Cyle Brink
| Full name | Cyle Justin Brink | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 16 January 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Johannesburg, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 113 kg (17 st 11 lb; 249 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | King Edward VII School, Johannesburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cyle Justin Brink (born 16 January 1994) is a South African rugby union player for the Leicester Tigers in Premiership Rugby. His regular position is flanker.
Career
Youth
While at school at King Edward VII School, Brink was called up to the Template:Rut Golden Lions side for the 2012 Under-18 Craven Week tournament. The following year, he played in ten matches for the Template:Rut Golden Lions U19 side during the 2013 Under-19 Provincial Championship competition. During September, he was also drafted into the Template:Rut Golden Lions U21 side, making four starts for that side during the 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship.
In 2014, Brink was included in the South Africa Under-20 squad for the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship to be held in New Zealand.[1]
Golden Lions
He made his first class debut for the Template:Rut Golden Lions during the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition. He started in their opening day match against the Template:Rut Leopards in Potchefstroom, helping them to an 18–16 victory.[2] Two weeks later, in his second match for the Golden Lions, he scored his first senior try against neighbours Template:Rut Blue Bulls, but it was not enough to prevent them falling to a 22–20 defeat.[3] He also scored two tries in their match against the whipping boys of the competition, the Template:Rut Limpopo Blue Bulls,[4] getting a try in each half to help the team to a 110–0 win. He made a total of eight starts during the competition – starting all of them and scoring three tries.
Lions
He made his debut for the Lions[5] team against the Cheetahs.[6]
Leicester Tigers
On 10 March 2020, Brink would travel to England to sign for Leicester Tigers in the Gallagher Premiership on a undisclosed deal from the 2020-21 season.[7]
References
- ^ "Junior Springboks named for JWC 2014". South African Rugby Union. 22 April 2014. Archived from the original on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Leopards XV 16–18 Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 22–20 Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 22 March 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Assupol Limpopo Blue Bulls 0–110 Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 12 April 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ^ "VODACOM SUPER RUGBY SQUAD". www.lionsrugby.co.za. Archived from the original on 2018-08-02. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
- ^ "Lions maul Cheetahs".
- ^ "Cycle Brink: Leicester Tigers sign Lions forward". BBC Sport. 23 May 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.