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Revision as of 09:17, 17 August 2021

Burger Odendaal
Full nameMegiel Burger Odendaal
Date of birth (1993-04-15) 15 April 1993 (age 31)
Place of birthBloemfontein, South Africa
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 in)
Weight95 kg (14 st 13 lb; 209 lb)
SchoolMonument High School, Krugersdorp
UniversityUniversity of Pretoria
Rugby union career
Position(s) Inside centre
Current team Template:Rut Lions / Template:Rut Golden Lions
Youth career
2009–2011 Template:Rut Golden Lions
2012–2014 Template:Rut Blue Bulls
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013–2014 Template:Rut UP Tuks 2 (0)
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013–2020 Template:Rut Blue Bulls 50 (75)
2015–2020 Template:Rut Bulls 59 (35)
2017–2018 Template:Rut Blue Bulls XV 2 (0)
2018–2019 Kubota Spears 11 (10)
2020–present Template:Rut Lions 8 (5)
2020–present Template:Rut Golden Lions 9 (10)
Correct as of 17 August 2021

Megiel Burger Odendaal (born 15 April 1993 in Bloemfontein, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player for the Template:Rut Lions in Super Rugby and the Template:Rut Golden Lions in the Currie Cup.[1] His regular position is inside centre.

Career

Youth and Varsity Cup rugby

Odendaal played his high school rugby for Monument High School in Krugersdorp, which led to his inclusion in Template:Rut Golden Lions teams for youth week tournaments; he played for their Under-16 side at the 2009 Grant Khomo Week and for their Under-18 side at the 2011 Craven Week.

After the 2011 season, he then crossed the Jukskei River to join Pretoria-based side the Template:Rut Blue Bulls. He played for the Template:Rut Blue Bulls U19 side in the 2012 Under-19 Provincial Championship (scoring three tries in eight starts) and in the same year made the step up to Under-21 level, playing for the Template:Rut Blue Bulls U21 side in the 2012 Under-21 Provincial Championship. He also played at that level in the 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship.

He also made solitary appearances for the Template:Rut UP Tuks in each of the 2013 and 2014 editions of the Varsity Cup.

Blue Bulls

His first class debut came two days before his 20th birthday; he started for the Template:Rut Blue Bulls in their 2013 Vodacom Cup match against the Template:Rut Falcons in Springs, helping them to a 74–14 victory in his only appearance of the season.[2]

He returned to the Template:Rut Blue Bulls side for their 2014 Vodacom Cup campaign. He made six appearances for them, all of them in the run-on side. He scored his first senior try in the third match of the season, a 49–10 win over the Template:Rut Griffons in Welkom.[3] In his next match, he scored the first brace of his career, scoring two tries in the first 20 minutes of their match against the whipping boys of the competition, the Template:Rut Limpopo Blue Bulls, in a 114–0 win in Pretoria.[4]

His first involvement at Currie Cup level came in 2014, when he was named in the Blue Bulls squad for the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division season[5] and he was named in the starting line-up for their opening match of the season against the Template:Rut Golden Lions.[6]

It was announced on the 13th of July 2020 that Odendaal would be departing the Template:Rut Bulls and would be joining the Template:Rut Lions.

References

  1. ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Burger Odendaal". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  2. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Valke 14–74 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  3. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Down Touch Griffons 10–49 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  4. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 116–0 Assupol Limpopo Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  5. ^ "SA Rugby Squad – Vodacom Blue Bulls : 2014 Absa Currie Cup Premier Division". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Burger on Bulls debut". Rugby365. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.