Michael van Vuren (born 3 April 1990) is an Italian rugby union player, currently playing with Italian side Colorno, currently competing in Italian Serie A Elite based in Colorno (Province of Parma), in Emilia Romagna. Van Vuren, who is a Lock or Number eight played for Zebre in the Pro12 of the rugby union competition originally known as the Celtic League.

Career

Although born in

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, South Africa, Van Vuren is eligible to play for the Italy national rugby union team on residency grounds. He made his debut for the Emerging Italy team on 8 June 2012 in the

2012 IRB Nations Cup The 2012 IRB Nations Cup was the seventh edition of the international rugby union tournament, a competition created by the International Rugby Board. It pitted the "A" Teams of the stronger rugby nations (Tier 1, Argentina Jaguars and Italy A) ...

against Russia.

Zebre Pro12

Van Vuren, who is a Lock or Number eight played rugby for Zebre in 2012/2013 and 2013/2014. He played 22 matches in the Pro12 and 9 in the

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Rugby Mogliano

Van Vuren played 50 games for Mogliano, scoring 3 tries, playing Lock.

Rugby San Donà

Van Vuren signs with Rugby San Donà di Piave, in the metropolitan city of Venice to join San Donà the

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side. He played 18 games, starting 17. Lafert San Donà wins the Final of the Excellence Trophy for 24 to 0, signing a historical result in the record of the Rugby San Donà club and the first Trofeo won by South African trainer Zane Ansell against Fiamme Oro Rugby.

Rugby Calvisano

Van Vuren signs with Rugby Calvisano. which is based in Calvisano (Province of Brescia), in Lombardy, as Lock or Number eight. He played with Calvisano until 2022−23 season.

References

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