Cameron Wright (rugby union)

Cameron Wright
Personal information
Full name Cameron Robin Wright
Born (1994-04-20) 20 April 1994
Westville, South Africa
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 92 kg (14 st 7 lb)
School(s) attended Westville Boys High School,
Hilton College
University University of KwaZulu-Natal
Club information
Playing position Scrum-half
Current club Montpellier
Youth career
2010– Sharks
Amateur team(s)
Years Team
2014 UKZN Impi 10 (20)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Pts)
2014–15 Sharks (Currie Cup) 16 (20)
2015 Sharks 1 (0)
2015– Montpellier 7 (5)

* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 26 November 2015.

† Appearances (Points).

Cameron Robin Wright (born 20 April 1994 in Westville, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with French Top 14 side Montpellier.[1] His regular position is scrum-half.

Career

Youth and Varsity Cup rugby

Wright represented KwaZulu-Natal at Under-16 level when he was selected in their squad for the Grant Khomo Week held in Upington in 2010. Two years later, he represented their Under-18 side at the 2012 Under-18 Craven Week tournament.

Later in the same year, he was a member of the Sharks U19 side that played in the 2012 Under-19 Provincial Championship, starting seven of their matches. He made twelve appearances for the team during the 2013 Under-19 Provincial Championship and graduated to the Sharks U21 side in 2014.

In 2014, he also played in the Varsity Shield competition for university side UKZN Impi. He started all eight regular season matches for the side as they finished in second place. He also played in the final against CUT Ixias, but could not prevent them slipping to a 35–26 defeat.[2] He also played in the side's promotion play-off as they attempted to secure a spot in the 2015 Varsity Cup, but failing to do so as they suffered a 42–8 defeat to UJ.[3]

Sharks

After the 2014 Varsity Shield, Wright was included in the Sharks XV squad for the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition and was named on the bench for their match against the Golden Lions, but failed to make an appearance.[4]

A few months later, however, Wright found himself as the starting scrum-half for the Sharks for their opening match of the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division season following the recent departure of Charl McLeod, Cobus Reinach's involvement with the South Africa national rugby union team and injuries to Conrad Hoffmann and Stefan Ungerer.[5]

References

  1. "SARU Player Profile Cameron Wright". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  2. "Match Breakdown: FNB CUT vs FNB UKZN". South African Rugby Union. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  3. "Match Breakdown: FNB UJ vs FNB UKZN". South African Rugby Union. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  4. "Match Breakdown: Cell C Sharks XV vs Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  5. "Wright to debut for Sharks". SuperSport. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.

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