Conrad Hoffmann

Conrad Hoffman
Personal information
Full nameConrad Fritz Hoffmann
Born9 November 1987
Worcester, Western Cape, South Africa
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight86 kg (13 st 8 lb)
School(s) attendedPaarl Boys' High School
Club information
Playing positionScrum-half
Current clubBrumbies
Youth career
2005–07Western Province
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeam
2010Maties4(75)
2013Hamiltons()
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Pts)†
2007–10Western Province44(67)
2008Stormers1(0)
2011Sharks11(0)
2011–12Natal Sharks15(10)
2014Brumbies4(0)
2014–Natal Sharks8(0)
2015–Sharks6(0)
Representative team(s)‡
2006S.A. Under-19()
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 1 April 2015.

† Appearances (Points).

‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 21 October 2013.

Conrad Fritz Hoffmann (born 9 November 1987 in Worcester, Western Cape) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Natal Sharks.[1][2] His regular position is scrum-half.

Career

Youth

In 2005, he represented Western Province at the Under-18 Craven Week competition. He progressed through their age groups, representing them at Under-19 level in 2006 and at Under-21 level in 2007.

He was also included in the S.A. Under-19 squad for the 2006 Under 19 Rugby World Championship.

Western Province / Stormers

He was included in Western Province's squad for the 2007 Vodacom Cup[3] and made his first class debut in the opening match of the season, a 51–21 victory over the Border Bulldogs in Cape Town.[4] He made a total of five appearances during that competition, making his first start in the match against SWD Eagles, also scoring a try in that match.[5]

He got his first taste of Currie Cup action a few months later, coming on as a substitute in their 2007 Currie Cup Premier Division match against the Golden Lions.[6] He made three starts and three substitute appearances during that competition.

In 2008, he made yet another step up by being included in the Stormers squad for the 2008 Super 14 season. He was an unused substitute in their match against the Blues,[7] but did make his Super Rugby appearance as a late substitute in their next match against the Force in Perth.[8] However, he missed the rest of the season due to injury.[9]

He returned to action during the 2009 Vodacom Cup, making six appearances in that competition. In June 2009, he scored a hat-trick of tries in Western Province's 2009 Currie Cup compulsory friendly match against the Mighty Elephants[10] and a week later was named as a substitute for their match against the British and Irish Lions during their 2009 tour to South Africa, but failed to make an appearance.[11]

He made four more appearances during the 2009 Currie Cup Premier Division, as well as 21 appearances during the 2010 Vodacom Cup and Currie Cup competitions.

He also made four appearances for university side Maties during the 2010 Varsity Cup tournament, ending second in the points scoring charts with 75 points.[12]

Sharks

He made the move to Durban to join the Sharks on a two-year deal for the 2011 season.[13] He made 11 appearances for them during the 2011 Super Rugby season and a further 11 appearances domestically for the Sharks XV in the 2011 Vodacom Cup and the Natal Sharks in the 2011 Currie Cup Premier Division.

However, he dropped out of the Super Rugby squad in 2012, making just four substitute appearances during the 2012 Vodacom Cup competition and was an unused substitute once during the 2012 Currie Cup Premier Division.

Hamiltons

He returned to Cape Town to play for club side Hamiltons.[14] He helped the team finish runners-up in the 2013 Western Province Super League A, which assured their qualification to the 2014 SARU Community Cup. He was named in Western Province's wider training group prior to the 2013 Currie Cup Premier Division season,[15][16] but failed to make an appearance for them. A proposed spell at Boland Cavaliers[17] also failed to materialise.[18]

Brumbies

Along wiith fellow South African Lionel Cronjé, he then joined Canberra-based side Brumbies on a two-year deal prior to the 2014 Super Rugby season.[19] However, his stay in Canberra only lasted one season and he left after the 2014 season, having made just 4 appearances.

Return to Sharks

He returned to South Africa, rejoining the Natal Sharks prior to the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division.[20]

References

  1. ↑ "SARU Player Profile Conrad Hoffmann". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "It's Rugby Player Profile Conrad Hoffman". It's Rugby. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "2007 Western Province Vodacom Cup season". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Vodacom Western Province vs Border". South African Rugby Union. 3 March 2007. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Vodacom Western Province vs SWD". South African Rugby Union. 31 March 2007. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  6. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Vodacom Western Province vs Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 23 June 2007. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  7. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Blues vs Vodacom Stormers". South African Rugby Union. 22 March 2008. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  8. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Western Force vs Vodacom Stormers". South African Rugby Union. 28 March 2008. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  9. ↑ "WP verras met skrumskakel". Media24 (in Afrikaans). Die Burger. 17 July 2008. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  10. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Mighty Elephants vs Vodacom Western Province". South African Rugby Union. 6 June 2009. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  11. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Vodacom Western Province vs British & Irish Lions". South African Rugby Union. 13 June 2009. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  12. ↑ "Top Scorers: 2010 Varsity Cup". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  13. ↑ "Hoffmann op pad Durban toe". Media24. Die Burger. 26 August 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  14. ↑ "Hoffmann back in Cape Town". Front Row Grunt. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  15. ↑ "Western Province name training squad". Planet Rugby. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  16. ↑ "2013 Western Province Currie Cup season". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  17. ↑ "Boland eye ex-WP, Sharks No 9". Sport24. 10 July 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  18. ↑ "Bolanders lugtig vir 'Jack Russells'". Media24. Die Burger. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  19. ↑ "Conrad, Lionel gou Brumbies". Media24 (in Afrikaans). Beeld. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  20. ↑ "New challenge for the Sharks". IOL Sport. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.