Nicolaas Johannes 'Stokkies' Hanekom (born 17 May 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 who most recently played with the . His regular position is outside centre.

Career

As a pupil at

Paarl Gimnasium Paarl Gimnasium is a public Afrikaans medium co-educational high school situated in the city of Paarl in the Western Cape province of South Africa. History Rev. van der Lingen founded the school in the centre of town in 1858. The school has pr ...

, he started his career playing for the local team at the youth level, playing for their Under-19 team in 2008 and their Under-21 team in 2009 and 2010. In 2009, he was included in the South Africa Under-20 team for the

2009 IRB Junior World Championship The 2009 IRB Junior World Championship (known as the 2009 IRB Toshiba Junior World Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the second annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams, this competition replaces the now def ...

. He had a short spell for during the

2011 Vodacom Cup The 2011 Vodacom Cup was contested from 25 February to 13 May 2011. The tournament was the 14th edition of the Vodacom Cup, an annual domestic South African rugby union competition, and was played between the fourteen provincial teams in South A ...

tournament but failed to make a first-class appearance, despite twice being named on the bench. He was then included in the squad for the compulsory friendlies prior to the

2011 Currie Cup Premier Division The 2011 Currie Cup Premier Division was the 73rd season in the competition since it started in 1889 and was contested from July to October 2011. The tournament (known as the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division for sponsorship reasons) is the top t ...

season but failed to break into the team. He moved to for the

2012 Currie Cup First Division The 2012 Currie Cup First Division was contested from 30 June to 13 October 2012. The tournament (also known as the Absa Currie Cup First Division for sponsorship reasons) is the second tier of South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competit ...

season, starting all fourteen games that season. At the start of 2013, he joined the and was included in their squad for the 2013 Lions Challenge Series, as well as the '

2013 Vodacom Cup The 2013 Vodacom Cup was played between 9 March and 18 May 2013 and was the 16th edition of this annual domestic cup competition. The Vodacom Cup is played between provincial rugby union teams in South Africa from the Currie Cup Premier and First ...

squad.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hanekom, Stokkies 1989 births Living people People from Cederberg Local Municipality South African people of Dutch descent South African rugby union players Golden Lions players Lions (United Rugby Championship) players SWD Eagles players Rugby union centres South Africa Under-20 international rugby union players Alumni of Paarl Gimnasium Southern Kings players Rugby union players from the Western Cape