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Lourens Adriaanse
Full nameLourens Cornelius Adriaanse
Date of birth (1988-02-05) 5 February 1988 (age 36)
Place of birthCape Town, South Africa
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight115 kg (18 st 2 lb; 254 lb)
SchoolPaarl Gimnasium
UniversityStellenbosch University
Notable relative(s)Jacobie Adriaanse (brother)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Tighthead Prop
Current team Template:Rut Pau
Youth career
2004–2009 Template:Rut Western Province
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2009–2010 Template:Rut Maties 16 (0)
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2011–2013 Template:Rut Griquas 37 (15)
2011–2013 Template:Rut Cheetahs 30 (0)
2014–2017 Template:Rut Sharks 62 (5)
2014–2016 Template:Rut Sharks (Currie Cup) 14 (15)
2017 Template:Rut Sharks XV 1 (0)
2017–present Template:Rut Pau 51 (15)
Correct as of 6 April 2018
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2009 South Africa Students 2 (0)
2013, 2016 South Africa 6 (0)
2014 Barbarians 2 (0)
2016 Springbok XV 1 (0)
Correct as of 26 November 2016

Lourens Cornelius Adriaanse (born 5 February 1988) is a South African rugby union rugby player who plays as a tighthead prop for Template:Rut Pau in the French Top 14.

Career

Adriaanse was born in Cape Town and has played in the Template:Rut Western Province youth teams. He represented Template:Rut Maties in the Varsity Cup in 2009 and 2010, before moving to the Template:Rut Griquas for the 2011 season. His domestic performances saw a quick elevation to the Template:Rut Cheetahs Super Rugby team and he debuted in a match against the Template:Rut Reds in Brisbane.[1]

He joined the Template:Rut Sharks for the start of the 2014 season.[2] He was included in their squad for the 2014 Super Rugby season[3] and made his debut for the Sharks in a 31–16 victory against the Template:Rut Bulls in Durban.[4][5]

He joined Template:Rut Pau on a three-year deal prior to the 2017–18 season.[6]

International

Adriaanse was called up to the South Africa squad for the 2013 mid-year rugby union tests against Italy, Scotland and Samoa, but he didn't play in any of the matches. He finally made his Springbok debut in a test against France on 23 November 2013 in Paris.

Personal life

Adriaanse is the younger brother of prop Jacobie Adriaanse.[7]

References

  1. ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Lourens Adriaanse". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Stut-skok vir GW, Cheetahs". Media24 (in Afrikaans). Beeld. 15 August 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Sharks 2014 squad" (Press release). Sharks. 11 February 2014. Archived from the original on 6 June 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Match Centre: Sharks v Bulls". SANZAR. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  5. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Cell C Sharks 31–16 Vodacom Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Le pilier droit international Sud-Africain Lourens Adriaanse s'engage !" (Press release) (in French). Section Paloise. 18 April 2017. Archived from the original on 18 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Jake White lok nóg 'n SA speler". Netwerk24 (in Afrikaans). 13 May 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.

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