria
Rugby union career
Position(s) Outside Back Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2022– Bulls Daisies (0) 2023– Nagato Blue Angels[1] () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2021 – present  South Africa 11 (25) National sevens team Years Team Comps 2016 – present  South Africa 42 (140 pts)

Background

Roos was abandoned by her mother at a pre-school crèche in South Africa, her grandmother traveled 160 miles in order to look after her.^[2] She was a hurdler and earned herself a bursary at the University of Pretoria where she was introduced to rugby.^[2]

Roos made the 2021 CrossFit Games.^[3][4]

Rugby career

2016–18

Roos made her international sevens debut in the Dubai tournament of the 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.^[2]

In 2018, Roos competed for South Africa in the Commonwealth Games.^[5] She later featured in the Rugby World Cup Sevens where they finished 14th overall.^[6][2]

2021–24

Roos was selected for the South African women's sevens team again and played in the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens.^[7][8][9] She was named in South Africa's women's fifteens team for the 2021 Rugby World Cup.^[10]

In 2023, she was named in the Springbok women's sevens side for the Dubai Women's Sevens.^[11] She was a member of the South African side that competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[12][13]

In September 2024, she was confirmed as part of South Africa's fifteens squad for the 2024 WXV 2 tournament.^[14][15]