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Irné Herbst
Full nameIrné Philip Herbst
Date of birth (1993-05-04) 4 May 1993 (age 31)
Place of birthWitbank, South Africa
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight117 kg (258 lb; 18 st 6 lb)
SchoolHoërskool Waterkloof, Pretoria
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Current team Benetton
Youth career
2006 Mpumalanga
2011–2014 Template:Rut Blue Bulls
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014–2015 Template:Rut UP Tuks 11 (0)
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016 Template:Rut Blue Bulls XV 1 (0)
2016–2017 Template:Rut Blue Bulls 6 (0)
2017 Template:Rut Southern Kings 13 (0)
2017− Benetton Rugby 64 (5)
Correct as of 8 Oct 2021
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2011 South Africa Schools 1 (0)
2013 South Africa Under-20 5 (5)
Correct as of 13 Apr 2018

Irné Philip Herbst (born 4 May 1993) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with Italian side Benetton in the Pro14.[1] His regular position is lock.[2]

Rugby career

Schoolboy rugby

Herbst was born in Witbank and earned a call-up to represent Mpumalanga at primary school level at the Under-13 Craven Week in 2006. At high school level, he attended Hoërskool Waterkloof in Pretoria, where he was chosen to represent the Template:Rut Blue Bulls at the Under-18 Craven Week in 2011. He was included in a South Africa Schools squad that beat their counterparts from France 21–14 in August 2011.[3]

Youth and Varsity Cup rugby

After high school, he joined the Blue Bulls academy, making nine appearances for a Template:Rut Blue Bulls U19 side that reached the final of the 2012 Under-19 Provincial Championship, where they lost to Template:Rut Western Province U19.[4]

He was selected in the South Africa Under-20 squad that played in the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship held in France.[5] He started all five of their matches in the tournament, scoring a try in their semi-final defeat to Wales,[6] a result which eliminated South Africa from the competition, eventually finishing third after beating New Zealand in their final match.[7]

Herbst returned to domestic action in South Africa by making twelve appearances for the Template:Rut Blue Bulls U21 team in the 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship. He scored one try in their defeat to Template:Rut Western Province U21[8] as his side reached the final, where they lost to the same opposition.[9]

He played in the 2014 Varsity Cup competition for Pretoria-based university side Template:Rut UP Tuks, making four appearances, and then made a further eleven starts for the Blue Bulls U21s in the 2013 edition of the Under-21 Provincial Championship. In a repeat of the 2013 final, they again faced Western Province, but turned the tables on this occasion, winning the match 20–10 to be crowned champions.[10]

Herbst's 2015 season again started with him representing Template:Rut UP Tuks in the Varsity Cup, where he made seven starts. He was also named in a Varsity Cup Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament and played in their match against the South Africa Under-20 squad as they prepared for the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.[11] However, he then suffered a knee injury that kept him out for the entire season.[12]

He made his return in 2016, making his domestic first class debut in the Template:Rut Blue Bulls defeat to Template:Rut Western Province in the 2016 Currie Cup qualification series.[13]

References

  1. ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Irné Herbst". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  2. ^ https://benettonrugby.it/team/herbst-irne/
  3. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – SA Schools 21–14 France U18 A". South African Rugby Union. 20 August 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  4. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – DHL Western Province 22–18 Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 27 October 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  5. ^ "SA Rugby Squad – South Africa : 2013 IRB Junior World Championship". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  6. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa 17–18 Wales". South African Rugby Union. 18 June 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  7. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa 41–34 New Zealand". South African Rugby Union. 23 June 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  8. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 21–32 DHL Western Province". South African Rugby Union. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  9. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – DHL Western Province 30–23 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 26 October 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  10. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Western Province U21 10–20 Blue Bulls U21". South African Rugby Union. 25 October 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  11. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Varsity Cup XV 24–31 South Africa U/20". South African Rugby Union. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  12. ^ "Visser, Visagie out of Japan tour" (Press release). Bulls. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  13. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – DHL Western Province 30–16 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 8 April 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
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