Clemen Lewis (born 10 October 1983) is a South African

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player who made a record 171 appearances for the from 2006 to 2018. His regular position is hooker.

Career

Youth

At youth level, Lewis played for at the 2000

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tournament and for at the 2001 Craven Week tournament. This also led to his inclusion in the South African Schools team in 2001. He returned to to play for them at Under-19 level in 2002 and was subsequently called into the South African Under-19 squad in the same year. In 2003, Lewis moved to

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to join the and played for them at Under-20 level. Despite his inclusion in their senior squad for the 2003 Vodacom Cup, he did not make a first class appearances.

Boland Cavaliers

Lewis returned to the in 2005 and played for them in the Provincial Amateur competition. He was named in the squad for the 2005 Vodacom Cup competition without appearing. He finally made his senior debut in the 2006 Vodacom Cup, making a substitute appearance against his former team the . It wasn't until the

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competition that he established himself in the first team. Five substitute appearances in that competition were followed up by four starts and he has been a first team regular ever since. In 2012, Lewis was also included in the squad for the

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, but he failed to make an appearance for them.

Representative rugby

In addition to his S.A. Schools and S.A.Under-19 representation, he was also included in a South African Barbarians (South) team that faced

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during the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Clemen 1983 births Living people People from Wellington, Western Cape Cape Coloureds South African rugby union players Boland Cavaliers players Rugby union hookers Rugby union players from the Western Cape