Grant Hattingh
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Grant Neil Hattingh | ||
| Born |
3 October 1990 Johannesburg, South Africa | ||
| Height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||
| Weight | 107 kg (16 st 12 lb) | ||
| School(s) attended | Kingswood College | ||
| Club information | |||
| Playing position | Lock / Eighth Man | ||
| Current club | Bulls / Kubota Spears | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–11 | Western Province | ||
| Amateur team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2011–12 | Maties | 13 | (35) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Pts)† |
| 2011–12 | Western Province | 2 | (0) |
| 2012 | Lions | 9 | (5) |
| 2012–15 | Blue Bulls | 29 | (10) |
| 2013– | Bulls | 42 | (5) |
| 2015– | Kubota Spears | 9 | (5) |
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* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 1 May 2016. | |||
Grant Neil Hattingh (born 3 October 1990 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a rugby union footballer who plays as a lock, flanker or eighthman for the Bulls in Super Rugby and for Kubota Spears in the Japanese Top League.
Career
Hattingh played age-group level rugby for Western Province between 2009 and 2011 and also represented Maties in the 2011 and 2012 Varsity Cup competitions.[1] He broke into the Western Province Vodacom Cup team after the completion of the 2012 Varsity Cup and made his provincial debut on 21 April 2012 against the Eagles in Oudtshoorn. Hattingh was a 35th minute replacement for Tyrone Holmes in a 29-14 win for Province.[2]
In April 2012, Hattingh received a surprise call-up to the injury depleted Lions and he made his Super Rugby debut on 27 April 2012 as a 50th minute replacement for Hendrik Roodt as the Lions lost 34-20 to the Brumbies.[3]
In July 2012, he announced that he was joining the Blue Bulls on a 2 1⁄2-year deal.[4] At the end of 2013, he signed a contract extension to tie him to the Blue Bulls until October 2016.[5]
Kubota Spears
In April 2015, Japanese Top League side Kubota Spears announced the signing of Hattingh for the 2015–16 Top League.[6]
References
- ↑ "Grant Hattingh SA Rugby Player Profile". SA Rugby. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ↑ "SWD Eagles vs Western Province Match Breakdown". SA Rugby. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ↑ "Brumbies vs Lions Match Breakdown". SA Rugby. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ↑ "Lions star in trans-Jukskei move". rugby365.com. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
- ↑ "Vodacom Bulls name group for Sun City training camp" (Press release). Blue Bulls. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- ↑ "ジャパンラグビーTL クボタスピアーズ2015年度新入団選手（追加）および新体制のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Kubota Spears. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
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