Inus Michael Kritzinger (born 13 May 1989) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the . His regular position is scrum-half.

Career

Youth

He represented the at the 2005 Under-16 Grant Khomo week and Griffons Country Districts at the Under–18 Academy week competitions in both 2006 and 2007. In 2008, he played in the Under-19 Provincial Championship competition with the and the following year he was included in the Under-21 squad, but also had a short spell with the Under-21s. He returned to the Free State Under-21s for 2010.

Varsity Shield

He also played for university side the in the

Varsity Shield Varsity Cup is the collective name for four South African rugby union competitions involving the top rugby playing universities in the country. It was launched in 2008, with eight teams participating in the Varsity Cup competition and each univers ...

competitions in

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and

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. In 2011 and 2012, he was voted the "Back That Rocks" and he was joint top try scorer in 2012 with 6 tries. In 2013, he was voted the "Player That Rocks" and he was the sole top try scorer with 8 tries.

Griffons

In 2011, he joined the for their

2011 Currie Cup First Division The 2011 Currie Cup First Division was contested from 15 July to 14 October 2011. The tournament (known as the Absa Currie Cup First Division for sponsorship reasons) was the second tier of the 73rd season of the Currie Cup, an annual rugby union ...

season, making his debut against the and his first start against the . He made four appearances for the in the

2012 Vodacom Cup The 2012 Vodacom Cup was played between 10 March and 18 May 2012 and was the 15th edition of this annual domestic cup competition. The Vodacom Cup is played between rugby union teams in South Africa from the Currie Cup Premier and First Divisions, ...

– including two starts at fly-half – but returned to the for the

2012 Currie Cup First Division The 2012 Currie Cup First Division was contested from 30 June to 13 October 2012. The tournament (also known as the Absa Currie Cup First Division for sponsorship reasons) is the second tier of South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competit ...

. He also played for the Griffons in the

2013 Vodacom Cup The 2013 Vodacom Cup was played between 9 March and 18 May 2013 and was the 16th edition of this annual domestic cup competition. The Vodacom Cup is played between provincial rugby union teams in South Africa from the Currie Cup Premier and First ...

and

2013 Currie Cup First Division The 2013 Currie Cup First Division was contested from 29 June to 11 October 2013. The tournament (also known as the Absa Currie Cup First Division for sponsorship reasons) is the second tier of South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competiti ...

competitions and then signed a senior contract for 2014.

Representative Rugby

In 2013, he was initially included in a

South Africa President's XV The South Africa President's XV is a South African rugby union team that represented South Africa in the 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup. They won the tournament, winning all three matches, but did not take part in the 2014 edition. Previously, an Emerging S ...

squad to play in the

2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup The 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup was the inaugural edition of this international rugby union tournament, created by the International Rugby Board and was played from 7 to 16 June 2013 at the Avchala Stadium in Tbilisi. The hosts Georgia were joined by Ur ...

, but was omitted from the final squad.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kritzinger, Inus 1989 births Living people Free State Cheetahs players Griffons (rugby union) players Rugby union players from Welkom South African rugby union players Rugby union scrum-halves