Boom Prinsloo
| Full name | Johannes Gerhardus Pienaar Prinsloo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 12 March 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bloemfontein, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 101 kg (223 lb; 15 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Grey College, Bloemfontein | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of the Free State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Johannes Gerhardus Pienaar "Boom" Prinsloo (born 12 March 1989) is a former South African rugby union player who regularly played as a loose forward. He made 51 appearances for the Template:Rut Cheetahs in Super Rugby from 2012 to 2017, and played domestically for the Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs from 2010 to 2016 and for the Template:Rut Blue Bulls in 2017 and 2018. He also played rugby sevens for South Africa from 2010 to 2012.
He retired from rugby in September 2018.[1]
Career
Prinsloo is a Bloemfontein native and represented the Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs in the Currie Cup and the Template:Rut Cheetahs in Super Rugby.[2]
He previously played for the Template:Rut UFS Shimlas in the 2010 Varsity Cup where he notched up a seven tries in eight appearances and won the competitions' 'Player that Rocks' award.[3]
International
Prinsloo represented the Blitzbokke between 2010 and 2012 and played in a total of 7 IRB Sevens World Series tournaments.[4]
Reference List
- ^ "Boom to call it a day" (Press release). Bulls. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Boom Prinsloo". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- ^ "Prinsloo Rocks the most". varsitycup.co.za. Archived from the original on 23 July 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
- ^ "Blitzbokke hit Middelburg". Sport 24. 14 September 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
External links
- "SA Rugby Player Profile – Boom Prinsloo". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- Boom Prinsloo at ItsRugby.co.uk
- Boom Prinsloo at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series (archived)
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- Living people
- 1989 births
- South African rugby union players
- Rugby union flankers
- Rugby union number eights
- Sportspeople from Bloemfontein
- White South African people
- Afrikaner people
- Free State Cheetahs players
- Cheetahs (rugby union) players
- Alumni of Grey College, Bloemfontein
- South Africa international rugby sevens players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for South Africa
- Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players of South Africa
- Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens
- South African rugby union biography stubs