Frik Kirsten

Frik Kirsten

Full name	Frederick Barend Christoffel Kirsten
Date of birth	(1988-08-18) 18 August 1988
Place of birth	Sandton, South Africa
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	120 kg (18 st 13 lb; 265 lb)
School	Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool
University	University of Pretoria
Notable relative(s)	Jannes Kirsten (brother)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Tighthead Prop Current team Template:Rut Blue Bulls / Template:Rut Bulls Youth career 2004–2008 Template:Rut Blue Bulls Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2011 Template:Rut UP Tuks 1 (0) Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2008–2013 Template:Rut Blue Bulls 47 (0) 2009–2014 Template:Rut Bulls 34 (0) 2008–2013 Total 81 (0) Correct as of 12 July 2014 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2005 S.A. Schools B 2006 S.A. Schools U18 2007 South Africa Under-19 2008 South Africa U20 5 (5) Correct as of 1 August 2013

Frederick Barend Christoffel Kirsten (born (1988-08-18)18 August 1988) is a former South African rugby union footballer that played as a prop. He represented the Template:Rut Bulls in the international Super Rugby competition between 2009 and 2014 and the Template:Rut Blue Bulls in the domestic Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup competitions between 2008 and 2013, making 81 first class appearances for the Pretoria-based side.

After making his first class debut during the 2008 Vodacom Cup, he made his Super Rugby debut against the Template:Rut Blues in 2009 and his Currie Cup debut in 2009 against Template:Rut Western Province in the same year.

In 2013, he was called up to the South Africa squad following an injury to Frans Malherbe, but failed to make any appearances for the Springboks.

He announced his retirement in December 2014, aged 26, after suffering a neck injury in February of that year.

External links

• "SA Rugby Player Profile – Frik Kirsten". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
• Bulls profile
• itsrugby.co.uk profile