Nadine Roos

Nadine Roos

Date of birth	(1996-05-09) 9 May 1996
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– Blue Bulls Women (0) 2023– Nagato Blue Angels () National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2021–Present  South Africa 11 (25) National sevens team(s) Years Team Comps 2016–Present  South Africa 42 (140 pts)

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

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. She was a hurdler and earned herself a bursary at the University of Pretoria where she was introduced to rugby.

Roos made the 2021 CrossFit Games.

Rugby career

2016–18

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

In 2018, Roos competed for South Africa in the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Queensland. She later featured in the Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco where they finished 14th overall.

2021–22

Roos was selected for the South African women's sevens team again and played in the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town. She was named in South Africa's women's fifteens team for the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.

External links

• Nadine Roos at CrossFit Games
• Nadine Roos at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archive)
• Nadine Roos is gSport