Adriaan Johannes Badenhorst (born 18 July 1978) is a South African former

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player.

Playing career

Badenhorst matriculated in

Prieska Prieska is a town on the south bank of the Orange River, in the province of the Northern Cape, in western South Africa. It is located on the southern bank of the Orange River, 130 km north-west of Britstown and 75 km south-east of Mary ...

and in 1997 enrolled at

Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch University ( af, Universiteit Stellenbosch) is a public research university situated in Stellenbosch, a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Stellenbosch is the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest extant ...

. He played for the university's under 19 and under 20 teams and in 1997 was selected for the senior team. He was a member of the Western Province team that won 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 ...

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. Badenhorst played more than 50 matches for Western Province and the and in 2006 he signed for . Badenhorst toured with the

Springboks The South Africa national rugby union team, commonly known as the Springboks (colloquially the Boks, Bokke or Amabokoboko), is the country's national team governed by the South African Rugby Union. The Springboks play in green and gold jersey ...

to Argentina, Britain and Ireland in

and played in one tour match. In 2001 Badenhorst toured with the South Africa 'A' team to Europe.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Badenhorst, Adri 1978 births Living people South African rugby union players South Africa international rugby union players Western Province (rugby union) players Stormers players Stellenbosch University alumni People from Siyathemba Local Municipality Rugby union players from the Northern Cape Rugby union locks

Playing career

See also

References