Selom Gavor

Selom Gavor

Personal information
Full name	Selom Gavor
Born	18 September 1993
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	90 kg (14 st 2 lb)
School(s) attended	Rondebosch Boys' High School, Cape Town
Club information
Playing position	Winger
Current club	Golden Lions
Youth career
2012–13	Western Province
2014	Golden Lions
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
2014	UJ	0	(0)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Pts)^†
2014–	Golden Lions	8	(15)
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 14 October 2015. † Appearances (Points).

Selom Gavor (born 18 September 1993 is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Golden Lions.^[1] He usually plays as a winger.

Career

Western Province

Gavor played rugby for Rondebosch Boys' High School in Cape Town, but was never included in any Western Province high school representative sides. He first represented Western Province during the 2012 Under-19 Provincial Championship; he made five starts and four appearances off the bench during Western Province U19's matches in this competition, scoring two tries in their 55–11 victory over SWD U19^[2] as Western Province finished top of the log. One of his replacement appearances came against Golden Lions U19 in the semi-finals in a 24–14 victory^[3] and he was also named on the bench in the final, but failed to make an appearance as his side beat Blue Bulls U19 22–18 to clinch the title.^[4]

Despite being included in the UCT Ikey Tigers squad for the 2013 Varsity Cup and the Western Province U21 squad for the 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship, he failed to get any game time in either competition.

Golden Lions

He moved to Johannesburg in 2014 to join the Golden Lions. He was included in university side UJ's squad for the 2014 Varsity Cup. He didn't make any appearances in the competition proper, but was included on the bench for their relegation play-off match against UKZN Impi. However, he was unused in their 42–8 victory to retain their Varsity Cup status.^[5]

Shortly afterwards, he made his first class debut for the Golden Lions in the 2014 Vodacom Cup by starting in their 110–0 victory over the Limpopo Blue Bulls in Polokwane; it took him just nine minutes to score his first try in senior rugby as he got the second of 16 tries in the match.^[6] He got another try in their next match, a 27–48 defeat to the Pumas,^[7] in their final match of the regular season to help them qualify for the quarter finals. The Golden Lions secured a 27–20 victory over a Sharks XV in the quarter finals^[8] and a 16–15 win over the Blue Bulls in the semi-final, as Gavor scored the Golden Lions' only and decisive try just before the half-hour mark.^[9] He also started the final, but ended on the losing side as Griquas won the match 30–6 to win the competition for the fifth time.^[10] He made eleven starts for the Golden Lions U21 side in the 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship, scoring eight tries (which included braces in matches against Blue Bulls U21^[11] and Sharks U21),^[12] helping them qualify for the semi-finals. However, despite beating the Blue Bulls twice during the regular season, they could not repeat the feat in the semi-final, losing 19–23 to their Gauteng rivals and eventual champions.^[13]

Gavor made two more appearances off the bench for the Golden Lions during the 2015 Vodacom Cup competition in their two matches against the Pumas; a 24–16 victory in Nelspruit in Round Five of the competition^[14] and a 20–43 defeat in Johannesburg in the semi-finals.^[15] He was included in their Currie Cup squad for the first time in 2015 and made his debut in this competition by appearing as a late replacement in their final match of the regular season, a 29–19 victory over Griquas.^[16]

References

1. "SARU Player Profile Selom Gavor". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
2. "SA Rugby Match Centre – DHL Western Province 55-11 SWD Eagles". South African Rugby Union. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
3. "SA Rugby Match Centre – DHL Western Province 24-14 MTN Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 20 October 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
4. "SA Rugby Match Centre – DHL Western Province 22-18 Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 27 October 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
5. "SA Rugby Match Centre – FNB UJ 42-8 FNB UKZN". South African Rugby Union. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
6. "SA Rugby Match Centre – Assupol Limpopo Blue Bulls 0-110 Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 12 April 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
7. "SA Rugby Match Centre – Golden Lions 27-48 Steval Pumas". South African Rugby Union. 26 April 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
8. "SA Rugby Match Centre – Cell C Sharks XV 20-27 Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
9. "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 15-16 Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 10 May 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
10. "SA Rugby Match Centre – GWK Griquas 30-6 Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
11. "SA Rugby Match Centre – Blue Bulls U21 25-31 Golden Lions U21". South African Rugby Union. 6 September 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
12. "SA Rugby Match Centre – Golden Lions U21 20-31 Sharks U21". South African Rugby Union. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
13. "SA Rugby Match Centre – Blue Bulls U21 23-19 Golden Lions U21". South African Rugby Union. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
14. "SA Rugby Match Centre – Steval Pumas 16-24 Xerox Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 11 April 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
15. "SA Rugby Match Centre – Xerox Golden Lions 20-43 Steval Pumas". South African Rugby Union. 22 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
16. "SA Rugby Match Centre – Xerox Golden Lions 29-19 ORC Griquas". South African Rugby Union. 10 October 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2016.