André Esterhuizen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adriaan Pieter Esterhuizen | ||
| Born | 30 March 1994 Potchefstroom, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Weight | 102 kg (16 st 1 lb) | ||
| School(s) attended | Klerksdorp High, Klerksdorp | ||
| Club information | |||
| Playing position | Centre / Full-back | ||
| Current club | Natal Sharks / Sharks | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–11 | Leopards | ||
| 2013– | Natal Sharks | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Pts)† |
| 2013– | Natal Sharks | 15 | (25) |
| 2014– | Sharks | 6 | (0) |
| Representative team(s)‡ | |||
| 2014– | S.A. Under-20 | 4 | (10) |
| * Senior club appearances and points correct as of 1 April 2015. † Appearances (Points). | |||
Adriaan Pieter 'André' Esterhuizen (born 30 March 1994 in Klerksdorp) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing for the Natal Sharks in the domestic Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup competitions and for the Sharks in Super Rugby.[1] His regular position is centre or full-back.
Career
Youth
Esterhuizen represented his local side 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 Natal Sharks. He started twelve of the 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 S.A. Under-20 side for the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship.[3]
Senior career
His first taste of first class rugby came for the Sharks XV during the 2013 Vodacom Cup competition. He made his debut in a 72–6 victory against the Border Bulldogs, coming on as a substitute in the second half.[4] Further substitute appearances followed that season in matches against the Boland Cavaliers[5] and Eastern Province Kings.[6]
Esterhuizen was included in the 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
- ↑ "SARU Player Profile André Esterhuizen". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ↑ "2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship Try Scorers". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ↑ "Junior Springboks named for JWC 2014". South African Rugby Union. 22 April 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
- ↑ "Match Breakdown: Sharks XV vs Border Bulldogs". South African Rugby Union. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ↑ "Match Breakdown: Sharks XV vs Regent Boland Cavaliers". South African Rugby Union. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ↑ "Match Breakdown: Eastern Province Kings vs Sharks XV". South African Rugby Union. 20 April 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ↑ "Saracens resist Sharks comeback". Planet Rugby. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ↑ "Sharks 2014 squad" (Press release). Sharks. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
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