Lukhanyo Am

Lukhanyo Am
Personal information
Nickname	Luke
Born	(1993-11-28) 28 November 1993 King William's Town, South Africa
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	93 kg (14 st 9 lb)
School(s) attended	De Vos Malan High School, King William's Town
Club information
Playing position	Centre
Current club	Sharks / Kings
Youth career
2012	Border Bulldogs
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Pts)^†
2013	Border Bulldogs	2	(0)
2014	Falcons	2	(5)
2015	Border Bulldogs	18	(5)
2016–	Sharks (Currie Cup)	0	(0)
2016–	Kings	0	(0)
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 5 January 2016. † Appearances (Points).

Lukanhyo Am (born 28 November 1993) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing domestic Currie Cup rugby with the Sharks and Super Rugby with the Kings.^[1] His regular position is centre.

Career

He played for the Margate-based Gladiators Rugby Academy before he was called into the Border Bulldogs Under–19 squad^[2] that won the 2012 Under-19 Provincial Championship Division B and winning promotion to Division A, making six appearances and scoring three tries.

After spending time with Saracens during the off-season as part of an exchange programme in conjunction with the British High Commission,^[3] he returned to be included in the senior squad for the 2013 Vodacom Cup competition and made his senior debut against defending champions Western Province in Paarl.^[4]

In 2013, he was named in a South African Barbarians team to face Saracens in London.^[5]

Southern Kings

At the start of 2016, Am was one of two Sharks players that joined the Kings' Super Rugby squad for a trial period as they prepared for the 2016 Super Rugby season.^[6]

References

↑ "SARU Player Profile Lukhanyo Am". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
↑ "Border Bound". South Coast Fever. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
↑ "Exchange programme offers previously disadvantaged players big dreams" (Press release). South African Rugby Union. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
↑ "DHL Western Province vs Border Bulldogs". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
↑ "South African Barbarians name squad for City clash". Saracens. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
↑ "New recruits as Southern Kings 2016 season starts" (Press release). Eastern Province Kings. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016.

Kings squad – 2016 Super Rugby season

Forwards	Justin Ackerman Jacobie Adriaanse Louis Albertse JC Astle Martin Bezuidenhout Thembelani Bholi Tom Botha Chris Cloete Aidon Davis Philip du Preez Jacques Engelbrecht Martin Ferreira Schalk Ferreira Tazz Fuzani Liam Hendricks Cornell Hess JP Jonck Edgar Marutlulle Schalk Oelofse Tyler Paul Junior Pokomela Sti Sithole Vukile Sofisa Steven Sykes CJ Velleman Stefan Willemse

Backs	Lukhanyo Am JP du Plessis Leighton Eksteen Louis Fouché Shane Gates Siyanda Grey James Hall Malcolm Jaer Ntando Kebe Theuns Kotzé Kevin Luiters Charles Radebe Jaco van Tonder Jurgen Visser Luzuko Vulindlu Stefan Watermeyer Elgar Watts

Coach	Deon Davids

Squads

Falcons – 2014 Currie Cup qualification

Forwards	Jacques Alberts Gerhard Engelbrecht Devlin Hope JP Jonck Shane Kirkwood Ernst Ladendorf JP Mostert Bruce Muller Thulani Ngidi Friedle Olivier Chris Richardson Andries Schutte Dandré van der Westhuizen Andrew van Tonder Jacques Verwey Peet Vorster Marlyn Williams Did not play: Vince Gwavu KK Kgame Riaan Matthee De Wet Meyer Nico Pretorius

Backs	Riaan Arends Ryan Carmichael Coert Cronjé Cecil Dumond Wayne Gardner Kyle Hendricks Grant Janke Jaun Kotzé Willie Odendaal Jaco Oosthuizen Arno Poley Anrich Richter Jaco Snyman Etienne Taljaard Lenience Tambwera Andrew van Wyk Did not play: Lukhanyo Am Angus Cleophas Sandile Ngcobo Waylon Thompson

Coach	Johan du Toit

Falcons – 2014 Vodacom Cup

Forwards	Jacques Alberts FJ Binneman Wesley Cloete Vince Gwavu Devlin Hope Shane Kirkwood Thierry Kounga Kuaté Ernst Ladendorf JP Mostert Bruce Muller Thulani Ngidi Friedle Olivier Nico Pretorius Spanner Pretorius Dandré van der Westhuizen MP van Eeden Jacques Verwey Peet Vorster Marlyn Williams Did not play: Tiaan Benade Wessel du Rand De Wet Meyer

Backs	Lukhanyo Am Ryan Carmichael Angus Cleophas Coert Cronjé Cecil Dumond Wayne Gardner Kyle Hendricks Grant Janke Sandile Ngcobo Willie Odendaal Arno Poley Anrich Richter Jaco Snyman Etienne Taljaard Andrew van Wyk Did not play: Gabriel du Toit Jaco Oosthuizen Waylon Thompson Russell van Wyk

Coach	Johan du Toit

Border Bulldogs – 2013 Vodacom Cup

Forwards	Juan Bester Wesley Cloete George Fritz Anthonie Gronum Alister Keet Gareth Krause PG Kruger Blake Kyd Ernst Ladendorf Wayne Lemley Siya Mdaka Kwezi Mkhafu Dean Muir Spanner Pretorius Renier Schoeman Brian Shabangu Shane Spring Nomani Tonga Rynardt van Wyk Did not play: Sinjin Greyvenstein Clinton Koen Stairs Mhlongo Matthew Taljard

Backs	Duane Adams Lukhanyo Am Karlo Aspeling Quinton Crocker Niell Jacobs Ruan Jacobs Shaun Nieuwenhuyzen Sino Nyoka Shannon Rick Dale Sabbagh Joe Seerane Dillon Smit Chrislyn van Schalkwyk Lolo Waka Did not play: Chumani Booi Mario Noordman

Coach	JP Immelman

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