Kwagga van Niekerk (born 27 May 1999) is an South African-born Scottish rugby union player for
Edinburgh Rugby
Edinburgh Rugby (formerly Edinburgh Reivers, Edinburgh Gunners) is one of the two professional rugby union teams from Scotland. The club competes in the United Rugby Championship, along with the Glasgow Warriors, its oldest rival. Edinburgh play ...
in the
United Rugby Championship
The United Rugby Championship (URC) is an annual rugby union competition involving professional teams from Ireland, Italy, Scotland, South Africa, and Wales. The current name was adopted in 2021 when the league expanded to include four South Afr ...
. Van Niekerk's primary position is
lock
Lock(s) may refer to:
Common meanings
*Lock and key, a mechanical device used to secure items of importance
*Lock (water navigation), a device for boats to transit between different levels of water, as in a canal
Arts and entertainment
* ''Lock ...
,
flanker or
number eight.
Rugby Union career
Professional career
Van Niekerk represented in the
2018 Rugby Challenge
The 2018 Rugby Challenge – known as the SuperSport Rugby Challenge for sponsorship reasons – was the second edition of the Rugby Challenge (South Africa), Rugby Challenge, the secondary domestic rugby union competition in South Africa. The c ...
.
He moved to Scotland in 2019 to represent Scotland U20, who he qualifies for through his mother. He made his Edinburgh debut on 11 February in the re-arranged Round 8 match of the
2021–22 United Rugby Championship
The 2021–22 United Rugby Championship was the twenty-first season of the professional rugby union competition originally known as the Celtic League. It was the first season that the competition is referred to as the United Rugby Championship, ...
against .
External links
itsrugby Profile
References
1999 births
Alumni of Monument High School
Living people
Golden Lions players
Edinburgh Rugby players
Rugby union locks
Rugby union flankers
Rugby union number eights
Scottish rugby union players
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