Quintin Geldenhuys (born 19 June 1981) is a
South Africa
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-born
Italian
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rugby union
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player. Geldenhuys, who played lock, represented the Italian
URC franchise
Zebre
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.
He made his debut for
Italy
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against
Australia on 13 June 2009.
He qualified for Italy through
residency
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. He played 11 games, starting 11, playing 796 minutes in the 2015-2016 Guinness Pro12 series.
Geldenhuys is currently the Director of Rugby at Trio High School in
Kroonstad
Kroonstad (Afrikaans directly translated "Crown City") is the third largest city in the Free State (after Bloemfontein and Welkom) and lies two hours' drive on the N1 from Gauteng. Maokeng is an area within Kroonstad, and is occasionally used ...
the Northern
Free State region of South Africa.
References
1981 births
Living people
Aironi players
Alumni of Monument High School
Italian rugby union players
South African rugby union players
Rugby union locks
Italy international rugby union players
Zebre Parma players
Afrikaner people
People from Klerksdorp
Pumas (Currie Cup) players
South African emigrants to Italy
South African people of Dutch descent
Rugby union players from Gauteng
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