Danelle Lochner

Danelle Lochner (born 16 May , 1997), is a South African rugby union player. She regularly plays as a Lock. She plays internationally for South Africa and for Harlequins in the Premiership Women's Rugby competition. She competed for South Africa in the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup. She has also represented South Africa in netball. Quotes But we’re not here to just make up the numbers. We want to prove that women’s rugby in South Africa deserves attention, that we deserve respect. That’s on us. We’ll only get that respect if we deliver on the field. We’re all fully focussed on what we need to do. We know we’re not going in as favourites, But the growth of our team gives us a lot of confidence. We have structures in place. We have a game plan. We know what we need to do. We’re not shouting and making a lot of noise or promising we’ll do this or that. But keep an eye out for us. That’s all I’m saying. Because so many of our players are professional, and because they don’t have to worry about things like a second job or worrying about when they can train, we can work on things on the scrum, the line-out, the maul. That’s become our strength and we now love to get physical with teams and we back ourselves to compete in that space. We want to go to dark places with teams. We want to bring them to the gutter. We want to get physical because that’s a South African way of playing. The men’s team has had so much success playing Lochner: 'We want to prove women’s rugby in South Africa deserves respect, RUGBYPASS, Daniel Gallan, September 2025 External links Category:Rugby union players from South Africa Category:Women in sports Category:1997 births Category:Women born in the 1990s Category:Women from South Africa