Alshaun Bock

Alshaun Bock

Full name	Alshaun Gerswon Bock
Date of birth	(1982-05-16) 16 May 1982
Place of birth	Welington, South Africa
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	Template:Geobox2 unit/weight
School	Weltevrede Senior Secondary
Rugby union career
Position(s) Winger Current team Template:Rut SWD Eagles Youth career 2002 Template:Rut Boland Cavaliers Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2009–2011 Hamiltons () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2002–2004, 2007–2008 Template:Rut Boland Cavaliers 38 (95) 2005–2006 Template:Rut Griquas 22 (65) 2009 Template:Rut Western Province 1 (5) 2012–2015 Template:Rut SWD Eagles 64 (275) 2016–2017 Template:Rut Griquas 18 (50) 2017–2018 Template:Rut Southern Kings 12 (10) 2017 Template:Rut Eastern Province Kings 3 (10) 2018–present Template:Rut SWD Eagles 4 (10) Correct as of 13 July 2018 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2003 South Africa Sevens 2003 South Africa Under-21 5 (45) 2013 South Africa President's XV 3 (10) Correct as of 24 March 2015

Alshaun Gerswon Bock (born 16 May 1982) is a South African rugby union player for the Template:Rut SWD Eagles in the Currie Cup and in the Rugby Challenge. His regular position is winger.

Career

He started playing for Template:Rut Boland Cavaliers in 2002 and his performances lead to his inclusion in the South Africa Under-21 team for the 2003 Under 21 Rugby World Championship in England, scoring nine tries in five games. He was also called up to the South Africa Sevens team for the Hong Kong Sevens in the same year.

Another season at Boland Cavaliers followed before he joined Template:Rut Griquas in 2005, where he had a successful two seasons. He then returned to Template:Rut Boland Cavaliers for 2007 and 2008. A solitary first class performance for Template:Rut Western Province followed in 2009, but he spent most of his time playing club rugby for the Hamiltons RFC in Cape Town.

He got another shot at playing first class rugby in 2012, however, when he was signed by the Template:Rut SWD Eagles. He was given a two-year contract extension in 2013.

In 2013, he was included in a South Africa President's XV team that played in the 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup and won the tournament after winning all three matches.

Griquas

He joined Kimberley-based side Template:Rut Griquas for the 2016 and 2017 seasons.

Southern Kings

He joined the Template:Rut Southern Kings for the 2017 Super Rugby season. He made his Super Rugby debut for them in their match against the Template:Rut Sharks, at 34 years, 306 days becoming the fourth oldest debutant in the history of the competition.