Hein Potgieter
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Hein Potgieter (born 20 September 1982) is a South African
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, currently playing with the . His regular position is lock.


Career

He was born in Port Elizabeth and made his debut for the (now ) in 2006. After 9 appearances in the 2006 Vodacom Cup, he joined the where he made 16 appearances in the
2007 Vodacom Cup The 2007 Vodacom Cup was the 10th edition of this annual domestic cup competition. The Vodacom Cup is played between provincial rugby union teams in South Africa from the Currie Cup The Currie Cup is South Africa's premier domestic rugby unio ...
and
2007 Currie Cup The 2007 ABSA Currie Cup season was contested from June through to October. The Currie Cup is an annual domestic competition for provincial rugby union teams in South Africa. The competition was won by the Free State Cheetahs The Free State ...
competitions. He then joined Italian
Super 10 The Super 10 was a rugby union football tournament featuring ten teams from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Tonga, and Western Samoa. The competition ran for three years from 1993 to 1995 and was the predecessor of Super 12 and Super 14, ...
team
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, making 4 appearances in the 2007–2008 season. After just one season, he returned to South Africa and joined the where he played his rugby in 2009. He rejoined the for 2010, but returned to the in 2011.


References

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