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2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship
The 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship was a rugby union competition held between the Under-21 players from the fourteen provincial rugby unions in South Africa, plus the sub-union. It was contested from 11 July to 25 October 2014. Group A Competition There were seven participating teams in the 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship Group A. These teams played each other twice over the course of the season, once at home and once away. Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored 4 or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by 7 points or less. Teams were ranked by points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded). The top 4 teams qualified for the title play-offs. In the semi-finals, the team that finished first had home advantage against the team that finished fourth, while the team that finished second had home advantage against the team that finished third. The winners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship
The 2013 ABSA Under-21 Provincial Championship will be contested from 12 July to 26 October 2013. The tournament will feature the Under-21 players from the fourteen provincial rugby unions in South Africa. Competition Group A There are seven participating teams in the 2013 ABSA Under-21 Provincial Championship Group A. These teams will play each other twice over the course of the season, once at home and once away. Teams will receive four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points are awarded to teams that score 4 or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lose a match by 7 points or less. Teams are ranked by points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded). The top 4 teams will qualify for the title play-offs. In the semi-finals, the team that finish first has home advantage against the team that finish fourth, while the team that finish second has home advantage against the team that finish third. The winners of these semi-finals will pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan-Philip Smith
Juan-Philip Smith (born 30 March 1994) is a South African professional rugby union player who plays for the Seattle Seawolves in Major League Rugby (MLR) in the United States. His regular position is scrum-half, but he has played as a fly-half on occasion. Career Border (2010–11) At high school level, Smith earned provincial selection to represent Border. He played for them at the 2010 Under-16 Grant Khomo Week in Upington and the 2011 Under-18 Craven Week – South Africa's premier high school competition – in Kimberley. He was also eligible to play at the 2012 Craven Week, but was not picked as he had agreed to join the Pretoria-based and fell foul of a newly adopted Border Rugby Football Union policy of not picking players for their Craven Week squad that already signed contracts with other unions. Blue Bulls and South Africa Under-20 (2013–15) He started in twelve matches for the side in the 2013 Under-19 Provincial Championship, including three matches as a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruan Van Rensburg
Ruan van Rensburg (born 31 May 1993 in Pretoria, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player who plays for the SWD Eagles in South Africa's Provincial Competition the Currie Cup. His regular position is scrum-half. Career Golden Lions Van Rensburg attended Hoërskool Waterkloof in Pretoria, where he played first team rugby in 2010 and 2011. After school, he moved to Johannesburg to join the Academy, where he made a single appearance for the s during the 2012 Under-19 Provincial Championship. He appeared in nine matches for the s during the 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship, starting eight of those and scoring a try in their 45–16 victory over . The Golden Lions finished in fourth spot on the log to qualify for the semi-finals, where they lost 41–44 after extra time to eventual champions . At the start of 2014, Van Rensburg was included in the squad for the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition. He was named on the bench for their second match of the season against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christiaan Meyer
Christiaan Jan Petrus Meyer (born ) is a South African rugby union player for in the Currie Cup and Rugby Challenge. His regular position is scrum-half. He was included in the squad for the 2018 Super Rugby season The 2018 Super Rugby season was the 23rd season of Super Rugby, an annual rugby union competition organised by SANZAAR between teams from Argentina, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and South Africa. After two seasons in which 18 teams participate .... References South African rugby union players Living people 1994 births Sportspeople from Springs, Gauteng Rugby union scrum-halves Golden Lions players Griquas (rugby union) players Rugby union players from Gauteng Lions (United Rugby Championship) players {{SouthAfrica-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jannes Snyman
Johannes Hendrik 'Buks' Snyman (born ) is a South African rugby union player for the in the Currie Cup The Currie Cup is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, played each winter and spring (June to October), featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces. Although it is the premier ... and the Rugby Challenge. His regular position is hooker or flank. References South African rugby union players Living people 1993 births Rugby union players from Johannesburg Rugby union hookers Free State Cheetahs players Golden Lions players Falcons (rugby union) players {{SouthAfrica-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Nel
Jacques Jehan Nel (born 17 March 1993) is a South African professional rugby union player for in the Rugby Pro D2. His regular position is centre or winger. Career Nel was born in Port Elizabeth, but grew up in Benoni, where he earned an inclusion to the squad that competed at the Under-18 Craven Week tournament held in Kimberley in 2011. He started three matches and scored a try against the . Nel made the very short move to Johannesburg to the Academy after high school. He appeared in all thirteen of the s' matches during the 2012 Under-19 Provincial Championship, starting twelve of those. He scored a try in both of their matches against and two tries against in George to help his side secure a semi-final place. However, they lost in the semi-finals, with winning the match 24–14 in Stellenbosch. Nel made his first class debut on 15 March 2013; he was included in the squad for the 2013 Vodacom Cup competition and started their Round Two match against former side t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selom Gavor
