André Schlechter

André Schlechter

Full name	André Schlechter
Date of birth	(1986-10-13) 13 October 1986
Place of birth	Otjiwarongo, Namibia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	125 kg (276 lb; 19 st 10 lb)
School	Mariental High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2010 Template:Rut UFS Shimlas 2 (0) Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2006 Template:Rut Falcons () 2009 Template:Rut Western Province 7 (0) 2009 Template:Rut Griquas 1 (0) 2010 Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs 1 (0) 2010–2012 Template:Rut Eastern Province Kings 29 (0) Correct as of 31 October 2012 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2011 South African Kings 3 (0) 2013–present Namibia 0 (0) Correct as of 23 May 2013

André Schlechter (born 13 October 1986) is a Namibian rugby union player.

Career

He started playing in Namibia and captained his side at the 2005 Under 19 Rugby World Championship in South Africa. In 2006, he was part of the Template:Rut Falcons squad in the Vodacom Cup competition. He then went to Cape Town, where he played for Template:Rut Western Province in the 2009 Vodacom Cup, before moving to the Template:Rut Griquas in the 2009 Currie Cup Premier Division. In the first half of 2010, he played for Template:Rut UFS Shimlas in the 2010 Varsity Cup and the Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs in the 2010 Vodacom Cup.

In the second half of 2010, he moved, this time to Template:Rut Eastern Province Kings, where he played since the 2010 Currie Cup First Division. He left at the end of the 2012 Currie Cup First Division season, after 29 appearances.

Namibia

In 2010, he was also called up to the Namibia national rugby union team for the 2010 IRB Nations Cup, but he was not released by the Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs for this tournament. He was then included in a Namibian team to face a South Africa President's XV in 2013.