Lionel Cronjé (born 25 May 1989) is a South African

rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...

footballer, currently playing for The Sharks in the Carling Currie Cup. He is a versatile back-line player who can operate as a fly-half or full-back.

Career

Cronjé previously played for the

Stormers The Stormers (known for sponsorship reasons as the DHL Stormers) and the academic team DHL Stormers is a South African professional rugby union team based in Cape Town in the Western Cape that competes in the United Rugby Championship, a tra ...

and

Western Province Western Province or West Province may refer to: *Western Province, Cameroon *Western Province, Rwanda *Western Province (Kenya) *Western Province (Papua New Guinea) *Western Province (Solomon Islands) *Western Province, Sri Lanka *Western Provinc ...

before making the move north ahead of the

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. He could play only five matches for the Blue Bulls due to a chest injury suffered in February 2012. He joined the for 2013 and the for 2014. He returned to South Africa later in 2014, signing a two-year deal with

Durban Durban ( ; , from meaning "bay, lagoon") is the third-most populous city in South Africa, after Johannesburg and Cape Town, and the largest city in the Provinces of South Africa, province of KwaZulu-Natal. Situated on the east coast of South ...

-based side the . He was released by the Sharks in November 2015. He joined

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ese

Top League Japan Rugby League One (), formerly known as the Top League (), is a rugby union competition in Japan. It is the highest level of professional rugby competition in the country. The Japan Rugby Football Union created the competition in 2003, by ...

side

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for the 2017–18 season.

References

External links

WP rugby profileStormers profile
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Bulls profile
Living people 1989 births South African rugby union players Stormers players Western Province (rugby union) players Golden Lions players Blue Bulls players ACT Brumbies players Rugby union fly-halves Rugby union players from Bloemfontein University of the Free State alumni Afrikaner people South African expatriate rugby union players in Australia South African expatriates in Australia South Africa Under-20 international rugby union players Southern Kings players 21st-century South African sportsmen Sharks (rugby union) players Sharks (Currie Cup) players Toyota Verblitz players Alumni of Queen's College Boys' High School South African expatriate rugby union players in Japan {{SouthAfrica-rugbyunion-bio-1980s-stub