Henry Immelman (born 26 May 1995) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with Scottish URC side

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. He plays as a

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or fullback.

Rugby career

2013–2016: Free State Cheetahs and CUT Ixias

He was born in

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, but attended Grey College in

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. He was selected to represent the at the Under-18

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in 2013. After school, he joined the Free State Cheetahs' academy, and he made seven starts for the team in the 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship, scoring 22 points. He made four appearances for the Bloemfontein-based university side in the

2015 Varsity Cup The 2015 Varsity Cup was contested from 9 February to 13 April 2015. The tournament (also known as the ''FNB Varsity Cup presented by Steinhoff International'' for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth season of the Varsity Cup, an annual inter-univ ...

in a poor season that saw the team lose all seven of their matches. He again played for the team in the Under-21 Provincial Championship in the second half of the year, making eleven starts and scoring 23 points as the team made it to the final of the competition before losing 17–52 to . He made a further six starts for CUT Ixias in the

2016 Varsity Cup The 2016 Varsity Cup was contested from 8 February to 11 April 2016. The tournament (also known as the ''FNB Varsity Cup presented by Steinhoff International'' for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth season of the Varsity Cup, an annual inter-unive ...

, helping them to two victories and sixth place on the log. He was also included in the squad that competed in the

2016 Currie Cup qualification The 2016 Currie Cup qualification series was a South African rugby union competition organised by the South African Rugby Union which was played between 9 April and 23 July 2016. It featured all fourteen South African provincial unions plus the f ...

series, but he failed to make any appearances in the competition.

2016–2021: Montpellier

Henry Immelman moved to France in July 2016 to join

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side , signing a youth contract with the team. He made his debut for the senior team in their

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match against , replacing Alexandre Dumoulin for the second half of the match.

2021-present: Edinburgh

In April 2021, it was announced that Immelman would move to Edinburgh Rugby ahead of the 2021/22 season (the first of the new United Rugby Championship to include 4 South African Teams). He played for the side in their pre-season friendly against Newcastle Falcons in September that year. -

References

External links

Varsity Cup profile

Scoresway profile

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