After 176 games for the South African Women's Hockey Team, Illse Davids has decided to hang up her stick and call time on her international career. Illse Davids debuted for South Africa back in 2007 at Kenya in the African Hockey Cup of Nations. She went on to play under coaches Jenny King, Giles Bonnet and later under Sheldon Rostron. Along her career, Illse Davids represented South Africa at two Commonwealth Games (2014 and 2018), the 2014 FIH Hockey World Cup and the 2012 London Olympic Games. But it was an injury at this year's Commonwealth Games that prompted her to announce her early retirement.