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Revision as of 11:28, 4 November 2018

André Esterhuizen
Full nameAdriaan Pieter Esterhuizen
Date of birth (1994-03-30) 30 March 1994 (age 30)
Place of birthPotchefstroom, South Africa
Height1.94 m (6 ft 4+12 in)
Weight110 kg (17 st 5 lb; 243 lb)
SchoolKlerksdorp High, Klerksdorp
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre / Full-back
Current team Template:Rut Sharks / Munakata Sanix Blues
Youth career
2007–2011 Template:Rut Leopards
2013–2015 Template:Rut Sharks (Currie Cup)
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013–2014 Template:Rut Sharks XV 12 (25)
2014–2016 Template:Rut Sharks (Currie Cup) 24 (50)
2014–present Template:Rut Sharks 56 (25)
2017–present Munakata Sanix Blues 16 (45)
Correct as of 21 July 2018
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014 South Africa Under-20 4 (10)
2018–present South Africa 6 (0)
Correct as of 4 November 2018

Adriaan Pieter 'André' Esterhuizen (born 30 March 1994 in Klerksdorp) is a South African rugby union player for the South Africa national team, the Template:Rut Sharks in Super Rugby and Munakata Sanix Blues in the Japanese Top League.[1] His regular position is centre or full-back.

Career

Youth

Esterhuizen represented his local side Template:Rut Leopards at the Under-13 Craven Week competition in 2007, at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week in 2010 and at the Under-18 Craven Week in 2011.

In 2013, he moved to Durban to join the Template:Rut Sharks (Currie Cup). He started twelve of the Template:Rut Sharks U21 side's matches during the 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship competition, finishing as the joint top try scorer in Division A of that competition with 9 tries.[2]

He was included in the South Africa Under-20 side for the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship.[3]

Senior career

His first taste of first class rugby came for the Template:Rut Sharks XV during the 2013 Vodacom Cup competition. He made his debut in a 72–6 victory against the Template:Rut Border Bulldogs, coming on as a substitute in the second half.[4] Further substitute appearances followed that season in matches against the Template:Rut Boland Cavaliers[5] and Template:Rut Eastern Province Kings.[6]

Esterhuizen was included in the Template:Rut Sharks wider training squad prior to the 2014 Super Rugby season, scoring a try for them in their warm-up match against Saracens[7] and was subsequently selected in the final Super Rugby squad for 2014.[8]

References

  1. ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – André Esterhuizen". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  2. ^ "SA Rugby Try Scorers – 2013 Absa Under 21 Competition". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Junior Springboks named for JWC 2014". South African Rugby Union. 22 April 2014. Archived from the original on 6 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 7 June 2016 suggested (help)
  4. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Sharks XV 72–6 Border Bulldogs". South African Rugby Union. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  5. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Sharks XV 54–24 Regent Boland Cavaliers". South African Rugby Union. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  6. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Eastern Province Kings 27–23 Sharks XV". South African Rugby Union. 20 April 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  7. ^ "Saracens resist Sharks comeback". Planet Rugby. 24 January 2014. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ "Sharks 2014 squad" (Press release). Sharks. 11 February 2014. Archived from the original on 6 June 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2014. {{cite press release}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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