Gerhard Nortier
| Full name | Gerhard Johan Nortier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 4 March 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | George, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (14 st 7 lb; 203 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Oudtshoorn High School, Oudtshoorn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | North-West University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gerhard Johan Nortier (born 4 March 1989 in George, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Template:Rut Leopards.[1] His regular position is fly-half.
Career
Youth and Varsity rugby
Nortier represented the South Western Districts at youth level, playing for them at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week in 2005 and the Under-18 Craven Week tournaments in 2006 and 2007.
He then moved to Potchefstroom, joining the Template:Rut Leopards. He played for the Template:Rut Leopards U19 side in the 2008 Under-19 Provincial Championship competition and for the Template:Rut Leopards U21 side in the Under-21 competitions in 2009 and 2010.
He also played Varsity Cup rugby for the Potchefstroom-based university Template:Rut NWU Pukke, representing them in the 2012 and 2013 editions of the tournament. In 2012, he played in all 8 matches for the NWU Pukke and finished as joint second top points scorer in the competition – just one point behind Template:Rut UP Tuks' Wesley Dunlop[2] – and in 2013, he finished third.[3]
Senior career
After his successful season in the 2012 Varsity Cup, Nortier was included in the Template:Rut Leopards squad for the 2012 Vodacom Cup competition. He made his first class debut for them in their Round 4 defeat to the Template:Rut Blue Bulls,[4] with his first points coming in their match against the Template:Rut Pumas.[5] He played an even bigger role in the Template:Rut Leopards' 2012 Currie Cup First Division season; after making his debut in the first match of the season against the Template:Rut Pumas,[6] Nortier scored two tries, a conversion and a penalty in his ten appearances.
He made just one appearance in the 2013 Currie Cup First Division season, against the Template:Rut Pumas,[7] before injury ruled him out of the remainder of 2013. However, he returned in style during the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition, where he finished as the Template:Rut Leopards XV' top points scorer scoring 79 points in his seven starts.
References
- ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Gerhard Nortier". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Top Scorers – 2012 FNB Varsity Cup presented by Steinhoff International". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Top Scorers – 2013 FNB Varsity Cup presented by Steinhoff International". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Leopards 15–28 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 31 March 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Ford Pumas 46–10 Leopards". South African Rugby Union. 28 April 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Leopards 32–23 Ford Pumas". South African Rugby Union. 30 June 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Steval Pumas 38–20 Leopards". South African Rugby Union. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2016.