Raymond Kofi Rhule is a

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ian-born

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rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

player for

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in the French

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Rugby playing career

Rhule played in the Springbok U20 side that won the 2012 Junior World Cup, scoring 3 tries. His senior international

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career started as a call-up for the

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squad for the 2012 end-of-year tour to England though he did not play before his first official test call up on 10 June 2017 against the French national team, which was played at Loftus Versfeld Pretoria. He scored his first test try on 19 August 2017 in Port Elizabeth in the Rugby Championship test match between South Africa and Argentina. He played for the Cheetahs, scoring tries. However concerns were raised about his defence. He moved to the Stormers in 2018, but only played 15 times. He then joined French

team after the

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, and then to

, where his play fitted coach

Ronan O'Gara Ronan John Ross O'Gara ( ga, Rónán Ó Gadhra; born 7 March 1977) is an Irish former rugby union player and current coach. O'Gara played as a fly-half and is Ireland's second most-capped player and highest ever points scorer. He is currently ...

's style of keeping the ball alive.

Honours

Club

* European Rugby Champions Cup: 2021–2022

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* * Living people 1992 births South African rugby union players Rugby union wings Cheetahs (rugby union) players Free State Cheetahs players FC Grenoble players Stade Rochelais players Sportspeople from Accra Ghanaian emigrants to South Africa South Africa Under-20 international rugby union players South Africa international rugby union players {{SouthAfrica-rugbyunion-bio-stub