Nicholé Breedt
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| Full name | Nicholé Breedt (Née: Taljaard) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 May 1997 Cape Town, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Netball Player | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Tommie Breedt | |||||||||||||||||||
| School | Stellenberg High School | |||||||||||||||||||
| University | Stellenbosch University | |||||||||||||||||||
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Nicholé Breedt (née Taljaard; born 3 May 1997) is a South African international netball player who plays as GA for London Pulse in the Netball Super League.[1]
She scored the final goal in the Proteas historic draw against New Zealand at the Cape Town International Convention Centre during the 2023 Netball World Cup.[2][3][4]
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]She began playing netball at the age of five.[5] She was a regular in Stellenberg High School's netball first team and represented the school at national level.[6] Breedt then obtained a BSc in Sports Science as well as a postgraduate certificate in education at Stellenbosch University, where she also played for their varsity netball team, known as the Maties.[7]
Club career
[edit | edit source]Breedt represented the Western Cape Southern Stings in the Telkom Netball League, South Africa's National league, where she was also named as captain.[6]
London Pulse
[edit | edit source]Breedt was signed by London Pulse for the 2024 Netball Super League season.[8] She helped the side win their first Super League Grand final in 2025, defeating Loughborough Lightning 53–45.[9]
International career
[edit | edit source]Junior international career
[edit | edit source]As an 18-year-old, Taljaard was named in the South African under-21 squad ahead of the youth Netball World Cup the following year but she tore her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in a Telkom Netball League match require 12 months recovery.[7]
Senior international career
[edit | edit source]She made her senior international debut for South Africa during the 2022 Commonwealth Games in a pool stage match against Wales on 3 August 2022.[10] She was also a key member of the South African squad which emerged as runners-up to Australia in the final of the 2022 Fast5 Netball World Series.[11][12][13][14]
She was included in the South African squad for the 2023 Netball World Cup, which was also her maiden appearance at a Netball World Cup tournament.[15] She played a huge part in securing a historic tie for Proteas against defending world champions New Zealand which ended 48–48.[7][15][16] She scored the crucial equalizer in the last quarter of the match when South Africa were five points behind with five minutes remaining in the match.[17][18] The tie also meant South Africa was still in the hunt to progress to the semi-final of their home World Cup campaign, provided they beat neighbouring Uganda by a margin of over 50 points.[19] However, hosts South Africa could not progress to the semi-final despite winning their crucial game against Uganda 52–50.[20][21]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Breedt became engaged to long term partner Tommie Breedt in 2021, and married in 2024.[22] She has described herself as an introvert, as she often spends her time staying at home, and she insists she goes largely unnoticed.[7][23]
Honours
[edit | edit source]South Africa
[edit | edit source]- Fast5 Netball World Series: Runners up: 2022
London Pulse
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External links
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- South African netball players
- 2023 Netball World Cup players
- Netball players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games netball players for South Africa
- Sportspeople from Cape Town
- South African expatriate netball people in England
- London Pulse players
- Netball Superleague players
- Premier Netball League (South Africa) players
- Varsity Netball players
- South Africa international Fast5 players
- 21st-century South African sportswomen