Ayanda Malinga

Ayanda Malinga (born 23 June 1998) is a South African rugby union and sevens player. She plays for the Bulls Daisies in South Africa's Women's Premier Division. She has represented South Africa at international level in fifteens and sevens.

Ayanda Malinga

Date of birth	(1998-06-23) 23 June 1998 (age 27)
Height	167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb; 10 st 10 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) Bulls Daisies (0) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2022–Present  South Africa 9 (55) National sevens team Years Team Comps  South Africa 9 (10 pts)

Career

Malinga represented South Africa at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town.^[1][2] She was named in the Springbok women's sevens side for the 2023 Dubai Women's Sevens.^[3]

She was a member of the South African side that competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.^[4][5] She returned to the Springbok Women's fifteens squad for the 2024 WXV 2 tournament after her last appearance in 2022.^[6]

On 9 August 2025, she was named in the Springbok women's squad to the Women's Rugby World Cup.^[7][8]