André Esterhuizen

André Esterhuizen
Personal information
Full name Adriaan Pieter Esterhuizen
Born (1994-03-30) 30 March 1994
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 110 kg (17 st 5 lb)
School(s) attended Klerksdorp High, Klerksdorp
Club information
Playing position Centre / Full-back
Current club Sharks
Youth career
2007–11 Leopards
2013– Sharks
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Pts)†
2013– Sharks (Currie Cup) 25 (40)
2014– Sharks 14 (0)
Representative team(s)‡
2014– S.A. Under-20 4 (10)

* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 12 October 2015.
† Appearances (Points).

‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 21 June 2014.

Adriaan Pieter 'André' Esterhuizen (born 30 March 1994 in Klerksdorp) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing 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 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

  1. ↑ "SARU Player Profile André Esterhuizen". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "SA Rugby Try Scorers – 2013 Absa Under 21 Competition". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Junior Springboks named for JWC 2014". South African Rugby Union. 22 April 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Sharks XV vs Border Bulldogs". South African Rugby Union. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Sharks XV vs Regent Boland Cavaliers". South African Rugby Union. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  6. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Eastern Province Kings vs Sharks XV". South African Rugby Union. 20 April 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  7. ↑ "Saracens resist Sharks comeback". Planet Rugby. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  8. ↑ "Sharks 2014 squad" (Press release). Sharks. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
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