WP Nel
_(WP_Nel_cropped).jpg) Nel in 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Willem Petrus Nel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 30 April 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Loeriesfontein, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 114 kg (17 st 13 lb; 251 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Drostdy THS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Willem Petrus Nel (born 30 April 1986) is a Scottish rugby union player. He plays as a prop for Edinburgh Rugby in the United Rugby Championship and represents Scotland in international rugby. He previously played for Free State Cheetahs, Western Province and the Boland Cavaliers.
Career in Scotland
Nel joined Scottish Pro 12 side Edinburgh in July 2012.[1]
After three years at Murrayfield Stadium, Nel became eligible to represent Scotland in June 2015, and claimed he would decline an invitation to represent his native Springboks in order to do so.[2] He made his international bow against Italy during the 2015 summer Tests, and was subsequently named in the final 31-man squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.[3][4]
He scored his first international try in the 39–16 World Cup match against the USA.
Nel played in all of Scotland's matches in the 2016 Six Nations but missed the 2016 Autumn Internationals and the entire 2017 Six Nations due to a neck injury. This injury probably cost him a place in the Lions touring squad to New Zealand in 2017.
In March 2017 it was announced that Nel had signed a three-year extension to his contract with Edinburgh.[5]
Nel played in four (starting three) of Scotland's group matches at the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
References
- ^ "Edinburgh secure Cheetahs prop WP Nel for next season". bbc.co.uk. 15 February 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
- ^ Lyall, Jamie Edinburgh's WP Nel nails colours to Scotland mast BBC Sport. September 6, 3015
- ^ "The Scotland Squad - Scottish Rugby". Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ Cotter Names 31-man Scotland Squad Scottish Rugby. September 6, 2015
- ^ "WP Nel: Scotland prop signs new three-year deal at Edinburgh". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
External links
- "SA Rugby Player Profile – WP Nel". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- itsrugby.co.uk profile
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- 1986 births
- Living people
- People from Hantam Local Municipality
- Afrikaner people
- South African rugby union players
- Rugby union props
- Cheetahs (rugby union) players
- Free State Cheetahs players
- Western Province (rugby union) players
- Boland Cavaliers players
- Edinburgh Rugby players
- South African expatriate rugby union players
- Expatriate rugby union players in Scotland
- South African expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
- South African people of Scottish descent
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from the Northern Cape
- South African rugby union biography stubs