Manie Libbok
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Full name | Immanuel Libbok | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 15 July 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Humansdorp, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 76 kg (12 st 0 lb; 168 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | HTS Daniël Pienaar, Uitenhage Hoërskool Outeniqua, George | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Immanuel Libbok (born 15 July 1997) is a South African professional rugby union player. He plays internationally for the Springboks, as well as for the Stormers in United Rugby Championship and Western Province in the Currie Cup.[2]
Rugby career
2013–2015: Schoolboy rugby
Libbok was born in Humansdorp. He attended HTS Daniël Pienaar in Uitenhage, and earned his first provincial selection in 2013, representing Eastern Province at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week, scoring tries in matches against the Blue Bulls[3] and the Golden Lions.[4]
Libbok moved to George for 2014, where he attended Hoërskool Outeniqua. He represented the George-based SWD Eagles at the premier South African high schools rugby union tournament, the Under-18 Craven Week, in both 2014 and 2015. In the first match at the 2015 tournament held in Stellenbosch, Libbok scored two tries, four conversions and one penalty for a personal points haul of 21 points in his side's 31–41 defeat to former side Eastern Province.[5] He followed this up with a try and four conversions against the Golden Lions[6] and a third try and two conversions against KwaZulu-Natal in their final match.[7] He scored a total of 43 points in three matches, making him the top scorer at the competition,[8] while his four tries were the joint-second most in the competition, one behind Western Province's Nico Leonard.[9]
At the conclusion of the tournament, Libbok was included in a South Africa Schools team that played in the 2015 Under-18 International Series on home soil against their counterparts from Wales, France and England. He started on the left wing in their 42–11 victory over Wales in their first match,[10] but dropped to the bench for match against France, not getting any game time in their 12–5 victory.[11] He returned to the starting line-up for their final match against England, helping them to a 23–16 victory to finish the series with a 100% record.[12]
2016–2017: Blue Bulls / South Africa Under-20
After high school, Libbok moved to Pretoria to join the Blue Bulls academy. In March 2016, he was included in a South Africa Under-20 training squad,[13] and made the cut to be named in a reduced provisional squad a week later.[14]
Libbok was also named in the Blue Bulls squad for the 2016 Currie Cup qualification series and he made his first class debut on 8 April 2016, starting as a fullback in their 16–30 defeat to Western Province in Round One of the competition.[15] He also started their match against a Free State XV a week later, scoring his first senior points by slotting a penalty in the 15th minute of the match, and scoring his first try in the final ten minutes which proved decisive as the Blue Bulls won the match 20–17.[16] He also started their next match against Gauteng rivals the Golden Lions[17] and played off the bench in their defeat to the Eastern Province Kings in Port Elizabeth.[18]
On 10 May 2016, Libbok was included in the final South Africa Under-20 squad for the 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship tournament to be held in Manchester in England.[19] He started their opening match in Pool C of the tournament in the fly-half position, scoring a try as South Africa came from behind to beat Japan 59–19.[20] He switched positions with fullback Curwin Bosch for their second pool match, a 13–19 defeat to Argentina,[21] but reverted to fly-half as South Africa bounced back to secure a 40-31 bonus-point victory over France in their final pool match, with Libbok scoring his second try of the competition just after the hour mark.[22] The result meant South Africa secured a semi-final place as the best runner-up in the competition, and Libbok started their semi-final match as they faced three-time champions England. The hosts proved too strong for South Africa, knocking them out of the competition with a 39–17 victory,[23] and they also lost the third-place play-off match against Argentina, with the South American side beating South Africa for the second time in the tournament, convincingly winning 49–19[24] to condemn South Africa to fourth place in the competition. Libbok scored his third try of the competition in the defeat, to finish the competition with three tries, the joint-most by a South African player with Zain Davids and Edwill van der Merwe.[25]
Libbok returned to domestic action for the Blue Bulls U19 team in the 2016 Under-19 Provincial Championship. He made seven starts in the competition, scoring three tries during the season – one against Leopards U19[26] and two against Eastern Province U19[27] – as well as 35 points with the boot through 16 conversions and one penalty. He finished the competition as the Blue Bulls' second-highest points scorer,[28] and helped them to second place on the log[29] to secure a semi-final spot, at which stage they lost to Golden Lions U19.[30] He also made a single start for the Blue Bulls U21 team in the 2016 Under-21 Provincial Championship, scoring a try in a 52–38 victory over Leopards U21.[31]
In November 2016, he was named in the Bulls Super Rugby team's extended training squad during the team's preparations for the 2017 Super Rugby season.[32]
2020–2021: Sharks
2021–: Stormers
National team
In October 2022, he was included in the squad for the Springboks' year-end tour.[33]
Statistics
Test match record
- As of 22 October 2023
Opponent | P | W | D | L | Try | Pts | %Won |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 100 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 100 |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 100 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 50 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 100 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 50 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 100 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 100 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 100 |
Total | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 87 | 78.57 |
International tries
- As of 6 August 2023
Try | Opposing team | Location | Venue | Competition | Date | Result | Score |
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1 | ![]() |
Johannesburg, South Africa | Ellis Park Stadium | 2023 Rugby Championship | 29 July 2023 | Win | 22–21 |
References
- ^ a b "Manie Libbok player profile". rugbyworldcup.com. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Manie Libbok". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Blue Bulls 30–26 Eastern Province". South African Rugby Union. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Eastern Province 29–10 Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Eastern Province U18 41–31 SWD Eagles U18". South African Rugby Union. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – SWD Eagles U18 28–19 Golden Lions U18". South African Rugby Union. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – KZN U18 19–24 SWD Eagles U18". South African Rugby Union. 18 July 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Top Scorers – 2015 U18 Craven Week". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Try Scorers – 2015 U18 Craven Week". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa U18 42–11 Wales U18". South African Rugby Union. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa U18 12–5 France U18". South African Rugby Union. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa U18 23–16 England U18". South African Rugby Union. 15 August 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ "Large group invited to Junior Springbok trials camp". South African Rugby Union. 24 March 2016. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
- ^ "Theron names provisional Junior Springbok squad". South African Rugby Union. 1 April 2016. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – DHL Western Province 30–16 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 8 April 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 20–17 Toyota Free State XV". South African Rugby Union. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Xerox Golden Lions XV 38–17 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 23 April 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – EP Kings 19–14 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 7 May 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ "Ward to lead Junior Springboks in England". South African Rugby Union. 10 May 2016. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa U20 59–19 Japan U20". South African Rugby Union. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa U20 13–19 Argentina U20". South African Rugby Union. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa U20 40–31 France U20". South African Rugby Union. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – England U20 39–17 South Africa U20". South African Rugby Union. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Argentina U20 49–19 South Africa U20". South African Rugby Union. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Try Scorers – 2016 World Rugby U20 Championship". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Blue Bulls U19 65–15 Leopards U19". South African Rugby Union. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Blue Bulls U19 40–21 EP U19". South African Rugby Union. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Top Scorers – 2016 SA Rugby U19 Provincial Champs". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Log – 2016 SA Rugby U19 Provincial Champs". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Blue Bulls U19 24–34 Golden Lions U19". South African Rugby Union. 15 October 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Leopards U21 38–52 Blue Bulls U21". South African Rugby Union. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- ^ "Pollard to return to training next month" (Press release). Bulls. 18 November 2016. Archived from the original on 26 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
- ^ South Africa: Manie Libbok and Sacha Mngomezulu named in Springbok squad for end-of-year Tests[1]
External links
- Manie Libbok at ESPNscrum
- Manie Libbok at ItsRugby.co.uk
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