Nico Scheepers

Nico Scheepers
Full name	Jacobus Nicolaas Scheepers
Date of birth	27 February 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Weight	96 kg (15 st 2 lb; 212 lb)
School	Nico Malan High
University	University of the Free State
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Fullback / Wing
Youth career
2008	Template:Rut Eastern Province Kings
2009–2011	Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
2012–2013	Template:Rut UFS Shimlas
Senior career
Years	Team
2011	Template:Rut Emerging Cheetahs
2011–2012	Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs
2012–2013	Template:Rut Free State XV
2012	Template:Rut Cheetahs
2013–2014	Template:Rut Griquas
2015	Template:Rut Griffons
2016–present	Template:Rut Boland Cavaliers
	Correct as of 9 October 2016
International career
Years	Team
2010	South Africa Under-20
	Correct as of 18 May 2014

Jacobus Nicolaas Scheepers (born 27 February 1990) is a South African rugby union footballer. His regular playing position is either full-back or winger. He represents the Template:Rut Griffons in the Currie Cup competition, having previously played for the Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs and Template:Rut Griquas. He also made three appearances for the Template:Rut Cheetahs during the 2012 Super Rugby season and played Varsity Cup rugby for Template:Rut UFS Shimlas.

He joined Template:Rut Griquas on loan for the 2013 Currie Cup Premier Division competition,^[1] eventually remaining in Kimberley until the end of 2014.

Scheepers then retired from rugby to return to his family's citrus and potato farm, but reversed his decision a few months later to join Welkom-based side Template:Rut Griffons for the 2015 Currie Cup First Division.^[2]

He joined Wellington-based side Template:Rut Boland Cavaliers for the 2016 season.^[3]

References

^ "Nico verskaf GW diepte op nr. 15". Beeld (in Afrikaans). Media24. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
^ "Nico Scheepers 'n Griffon ná rugbygogga byt". Netwerk24 (in Afrikaans). 27 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
^ "Cavaliers Currie Cup squad and coaching staff announcement". Rugby15. 21 January 2016. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.

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