David Bulbring

David Bulbring

Full name	David James Bulbring
Date of birth	(1989-09-12) 12 September 1989
Place of birth	Port Elizabeth
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	Template:Geobox2 unit/weight
School	Alexander Road High School
University	University of Johannesburg
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock Current team Scarlets Youth career 2007 Template:Rut Eastern Province Kings 2008–2010 Template:Rut Golden Lions Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2010 Template:Rut UJ (0) Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2009–2011 Template:Rut Golden Lions 26 (20) 2010–2011 Template:Rut Lions 3 (0) 2012–2013 Template:Rut Eastern Province Kings 24 (5) 2013 Template:Rut Southern Kings 18 (0) 2013–2014 Template:Rut Blue Bulls 15 (15) 2014–2015 Template:Rut Eastern Province Kings 13 (0) 2016–present Scarlets 20 (0) Correct as of 8 March 2017 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2009 South Africa Under-20 5 (0) 2012 South African Barbarians (South) 1 (0) Correct as of 21 February 2013

David James Bulbring (born 12 September 1989) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with Welsh Pro14 side Scarlets.

Career

Youth and Lions

He was born in Port Elizabeth and represented Template:Rut Eastern Province at the 2007 Under 18 Craven Week. He then joined the Template:Rut Golden Lions, making his debut for the team in the 2009 Vodacom Cup, which resulted in him being called up to the South Africa national under-20 rugby union team for the 2009 IRB Junior World Championship.

In 2010, he represented both Template:Rut UJ in the Varsity Cup and Template:Rut Golden Lions in the 2010 Vodacom Cup, culminating a call-up to the Template:Rut Lions Super Rugby team, representing them in their final Super Rugby game of the season against the Template:Rut Cheetahs. He then played for the Template:Rut Golden Lions in the 2010 Currie Cup Premier Division

He was Template:Rut Golden Lions captain for the 2011 Vodacom Cup competition and made two further Super Rugby appearances. He was then part of the squad that won the 2011 Currie Cup Premier Division.

Kings

In 2012, he moved to the Template:Rut Eastern Province Kings. He made seven appearances for them in the 2012 Vodacom Cup competition, as well as one against a South African Students side. He started all fourteen matches in the 2012 Currie Cup First Division season, as well as both matches in the promotion/relegation matches against the Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs.

He was named in the Template:Rut Southern Kings squad for the 2013 Super Rugby season. He made his debut in the Kings' historic first ever match against the Template:Rut Force, helping them to a 22–10 victory. He played in all sixteen matches during the season (being one of only three players to do so, Bandise Maku and Shaun Venter being the other two), as well as both the 2013 Super Rugby promotion/relegation matches against the Template:Rut Lions, making a total of thirteen starts and five substitute appearances.

Bulls

After the 2013 Super Rugby season, he joined the Template:Rut Blue Bulls, signing a contract at the team until October 2016.

Return to the Kings

After a year at the Template:Rut Blue Bulls, it was announced that he rejoined the Template:Rut Eastern Province Kings prior to the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division season on a deal that would see him remain at the Port Elizabeth-based side until the end of 2016.

Scarlets

In February 2016, he joined Welsh Pro12 side Scarlets on a long-term deal until the summer of 2019.

Representative rugby

He was a member of the South Africa Under-20 team that played at the 2009 IRB Junior World Championship. He was named in a South African Barbarians (South) team that faced England during the 2012 mid-year rugby test series.