Lourens Adriaanse

Lourens Adriaanse
Personal information
Full name Lourens Cornelius Adriaanse
Born (1988-02-05) 5 February 1988
Cape Town, South Africa
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 118 kg (18 st 8 lb)
School(s) attended Paarl Gimnasium
University Stellenbosch University
Relatives Jacobie Adriaanse (brother)
Club information
Playing position Tighthead Prop
Current club Sharks
Youth career
2004–09 Western Province
Amateur team(s)
Years Team
2009–10 Maties 16 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Pts)
2011–13 Griquas 37 (15)
2011–13 Cheetahs 30 (0)
2014– Sharks 31 (0)
2014– Sharks (Currie Cup) 12 (15)
Representative team(s)
2009 S.A. Students 2 (0)
2013 South Africa 1 (0)
2014 Barbarians 2 (0)

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

‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 24 November 2013.

Lourens Cornelius Adriaanse (born 5 February 1988) is a South African rugby union footballer who plays as a tighthead prop.

Career

Adriaanse was born in Cape Town and has played in the Western Province youth teams. He represented Maties in the Varsity Cup in 2009 and 2010, before moving to the Griquas for the 2011 season. His domestic performances saw a quick elevation to the Cheetahs Super Rugby team and he debuted in a match against the Reds in Brisbane.[1]

He joined the Sharks for the start of the 2014 season.[2] He was included in their squad for the 2014 Super Rugby season[3] and made his debut for the Sharks in a 31–16 victory against the Bulls in Durban.[4][5]

International

Adriaanse was called up to the South Africa squad for the 2013 mid-year rugby union tests against Italy, Scotland and Samoa, but he didn't play in any of the matches. He finally made his Springbok debut in a test against France on 23 November 2013 in Paris.

References

  1. "Lourens Adriaanse SA Rugby Player Profile". SA Rugby. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  2. "Stut-skok vir GW, Cheetahs". Media24 (in Afrikaans). Beeld. 15 August 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  3. "Sharks 2014 squad" (Press release). Sharks. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  4. "Match Centre: Sharks v Bulls". SANZAR. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  5. "Match Breakdown: Cell C Sharks vs Vodacom Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.

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