Hanno Kitshoff

Hanno Kitshoff
Personal information
Full name Johannes Jakobus Kitshoff
Born (1984-01-25) 25 January 1984
George, South Africa
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 92 kg (14 st 7 lb)
School(s) attended Worcester Gymnasium, Worcester
Club information
Playing position Lock / Flanker / No 8
Current club Boland Cavaliers
Youth career
2004 Boland Cavaliers
2005 Griquas
Amateur team(s)
Years Team
2003–10 Rawsonville ()
2011 Durbanville-Bellville ()
2012 Ceres ()
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Pts)
2012– Boland Cavaliers 40 (10)

* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 4 October 2015.

† Appearances (Points).

Johannes Jakobus Kitshoff (born 25 January 1984 in George, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Boland Cavaliers.[1] He is a utility forward that can play as a lock, flanker or number eight.

Career

Youth and amateur rugby

At school level, he played for Worcester Gymnasium and he represented Boland at various underage levels, including playing in the 2004 Under-20 Provincial Championship. He was also part of the Griquas U21 side that played in the Under-21 Provincial Championship in 2005.

He then spent years playing club rugby for Rawsonville in the Boland club leagues.[2] He joined Durbanville-Bellville in the Western Province Super League for 2011[3] before returning to Boland to play for Ceres.[4]

Boland Cavaliers

Kitshoff finally got a chance to play at provincial level when he joined the Boland Cavaliers for the 2012 Currie Cup First Division season. He started their opening match of the season against the Pumas in Nelspruit on 7 July 2012 to make his first class debut, aged 28,[5] eventually making seven appearances in the competition.

In 2013, he made eight appearances in the Vodacom Cup and Currie Cup competitions and he played in all seven of their matches in the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition. He also started five of their six matches in the 2014 Currie Cup qualification tournament, where they finished fifth to progress to the 2014 Currie Cup First Division.

References

  1. "SARU Player Profile Hanno Kitshoff". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  2. "Rawsonville verstewig posisie" (in Afrikaans). Die Burger. 21 May 2007. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  3. "Durbies én Belhar wil hul posisie verbeter" (in Afrikaans). Die Burger. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  4. "Untitled" (in Afrikaans). Die Burger. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  5. "Match Breakdown: Ford Pumas vs Regent Boland Kavaliers". South African Rugby Union. 7 July 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
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