Gideon Koegelenberg (born 25 November 1994) is a South African rugby union player for the in United Rugby Championship. He usually plays as a lock. In the past he also played for Australian

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franchise .

Rugby career

Youth rugby

Koegelenberg was born in Wellington and played for the at youth level. He earned inclusion in the 2012 South Africa Schools squad and made appearances against France and England.

Sharks / UKZN Impi

He then joined the Academy, where he made a single appearances against former side . A knee injury hampered his progress at the Durban-based side, ruling him out of the entire 2014 season. He made five appearances for the in the team's title-winning

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season.

Golden Lions

Koegelenberg joined the in 2015, where he made eleven appearances in the

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, scoring one try against .

Zebre

He then moved to Italy to join

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side

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during the 2015–16 season. He played five matches during the 2015–16 season, and a further 12 in the 2016–17 season, starting nine matches and receiving three yellow cards.

Return to Sharks

At the end of the 2017 season, Koegelenberg left Zebre to return to South Africa, and to former

side the , signing a two-year deal with the Durban-based franchise in order to play also in the Currie Cup and the in the Rugby Challenge. Koegelenberg signed for Benetton Rugby in May 2023 ahead of the

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. He made his debut in Round 1 of the 2023–24 season against the .

Super Rugby statistics

References

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