Juandré Christiaan Digue (born 9 May 1995) is a South African

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player who most recently played for the . His regular position is loosehead prop.

Career

Youth

Digue grew up in Riversdale, where he earned call-ups to represent the in youth tournaments. He represented them as early as primary school level when he played at the 2008 Under-13 Craven Week tournament held in Paarl. In 2013, he represented the Eagles at the high school equivalent for the Under-18 Craven Week in Polokwane. He also made five appearances for the team in the

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, helping them reach the semi-final of the competition. In 2014, he represented the SWD Under-19 team, starting six of their seven matches in the

2014 Under-19 Provincial Championship The 2014 ABSA Under-19 Provincial Championship was a rugby union competition held between the Under-19 players from the fourteen provincial rugby unions in South Africa, plus the sub-union. It was contested from 11 July to 25 October 2014. Grou ...

since they missed out on the play-offs on this occasion.

SWD Eagles

Despite still being in the Under-20 age group in 2015, he became involved with the senior squad. He was included in their squad for the

2015 Vodacom Cup The 2015 Vodacom Cup was contested from 6 March to 30 May 2015. The tournament was the 18th edition of the Vodacom Cup, an annual domestic South African rugby union competition, and was played between the fourteen provincial teams in South Africa ...

, but did not appear in any matches. He made his first class debut by starting in a 28–all draw against the in Round Four of the

2015 Currie Cup qualification The 2015 Currie Cup qualification tournament was a competition organised by the South African Rugby Union which featured seven teams and was played between 12 June and 25 July 2015. The winner of the tournament would qualify for the 2015 Currie Cu ...

series. He remained in the starting line-up for their remaining two matches in the competition against the and , but could not prevent the SWD Eagles finish bottom of the log, which meant they qualified for the

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. Digue played a single match for the side in the

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before rejoining the first team for their Currie Cup First Division campaign. He came on as a replacement in their opening match against the , before starting their remaining four matches in the regular season. He helped them to four wins out of four, to end the competition in third position on the log to qualify for the semi-finals. Digue started their 47–40 victory over defending champions the in the semi-final, and also started in the final, which the won 44–20 in

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. At the start of 2016, the

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team invited players from the , and to join training for a trial period as they prepared for the

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. Although Digue wasn't included in the original group of players, he joined the training squad a week later. However, he returned to SWD Eagles after he failed to be contracted for the Super Rugby side.

Statistics

Personal life

Digue began working as a primary school teacher in

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in January 2018.

References

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