Lionel Cronjé (born 25 May 1989) is a South African
rugby union
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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
2012 Super Rugby season
The 2012 Super Rugby season was the second season of the Super Rugby
Super Rugby is a men's professional rugby union club competition involving teams from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. It has previously included tea ...
. 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
Japan
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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
Toyota Verblitz
Toyota Verblitz is a Japanese rugby union team in the Japan Rugby League One. Verblitz is a portmanteau of ''verde'' (Italian, Spanish and Portuguese for 'green') and ''blitz'' (German for 'lightning'). The team is owned by Toyota Motor Corporat ...
for the
2017–18 season.
References
External links
WP rugby profileStormers profile*
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
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