Danelle Lochner

Danelle Lochner, 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 national [netball team|South Africa] in netball.

Netball career

Lochner was born on 16 May 1997, she first played netball, for which she was an international from 2016 to 2019, before an ankle injury interrupted her career. After the COVID-19 crisis, she took up netball again along with rugby sevens.

Rugby career

When she started playing rugby sevens, she was immediately noticed, she was called up to the Springbok Women's team even though she had never played at provincial level. On 26 March 2023, she played her first international match with the Springboks in Madrid against Canada.
In August 2023, she was selected to compete in the first edition of the WXV. After the competition, she went to play in England, with the Harlequins, where she meets her compatriots Babalwa Latsha and Aseza Hele.
In 2024–2025, Danelle Lochner is again selected for the WXV.
She was named in South Africa's squad to the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup in England.