Gino Cupido

Gino Cupido (born 21 January 2005) is a South African professional rugby union footballer who plays for Western Province and the South Africa national rugby sevens team.^[1]

Gino Cupido

Date of birth	(2005-01-21) 21 January 2005 (age 20)
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	94 kg (207 lb)
School	Hoërskool Strand
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre Current team Western Province Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2025– Western Province 1 () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2025– South Africa U20 1 (5) National sevens team Years Team Comps 2025– South Africa 1

Early life

He is from Sir Lowry's Pass Village and attended Strand High School.^[2]

Career

In 2023, Cupido represented South Africa in sevens rugby at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago, and for South Africa under-18s in their International Series in the Western Cape. He played for the South A Africa A-side at the Dubai International Invitational in December 2024.^[3]

has represented Western Province at junior and senior level, making his debut against Sharks in the Currie Cup in August 2024, and plays at centre in the 15-a-side game.^[4][5][6]

He made his debut for South Africa national rugby sevens team at the Hong Kong Sevens in the 2024–25 SVNS series.^[7][8] Upon his call-up South Africa coach Phillip Snyman said that he predicted he would go on "to achieve great things in rugby. He may only be 19 but is full of potential and a player I rate highly already".^[9] He made a try-scoring debut for South Africa at the tournament, scoring in his opening game against Uruguay, running in from 95 metres in a 40-7 victory for the Springboks.^[10]