Gareth Krause

Gareth Krause

Full name	Gareth Edward Krause
Date of birth	(1981-12-30) 30 December 1981
Place of birth	East London
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	108 kg (17 st 0 lb)
School	Dale College
University	University of South Africa
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker / No 8 / Lock Youth career 2002 Template:Rut Border Bulldogs Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2002–2003 Template:Rut Border Bulldogs 30 (30) 2004–2008 Template:Rut Griquas 97 (95) 2006 Template:Rut Cheetahs 7 (0) 2008–2009 Venezia 31 (10) 2009 Template:Rut Border Bulldogs 9 (0) 2009–2010 Viadana 20 (10) 2010–2011 Aironi 19 (15) 2012–2014 Template:Rut Border Bulldogs 45 (40) Correct as of 19 July 2014 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2004–2005 South Africa Sevens Correct as of 13 May 2013

Gareth Edward Krause (born 30 December 1981) is a South African rugby union player. His regular position is lock or flanker.

Career

After representing the Template:Rut Border Bulldogs at Under–21 level, he made his first class debut for them in the 2002 Currie Cup competition and remained there for two seasons.

In 2004, he moved to Template:Rut Griquas, where he spent the next five seasons, making a total of 97 appearances. During this time, he was also included in the Template:Rut Cheetahs Super Rugby squad for their inaugural season in the competition in 2006. He was also included in the South Africa Sevens squad for the 2004–05 South Africa IRB Sevens World Series, playing in four tournaments, as well as the 2005 Rugby World Cup Sevens.

He then continued his playing career in Italy, where he spent four seasons, playing for Venezia, Viadana and Aironi, returning in 2008 for a short spell with Template:Rut Griquas and the following season for a short spell with the Template:Rut Border Bulldogs.

He made a permanent return to South African rugby in 2012, when he joined the Template:Rut Border Bulldogs for the third time.