André Esterhuizen
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| Full name | Adriaan Pieter Esterhuizen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 30 March 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Potchefstroom, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 113 kg (17 st 11 lb; 249 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Klerksdorp High, Klerksdorp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Adriaan Pieter 'André' Esterhuizen (born 30 March 1994 in Klerksdorp) is a South African rugby union player for the South Africa national team and Harlequins in the English Premiership.[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]
He joined Premiership Rugby side Harlequins ahead of the 2020–21 season.[9]
He won his first Premiership title and started as Harlequins won the game 40-38 in the highest scoring Premiership final ever on 26 June 2021.[10]
References
- ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – André Esterhuizen". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Try Scorers – 2013 Absa Under 21 Competition". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ "Junior Springboks named for JWC 2014". South African Rugby Union. 22 April 2014. Archived from the original on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Sharks XV 72–6 Border Bulldogs". South African Rugby Union. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Sharks XV 54–24 Regent Boland Cavaliers". South African Rugby Union. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Eastern Province Kings 27–23 Sharks XV". South African Rugby Union. 20 April 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ^ "Saracens resist Sharks comeback". Planet Rugby. 24 January 2014. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ^ "Sharks 2014 squad" (Press release). Sharks. 11 February 2014. Archived from the original on 6 June 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ^ "Springbok centre Andre Esterhuizen signs for Harlequins". Planet Rugby. 24 January 2020.
- ^ "Harlequins beat Exeter to win Premiership". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
External links
- André Esterhuizen at Springboks.rugby
