Ryan de la Harpe
| Full name | Ryan Clifton Alexander de la Harpe | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 2 September 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Walvis Bay, Namibia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Ryan Clifton Alexander de la Harpe (born 2 September 1982) is a former Namibian rugby union player who played as a scrum-half represented Namibia internationally from 2011 to 2014 and currently serves as a coach for Vagabonds' club.[1] Ryan de la Harpe is regarded as one of the finest scrum-halves to have played for Namibia.
Career
Ryan De La Harpe made his international debut for Namibia against Romania on 10 June 2011 prior to the World Cup call.[2] He was included in the Namibian squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup following the successful outing with Birmingham Moseley Rugby Club and featured in three group stage matches.[3][4] In 2014, he notably became the first Namibian to play for the famous Barbarians F. C.[5] Ryan also played for few English Rugby Union Clubs such as Fylde Rugby Club, Birmingham Moseley Rugby Club and Letchworth Garden City Rugby Club and Lancashire County Rugby Football Union.[6]
He retired from international rugby in 2014 and pursued his career through coaching professionally. He had coaching stints with Myerscough College, Lancashire County Rugby Football Union, Lancaster University.[6] He was appointed as the head coach of Vagabond's Rugby Club in August 2018.[7]
References
- ^ "Ryan de la Harpe | Rugby Union | Players and Officials". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
- ^ https://www.espn.com.au/rugby/match?gameId=141094
- ^ "Burger leads Namibian 30". Planet Rugby. 18 August 2011. Archived from the original on 10 October 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ Dick, Brian (2011-09-09). "Moseley's Ryan De La Harpe finds himself on the world stage". birminghampost. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
- ^ Namibian, The. "De la Harpe selected for Barbarians". The Namibian. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
- ^ a b October 2014, The TRU Team Monday 20. "Ryan De La Harpe called up by Namibia". Talking Rugby Union. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Vagabonds appoint former international scrum-half de la Harpe as new head of rugby". www.iomtoday.co.im. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
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