Henro-Pierre Swart (born 17 March 1989) is a professional South African

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player, currently playing with the . His regular position is flanker or number eight.

Career

Youth and Varsity Cup rugby

Swart attended Hoërskool Framesby in Port Elizabeth, playing first team cricket as well as rugby alongside future provincial rugby players like Cameron Jacobs,

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and Rhyk Welgemoed. In 2009, Swart moved to

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, where he was a member the side that played in the 2009 Under-21 Provincial Championship. The following year, he made the move to

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and represented the side in the 2010 edition of the same competition. He played

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rugby for Potchefstroom-based university side between

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and

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, making thirteen appearances over the three seasons.

Leopards

Swart made his first class debut during the 2012 Vodacom Cup competition, being named in the run-on side for their home clash against the and helping his side to a 23–16 victory. He made a total of four starts during the competition and also scored his first senior try in the last of those appearances, against former side in a narrow 42–40 defeat. He returned to the side for the

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competition and once again made four appearances (playing off the bench in three of those matches) and scored a try in his final match of the competition, this time a 29–28 defeat at home against the . He was retained for their

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campaign and made his

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debut in their match against the . He made nine appearances, which included six consecutive starts and scored his first Currie Cup try in their match against the in

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. He was a regular member of their Currie Cup side in 2014, playing five times in the 2014 Currie Cup qualification tournament, where the lost out on qualification to the

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by a single point to . He appeared in all six their matches in the 2014 Currie Cup First Division, scoring tries against the and against the to help his side finish top of the log, only to surprisingly get knocked out by the Falcons in the semi-finals.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Swart, HP South African rugby union players Living people 1989 births Rugby union players from Port Elizabeth Rugby union flankers Rugby union number eights Leopards (rugby union) players