Selom Kwame Gavor (born ) is a South African professional rugby union player for the in the Rugby Challenge. He usually plays as a winger. Career Western Province Gavor played rugby for Rondebosch Boys' High School in Cape Town. He first represented Western Province during the 2012 Under-19 Provincial Championship; he made five starts and four appearances off the bench during 's matches in this competition, scoring two tries in their 55–11 victory over as Western Province finished top of the log. One of his replacement appearances came against in the semi-finals in a 24–14 victory and he was also named on the bench in the final, but failed to make an appearance as his side beat 22–18 to clinch the title. Gavor was included in the squad for the 2013 Varsity Cup and the squad for the 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship. Golden Lions Gavor moved to Johannesburg in 2014 to join the . He was included in university side 's squad for the 2014 Varsity Cup. He didn't ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jannie Stander
Jan Hendrik Stander (born 21 April 1993) is a South African rugby union professional player who last played for the in the Currie Cup and in the Rugby Challenge. His regular position is lock. Career Limpopo Hailing from Phalaborwa, Stander was selected to represent at provincial level; he played for them at the 2006 Under-13 Craven Week, at the 2009 Under-16 Grant Khomo Week and (despite still being Under-17) at the premier high school rugby union competition in South Africa, the 2010 Under-18 Craven Week held in Welkom. Golden Lions However, he didn't complete his schooling in Limpopo. In 2011, he moved to Krugersdorp, where he attended Hoërskool Monument for his matric year. This made him eligible to play for the and he represented them at the 2011 Craven Week tournament in Kimberley. Stander joined the Golden Lions academy in 2012 and featured in all thirteen of the side's matches during the 2012 Under-19 Provincial Championship; he scored one try against in an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koch Marx
Koch Peter Marx (born 21 January 1994) is a South African professional rugby union player for Jersey Reds in the RFU Championship. He can play as a centre or a winger. Rugby career Schools rugby Marx was born in Johannesburg and grew up in Alberton, where he attended Hoërskool Alberton. In 2012, he was selected to represent the at the premier South African high school rugby union tournament, the Under-18 Craven Week held in Port Elizabeth, starting all three of their matches as the outside centre. He was also selected in a South Africa Schools squad that hosted their counterparts from France, Wales and England in an Under-18 International Series, but failed to feature in any of the matches. Youth and Varsity Shield rugby After school, he joined the Golden Lions Academy and was named in the squad that participated in the 2013 Under-19 Provincial Championship. He started all twelve of their matches during the regular season, scoring five tries. These tries came in the ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thabo Mabuza
Sikhumbuzo Thabo Mabuza (born 1 February 1994 in Nelspruit, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player for the in the Currie Cup and the Rugby Challenge. He generally plays as an openside flanker. Career Youth Born in Nelspuit and attending the White River Primary School in Mpumalanga, Mabuza was chosen to play for the at the Under-13 Craven Week tournament in 2007. He then went to Centurion High School, where he was selected for youth teams for the . In 2010, he represented them at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week in Upington and he played for them in the Under-18 Craven Week tournament in both 2011 and 2012. In both seasons, he was also selected for the South African Schools side. In 2011, he played in a 21–14 victory against a France Under-18 side in Port Elizabeth and in 2012, he started in three matches – against France, Wales and England Under-18. Mabuza then made the move across the Jukskei River to join Johannesburg-based side the for the 2013 season. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nico Lee
Nicolaas Jacobus Lee (born 13 March 1994 in Pretoria, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player for French Top 14 side . His regular position is centre. Youth Lee played schoolboy rugby for Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool in Pretoria, but missed out on selection for the ' squad for the Craven Week competition in 2012. In 2013, Lee moved to Bloemfontein where he represented the side in the 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship competition, making eleven starts during the season, scoring four tries and a penalty during the campaign. Free State Cheetahs He was included in the squad for the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition. He made his first class debut in their round one match against and marked the occasion by scoring a 55th minute try in a 52–47 victory. He remained a regular in a side for the duration of the competition, starting in all eight of their matches. He scored a total of six tries during the season, making him the Free State XV's joint top try scorer (along wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Du Toit (rugby Union)
Ockert Jacobus Jacques du Toit (born 19 November 1993) is a South African professional rugby union player for Zebre Parma in the United Rugby Championship, and previously for Bath in Premiership Rugby. His regular position is hooker. Career Youth / Varsity Cup / Vodacom Cup In 2011, Du Toit was selected to represent Free State at the premier South African high school rugby union competition, the Under-18 Craven Week tournament held in Kimberley, where he started two matches for a Free State side that was crowned unofficial champions at the tournament, beating the Golden Lions 28–17 in the main match. After high school, Du Toit joined the Free State Cheetahs Academy at the University of the Free State and was the first-choice hooker for the side during the 2012 Under-19 Provincial Championship, starting ten of their matches and scoring a try in their match against the s. In 2012, Du Toit was selected in the squad for the 2012 Varsity Cup, making a single appearance in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |