Courtnall Skosan

Courtnall Skosan

Full name	Courtnall Douglas Skosan
Date of birth	(1991-07-24) 24 July 1991
Place of birth	Cape Town, South Africa
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	93 kg (14 st 9 lb; 205 lb)
School	High School Brackenfell
University	Northlink College
Occupation(s)	Professional Rugby player
Rugby union career
Position(s) Winger Current team Template:Rut Lions / Template:Rut Golden Lions / Template:Rut Golden Lions XV Youth career 2010–2012 Template:Rut Blue Bulls Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2012–2013 Template:Rut UP Tuks 13 (25) Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2011–2013 Template:Rut Blue Bulls 12 (35) 2014–present Template:Rut Lions 77 (175) 2014–2018 Template:Rut Golden Lions XV 3 (20) 2014–2018 Template:Rut Golden Lions 30 (85) Correct as of 17 March 2020 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2011 South Africa Under-20 3 (5) 2016 South Africa 'A' 2 (0) 2017 South Africa 12 (10) Correct as of 17 April 2018

Courtnall Douglas Skosan (born 24 July 1991 in Cape Town) is a South African rugby union player for the Template:Rut Lions in Super Rugby, the Template:Rut Golden Lions in the Currie Cup and the Template:Rut Golden Lions XV in the Rugby Challenge. His regular position is winger.

Career

He played for the Template:Rut Blue Bulls at Under–19 and Under–21 level, earning a call-up to the South Africa Under-20 team for the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship. He graduated to the senior team, making his debut for the Blue Bulls in the 2011 Vodacom Cup game against the Template:Rut Sharks XV.

He remained at the Template:Rut Blue Bulls until the end of the 2013 season, making just twelve appearances. He then moved to the Template:Rut Golden Lions for 2014.

He also played for Template:Rut UP Tuks in their victorious 2012 and 2013 Varsity Cup campaigns.

South Africa 'A'

In 2016, Skosan was included in a South Africa 'A' squad that played a two-match series against a touring England Saxons team. He was named in the starting line-up for their first match in Bloemfontein, but ended on the losing side as the visitors ran out 32–24 winners. He also started the second match of the series, a 26–29 defeat to the Saxons in George.

South Africa

In 2017, Skosan was named to the South Africa team contesting a 3-match series against France. He started the first game and was awarded a penalty try after a French player held him back illegally at the goal line. He scored his first try in a test match on 19 August 2017 in the Rugby Championship test match between South Africa and Argentina.

External links

• Courtnall Skosan at itsrugby.co.uk
• "SA Rugby Player Profile – Courtnall Skosan". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 4 June 2016.