| Full name | Lucas Floors | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 November 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Oudtshoorn, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 88 kilograms (190 lb) | ||
| School | Morestêr, Oudtshoorn | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Current status | |||
| Position(s) | Flank | ||
| current team | Free State Cheetahs | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Flank | ||
| Professional / senior clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| Crusader Rugby Football Club, Port Elizabeth | |||
| Provincial/State sides | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2002 2003-04 2004 2004 2005-08 2008-09 2006- |
South Western Districts Vodacom Eagles Investec Stormers Eagles Vodacom Cheetahs Free State Vodacom Free State Cheetahs |
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| correct as of 2009-05-04. | |||
| Super Rugby | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2006– | Vodacom Cheetahs | ||
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2007 2003-07 2006 |
Emerging Springboks South Africa Sevens South Africa |
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Lucas "Kabamba" Floors (born 15 November 1980 in Oudtshoorn, South Africa) is a South African rugby union footballer who plays for the Free State Cheetahs in the domestic Currie Cup club competition, and for the Vodacom Free State Cheetahs in the international Super 14 competition. His usual position is on the flank, although he occasionally plays at number eight, and was once selected on the wing. Floors has appeared for the national team, the Springboks, as well as the national rugby sevens team, which he captained in 2006.
Floors attracted public attention when he scored 14 tries as a pacy flanker for the South Western District Eagles in the 2003 season.[1] This feat places him joint third on the list of most tries scored to date in the Currie Cup in a single season.[2]
During the same year he was selected for the South African sevens team, where his efforts earned him the South African Sevens Player of the Season award in 2004.[3] The 16 tries that he scored during his sevens career placed him third on the list of most points scored by South African sevens players to date, and second on the list for most tries.[4]
After a brief stint with the Investec Stormers in 2004, Floors returned to the Eagles before departing for the Free State Vodacom Cheetahs, where he has played since.
In late November 2006 he was called up to the Springboks end-of-season touring squad to cover for injured players.[5] He made his debut at flank on 25 November at Twickenham Stadium against England.[6] The Springboks ended their seven-game losing streak against the English, winning the match 25-14.
Floors ended his 2006 season with the Players' Player of the Year title, and also received the Absa Currie Cup Player of the Year Award.[3][7] He was named Man of the Match in the 2006 Currie Cup final which the Cheetahs won against the Blue Bulls.[8]
In 2008 Floors was twice left out of the Cheetah's squad for disciplinary reasons, the second time for missing a team flight back to Bloemfontein.[9] During the same year Cheetah's coach Naka Drotske selected Floors on the wing for the September 13 Currie Cup clash with the Sharks.[10]
Floors' positional versatility as a loose forward was on display in the 2009 Currie Cup season when he starred as eighthman in the match against Boland.[11]
Floors is reportedly contracted to play with the Cheetahs until the end of 2011.[12]
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