Ghafoer Luckan

Ghafoer Luckan
Personal information
Full name	Ghafoer Luckan
Born	(1985-12-18) 18 December 1985 Cape Town, South Africa
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	87 kg (13 st 10 lb)
School(s) attended	Rylands High School, Athlone
Club information
Playing position	Winger
Current club	SWD Eagles
Youth career
2005–06	Western Province
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
2010	NWU Pukke	3	(0)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Pts)^†
2006–07	Western Province	0	(0)
2009	Border Bulldogs	11	(15)
2010	Leopards	2	(0)
2012	Western Province	2	(5)
2012–13	SWD Eagles	15	(35)
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 9 September 2013. † Appearances (Points).

Ghafoer Luckan (born 18 December 1985) is a former South African rugby union player, currently a biokineticist with the SWD Eagles.^[1] His regular playing position was winger.

Career

Youth

He started his career at Western Province and represented them in the Under-21 Currie Cup competition in 2005 and 2006. He was included in the senior squads for the 2006 Vodacom Cup, 2007 Vodacom Cup and 2007 Currie Cup Premier Division seasons, but failed to make an appearance in any of those competitions.

Border Bulldogs

In 2009, he moved to the Border Bulldogs, where he did make his first class debut against the Mighty Elephants^[2] in the opening game of the 2009 Currie Cup First Division season. He made eleven appearances in total, scoring three tries.

Leopards and NWU Pukke

In 2010, he moved to Potchefstroom where he joined university side the NWU Pukke in the 2010 Varsity Cup competition. He also made two substitute appearances for the Leopards in 2010 Currie Cup Premier Division competition.

Western Province

He returned to Western Province and made his debut for them in the 2012 Vodacom Cup as a last-minute substitute against the SWD Eagles.^[3] The following week, he started against the Free State XV and scored a first half try.^[4]

SWD Eagles

He joined the SWD Eagles in the latter half of 2012 and scored six tries for them in the 2012 Currie Cup First Division season. A further five appearances followed in the 2013 Vodacom Cup, as well as six in the 2013 Currie Cup Premier Division.

On 1 August 2013, he announced his retirement as a player and was appointed as a biokineticist at the SWD Eagles.^[5]

References

↑ "SARU Player Profile Ghafoer Luckan". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
↑ "Mighty Elephants vs Border". South African Rugby Union. 10 July 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
↑ "SWD Eagles vs DHL Western Province". South African Rugby Union. 21 April 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
↑ "DHL Western Province vs Toyota Free State XV". South African Rugby Union. 28 April 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
↑ "Ghafoer se speeldae oor - Vleuel is nou SWD-bionetikus". Media24 (in Afrikaans). Die Burger. 7 August 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.

Squads

SWD Eagles – 2013 Currie Cup First Division

Forwards	Layle Delo Christo du Plessis Lourens du Toit Martin Ferreira Kabamba Floors Roy Godfrey Lyndon Hartnick Dean Hopp Grant Kemp Wayne Khan Raoul Larson Grant le Roux Dumisani Meslane Schalk Oelofse Buran Parks Shaun Raubenheimer Jéan Rossouw Hans van Dyk Michael Vermaak Mzwanele Zito Did not play: JJ du Toit

Backs	Jandré Blom Alshaun Bock Marshall Boesak Martin du Toit Mzo Dyantyi Eldred James Ghafoer Luckan Mbembe Payi Hentzwill Pedro Deroy Rhoode Daniel Roberts Gerrit Smith Jeff Taljard Justin van Staden Anver Venter Luzuko Vulindlu Clinton Wagman Did not play: Johan Herbst Kempie Rautenbach Elric van Vuuren

Coach	Bevin Fortuin

SWD Eagles – 2013 Vodacom Cup

Forwards	Armand Coetzee Layle Delo Christo du Plessis Kabamba Floors Lyndon Hartnick Grant Kemp Wayne Khan Raoul Larson Grant le Roux Wikus Louwrens Dumisani Meslane Giant Mtyanda Buran Parks Shaun Raubenheimer Jéan Rossouw Xavier Scholtz Hans van Dyk James van Rooyen Michael Vermaak Did not play: Dean Hopp Quinten Petzer Hein Potgieter

Backs	Kerwin Appollis Alshaun Bock Lionel Cornelius Martin du Toit Mzo Dyantyi Charlie Ewerts Merlin Geswindt Johan Herbst Kirsten Heyns Creswin Josephs Ghafoer Luckan Deroy Rhoode Daniel Roberts Wentsley Scott Jeff Taljard Elric van Vuuren Clinton Wagman Did not play: Warren Malgas Kempie Rautenbach Graham September

Coach	Eddie Myners

SWD Eagles – 2012 Currie Cup First Division

Forwards	Layle Delo Lyndon Hartnick Dean Hopp Schalk Jooste Grant Kemp Wayne Khan Wilhelm Koch Lehan Koekemoer Grant le Roux Dumisani Meslane Giant Mtyanda Quinten Petzer Hein Potgieter Shaun Raubenheimer Jéan Rossouw Sidney Tobias Anton van der Westhuizen Hans van Dyk Michael Vermaak Did not play: Buran Parks

Backs	Tythan Adams Alshaun Bock Kurt Coleman Martin du Toit Mzo Dyantyi Charlie Ewerts Jerome Fillies Burton Francis Stokkies Hanekom Johan Herbst Theuns Kotzé Ghafoer Luckan Baldwin McBean Kempie Rautenbach Deroy Rhoode Jeff Taljard Elric van Vuuren Clinton Wagman Did not play: Cecil Dumond Howard Noble Daniel Roberts Wentsley Scott

Coach	Johann Lerm

Western Province – 2012 Vodacom Cup

Forwards	Don Armand Wicus Blaauw Tom Botha Nizaam Carr Deon Carstens Rynhardt Elstadt Nick Fenton-Wells Schalk Ferreira Gerbrandt Grobler Yaya Hartzenberg Grant Hattingh Rob Herring Tyrone Holmes Reuben Johannes Oli Kebble Rohan Kitshoff Michael Ledwidge Hilton Lobberts Scarra Ntubeni Quinn Roux Pieter Stemmet Sidney Tobias Wilhelm van der Sluys Alistair Vermaak Did not play: Roderick Dalton Tertius Daniller Christo McNish Madoda Yako

Backs	Ederies Arendse Marcel Brache Demetri Catrakilis Kurt Coleman Damian de Allende JP du Plessis Nic Groom Berton Klaasen Ghafoer Luckan Adnaan Osman Danie Poolman Ricky Schroeder André Smith Michael van der Spuy Did not play: Taariq Davids Patrick Howard Elmo Thomas William van Wyk

Coach	John Dobson

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