James Dalton (born 16 August 1972) is a South African rugby union player who played for the South Africa national rugby union team.
In his second pool match, against Canada, he took part in a fight, and was suspended for the rest of the tournament.
He made his debut for the Transvaal senior side in 1992 and in 2001 went to play for the Falcons.
In Super Rugby, Dalton played for the Cats during 1998 and 1999 and for the Bulls in 2001 and 2002.
Although it is widely reported he took part in a fight which led to him missing the remainder of the 1995 World Cup, TV footage shows that Dalton was trying to stop the fight and calm the situation down.