Rynhardt Elstadt (born 20 December 1989) is a South African

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 its m ...

player for the South Africa national team and French

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side . He plays flank forward and lock.

Career

On 19 March 2011 he helped the Stormers defeat the

Blue Bulls The Blue Bulls (known for sponsorship reasons as the Vodacom Blue Bulls) is a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament. They are governed by the Blue Bulls Rugby Union and are based at Loftus Versfe ...

at Loftus Versfeld stadium in

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, by outplaying legendary hardman

Bakkies Botha John Philip "Bakkies" Botha, (born 22 September 1979) is a South African former professional rugby union player who played as a lock for the Springboks until 2014. He was a member of the national team that won the 2007 Rugby World Cup in Franc ...

. In October 2014 he was part of the Western Province team who won the

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by beating the Lions 19-16.http://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/CurrieCup/WP-crowned-Currie-Cup-champs-20141025/accessdate=2015-09-14 In June 2019 Elstadt started for

Stade Toulousain Stade Toulousain () ( oc, Estadi Tolosenc), also referred to as Toulouse, is a professional rugby union club based in Toulouse, France. They compete in the Top 14, France's top division of rugby, and the European Rugby Champions Cup. Toulou ...

in the Top 14 final, winning the French Championship. He won his first cap for South Africa in 2019 and played a part in

Springboks The South Africa national rugby union team, commonly known as the Springboks (colloquially the Boks, Bokke or Amabokoboko), is the country's national team governed by the South African Rugby Union. The Springboks play in green and gold jersey ...

winning the 2019 Rugby Championship.

Honours

Western Province * 2014 Currie Cup winner Toulouse * Heineken Cup European Champions/

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* Top 14 French League :

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South Africa * 2019 Rugby Championship winner

Test history

Super Rugby statistics

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